Ken Meisel is a poet and psychotherapist from the Detroit area. He is a 2012 Kresge Arts Literary Fellow, Pushcart Prize nominee, winner of the Liakoura Prize, and the author of nine poetry collections. His books include Studies Inside the Consent of a Distance (Kelsay Books, 2022), Our Common Souls: New & Selected Poems of Detroit (Blue Horse Press, 2020), Mortal Lullabies (FutureCycle Press, 2018), and The Drunken Sweetheart at My Door (FutureCycle Press, 2015). He has published poetry in Rattle, Crab Creek Review, Concho River Review, San Pedro River Review, Rabid Oak, Muddy River Poetry Review, The MacGuffin, Lake Effect, Panoply: A Literary Zine, St. Katherine Review, I-70 Review, Trampoline, and Sheila-Na-Gig.
Paperback: 130 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (August 3, 2023)
Award:
Sheila-Na-Gig Editor’s Choice Award (2022)