Michael Thomas Taren, a graduate of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop is an American poet and visual artist living in France. Poems appear in Colorado Review, Poetikon, Supermachine. WHERE IS MICHAEL was a 2010 finalist for Fence Poetry Series. Numerous translations of Tomaž Šalamun are published in 7 Poets, 4 Days, 1 Book (Trinity University Press, 2009), Slovene Sampler (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008), Chicago Review, A Public Space, Poetry Review (UK), Fulcrum, Colorado Review, and elsewhere.

‍