Michelle Meyer is a poet and author of The Trouble with Being a Childless Only Child (Cornerstone Press, 2024) and The Book of She (2021), a poetry and visual art collaboration devoted to women. Recent work appears or is forthcoming in ONE ART, Autumn Sky, Tabula Rasa, Under Her Eye: A Blackspot Books Anthology, and Welter Journal among others. In addition, Michelle has written, directed, and produced numerous one-act plays and skits for children and adults. When not van traveling around the U.S. or pet sitting in Europe, she lives in western Wisconsin.
Written after the unexpected death of her mother, Michelle Meyer’s The Trouble with Being A Childless Only Child takes root in the body, exploring loss and trauma along with the sexual and social dynamics of one woman’s place among men. Part epistolary and part memoir, Meyer questions her own role in creating the boundaries that defined her mother’s life while reaching, often in vain, for clarity through the fog of loss. Serving as both tribute and penance, each poem is a funeral song versed with longing, and ultimately hope, for spiritual release.
LINKS:
Website: https://www.michellemeyerwrites.com/
Instagram: @meeshmeyerwrites
Upcoming event:
Plum City Public Library Author Talk, Tuesday, August 27 at 6:30pm
Ongoing event: Postings of each poem from The Trouble With Being a Childless Only Child on Instagram @meeshmeyerwrites to commemorate the five-year anniversary of Michelle's mother's passing.
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