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A native Tennessean and first-generation college student, Michael Marberry earned his PhD in English - Creative Writing from Western Michigan University, where he studied Poetry & Film, Comics & Comics Theory, and Horror Literature.
In addition to his PhD work, Michael has earned an MFA from The Ohio State University, an MA from The University of Alabama, and a BA from Lipscomb University. His research interests include poetry, film, comics, video games, sports, horror, and food/beer. He has two poetry manuscripts currently under construction and revision.
Michael is the 2017-2019 Creative Writing Fellow in Poetry at Emory University.
Poetry published in journals like The New Republic, West Branch, Sycamore Review, Waxwing, and elsewhere and in anthologies like The Pushcart Prize Anthology and Best of the Net. Two-time National Poetry Series finalist.
Experienced instructor of 20+ college courses, including creative writing, comics, film, business and tech writing, American and British literature, and freshman composition. Committed to student success.
Currently reading for Nightjar Review. Former staff-member at publications like Black Warrior Review, The Journal, and Third Coast. Experience reading for several book contests and journal / anthology contests.
Former Coordinator for the Poets-in-Print Reading Series, Assistant Coordinator of WMU Creative Writing, and Curriculum Development Coordinator for the WMU Writing Center.
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Director Retrospectives: The Wachowskis
Director Retrospective: The Wachowskis Special Edition: Women Directors For the past few months — with the exception of October (during my horror-film marathon) — I’ve been trying to focus my Director Retrospective project on the work of women directors. And with the end-of-semester frenzy and all its accompanying physical / mental / emotional exhaustion, I Read more about Director Retrospectives: The Wachowskis[…]
Movie Marathon: Horror Films (Pre-1970s)
Movie Marathon: Horror Films (Pre-1970s) In honor of Halloween 2018, I decided to watch a bunch of old, pre-1970s horror films. I’ve always been a big fan of horror films, although I’ve shamefully ignored too many of the “classics” in favor of newer examples of the genre. Thus, I wanted to take the opportunity to Read more about Movie Marathon: Horror Films (Pre-1970s)[…]
Director Retrospective: Julie Taymor
Director Retrospective: Julie Taymor Special Edition: Women Directors As stated in my most recent retrospective installments, I’m spending the next several weeks looking specifically at the works of women filmmakers — particularly those directors with fewer than 10 films (as that’s normally the minimum threshold for my typical director retrospectives). So far, we’ve explored the filmographies Read more about Director Retrospective: Julie Taymor[…]
Director Retrospective: Kelly Reichardt
Director Retrospective: Kelly Reichardt Special Edition: Women Directors As stated in my most recent retrospective installments, I’m spending the next several weeks looking specifically at the works of women filmmakers — particularly those directors with fewer than 10 films (as that’s normally the minimum threshold for my typical director retrospectives). So far, we’ve explored the filmographies Read more about Director Retrospective: Kelly Reichardt[…]
Director Retrospective: Sofia Coppola
Director Retrospective: Sofia Coppola Special Edition: Women Directors As stated in my last retrospective installment, I’m spending the next several weeks looking specifically at the work of women filmmakers — particularly those with fewer than 10 films (as that’s the threshold for my typical director retrospectives). Last time, I took a look at arguably the Read more about Director Retrospective: Sofia Coppola[…]
Director Retrospective: Jane Campion
Director Retrospective: Jane Campion Special Edition: Women Directors After a break for Summer, I thought it would be a nice time to resume my exploration of the filmographies of various important directors — but with a twist. For my previous 25 directorial retrospectives (how in the world did I watch that many movies last year?!?!), I Read more about Director Retrospective: Jane Campion[…]
Director Retrospective: Richard Linklater
Director Retrospective: Richard Linklater In my last Director Retrospective, we looked at the films of 1970s & 1980s director Hal Ashby, a director whose work I greatly enjoyed exploring (well…at least his 1970s films). But that got me to wondering if there were any contemporary directors who reminded me Ashby — i.e. his various emotional Read more about Director Retrospective: Richard Linklater[…]
Director Retrospective: Hal Ashby
Director Retrospective: Hal Ashby For my last retrospective (on director Mike Leigh), I mentioned that one of the things that I found myself increasingly drawn to about Leigh’s work was just how consistently underappreciated and underwatched it was (at least among the casual American audience). So…after a bit of a hiatus for travel, I thought Read more about Director Retrospective: Hal Ashby[…]
Director Retrospective: Mike Leigh
Director Retrospective: Mike Leigh In the previous installment of my Director Retrospective project, we took a long look at the films of Sam Peckinpah, a director very interested in exploring American mythos and masculinity (particularly in his explorations of “the West”). So I thought it might be fun to shift gears a bit — to Read more about Director Retrospective: Mike Leigh[…]
Director Retrospective: Sam Peckinpah
Director Retrospective: Sam Peckinpah For my previous director retrospective, I explored the films of Kathryn Bigelow — a female director whose works are often surprisingly interested in engaging with themes of masculinity. Following that, for this particular installment of my ongoing project, I thought it might be interesting to turn the “masculinity” up to eleven Read more about Director Retrospective: Sam Peckinpah[…]