Michael Marberry
Writer / Teacher

PublicationsCourse Syllabi

Teaching

Course Syllabi

Creative Writing

Advanced Poetry: 20th Century African-American Poetry

Writing Fiction & Poetry Workshop

Introduction to Poetry Workshop

Literature & Theory

Comics & Comics Theory

British Literature II, 1750-Present

American Literature II, 1865-Present

Professional Writing

Business Writing

Technical Writing

Composition

Film & Television

Documentary & Mockumentary Film

About

Writer / Teacher

A native Tennessean, Michael Marberry earned his PhD in English - Creative Writing from Western Michigan University, where he specialized in 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. He is the 2017-2019 Creative Writing Fellow in Poetry at Emory University.

  • Writing

    Poetry published in The New Republic, West Branch, Sycamore Review, Verse Daily, and elsewhere. Pushcart Prize recipient and National Poetry Series finalist.

  • Teaching

    Instructor for 20+ college courses, including creative writing, comics, film, business and technical writing, American and British literature, and freshman composition.

  • Editing

    Currently reading for Nightjar Review. Former staff-member for publications like Black Warrior Review, Third Coast, and The Journal.

  • Coordinating

    Former Coordinator of the Poets-in-Print Reading Series, Curriculum Development at WMU Writing Center, and Assistant Coordinator of WMU Creative Writing.

Writing

Publications

“Admiral Abecedarian” & “Kalamazoo.” Grist. (Forthcoming).

“The Movietone.”Poet Lore. (Forthcoming).

“Lineage” & “Weekly Apology” [reprint]. New Poetry from the Midwest. (Forthcoming). Print.

“Coming Attractions” & “Double Feature.” JuxtaProse Magazine 11 (Spring 2017). Web.

“End Credits.” Southern Indiana Review 23.2 (Fall 2016): 45-46. Print.

“In Case of Emergency.” The Account (Fall 2016). Web.

“Dikembe Mutombo Pantoum.” storySouth 42 (Fall 2016). Web.

“Barn in Winter.” Passages North 37 (2016): 37. Print.

“Love Poem” [reprint]. The 2016 Pushcart Prize XL: Best of the Small Presses. Ed. Bill Henderson. New York: Pushcart Press, 2015. 150. Print.

“Mourning Ghazal.” Sycamore Review 27.1 (Summer/Fall 2015): 127. Print.

“The Love Song of Bill Laimbeer.” The Journal 39.4 (Fall 2015). Web.

“The Blues-Ballad of Jayson Williams,” “Ewing Haiku,” & “Hakeem The Dream Sestina.” Hobart (23 Oct. 2015). Web.

“Divac Villanelle,” “The Dunkin’ Dutch Haibun,” & “Shaq Cento.” Tupelo Quarterly 2.8 (2015). Web.

“3.141,” “3.1415926,” “3.14159265,” “3.1415926535,” & “3.1415926535897.” New Orleans Review 41 (2015): 210-217. Print.

“Weekly Apology.” Crab Orchard Review 20.2 (Summer/Fall 2015): 148. Print.

“Aubade” & “The Sex Lives of Animals.” Waxwing 6 (Summer 2015). Web.

“Golden,” “the guide,” & “the guide’s wife.” inter|rupture 14 (June 2015). Web.

“the congress of daddies,” “the earth,” & “forth & fifth sons.” Yalobusha Review 21 (Spring 2015). Web.

“Transplant.” Waccamaw 13 (Fall 2014). Web.

“Love Poem.” Rhino (2014): 75. Print.

“future son” & “second son.” The Cincinnati Review 11.1 (Summer 2014): 138-139. Print.

“first son” & “sixth son.” Hayden’s Ferry Review 54 (Spring/Summer 2014): 43-44. Print.

“third son.” Bat City Review 10 (2014): 139. Print.

“Love Poem,” “Love Poem,” & “Love Poem.” Thrush Poetry Journal (March 2014). Web.

“Chanson Minuit” & “A Killing.” Grist 7 (2014): 103-104. Print.

“Lineage.” Birmingham Poetry Review 41 (Spring 2014): 103. Print.

“seventh son.” West Branch 74 (Winter 2014): 30. Print.

“Junk” [reprint]. The Best of the Net Anthology. Eds. Beth Couture, Erin Elizabeth Smith, & T.A. Noonan. Knoxville: Sundress Publications, 2013. Web.

“Still-Born.” The New Republic (7 Oct. 2013): 57. Print.

“Namesake” & “Night-Fishing.” The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume VI: Tennessee. Eds. Jesse Graves, Paul Ruffin, & William Wright. Huntsville: Texas Review Press, 2013. 155-156. Print.

“Serenade.” Anti- 12 (June 2013). Web.

“Skin Song” & “Snow Song.” Third Coast 36 (Spring 2013): 7-9. Print.

“Love Poem” & “Stone Song.” The Pinch 33.1 (Spring 2013): 36-37. Print.

“Windigo, OH” [reprint]. Verse Daily. Eds. J.P. Dancing Bear & C.J. Sage. 27 Mar. 2013. Web.

“Love Poem” & “Windigo, OH.” Indiana Review 34.2 (2012): 153-154. Print.

“Little Exercise.” Nashville Review 9 (Fall 2012). Web.

“Junk” [reprint] Verse Daily Web Weekly Feature. Eds. J.P. Dancing Bear & C.J. Sage. 2012. Web.

“Junk.” Guernica (17 Sept. 2012). Web.

“Homecoming.” The Pinch (1 Sept. 2012). Web.

“The Grazing Tract.” Parcel (Spring/Summer 2012): 68. Print.

“Love Poem.” The Tusculum Review 8 (2012): 99. Print.

“Love Poem.” Harpur Palate 11.2 (Winter/Spring 2012): 87. Print.

“Accident,” “Fireworks,” & “Windigo, OH.” Passages North 33 (2012): 152-154. Print.

“The Field,” “Hired Hands,” & “Sucker.” Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley 11.2 (2011): 144-146. Print.

“Possum.” The Chattahoochee Review 31.3 (Winter 2011): 78. Print.

“Flood Song.” Linebreak (1 Mar. 2011). Web.

“A Good Snow.” The Sakura Review 2 (Winter 2011): 21. Print.

“euclid.” Slash Pine Poetry Anthology. Eds. francine j. harris, Ashley McWaters, Abraham Smith, Patti White, & Joseph P. Wood. Tuscaloosa: Slash Pine Press, 2010. 70. Print.

“Old Granny.” Live Oak Review 2 (Spring 2010). Web.