Michael Datcher is a journalist and spoken-word poet with a master’s degree in African-American studies from UCLA. He has written about politics, race,and music for newspapers and magazines, including the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The Baltimore Sun. His best-selling memoir Raising Fences: A Black Man’s Love Story was published by Riverhead Books in 2001.He teaches at UCLA and lives with his wife Jenoyne Adams in Los Angeles.
Robert Creeley Emöke Z. B’Racz Dede Wilson J. W. Bonner Thomas P. Feeny Ron Rash Jonathan Williams Rene Char Jonathan Greene Ryan G. Van Cleave Marilyn Hacker Bill Knott Gaylord Brewer Welsh Michael Harper Hungarian William Matthews R. T. Smith Sally Buckner Gearóid Mac Lochlainn Robert Bly Russian Quincy Troupe Newton Smith Patrick Bizzaro Spanish Jack Hirschman Lee Ann Brown Phebe Davidson Jeffery Beam Lyn Lifshin Al Maginnes Kathryn Stripling Byer Essay Marilyn Kallet Thomas Rain Crowe Emmanuel Moses Janice Moore Fuller Patricia Smith Luke Hankins Stella Vinitchi Radulescu Review Simon Perchik Eugenio Montale Keith Flynn