Michael Simms (publisher)

Michael Simms (publisher)

Michael Simms is an American poet and literary publisher. His most recent book is Black Stone (Monkey Sea Editions, 2009). His poems have been published in literary journals and magazines including 5 A.M., Black Warrior Review, Mid-American Review, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Southwest Review, and West Branch.[1] His poems have also been read by Garrison Keillor on the nationally syndicated radio show The Writer's Almanac. Born in 1954 in Houston, Texas, Simms attended the School of Irish Studies in Dublin, Ireland; Southern Methodist University (BA, 1976); and the University of Iowa (MFA, 1978). From 1979-1987 he served on the faculty of Southern Methodist University and from 2005-2010 in Chatham University Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing.

Since 1998, he is founder and Editor-in-chief of the literary publishing house Autumn House Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has been the lead editor on over sixty full-length books of poetry and fiction by authors such as Gerald Stern, Ed Ochester, Jo McDougall, Chana Bloch, Samuel Ligon, Samuel Hazo, Sue Ellen Thompson, and Richard Jackson, as well as eight anthologies of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Simms also edits the online magazine Coal Hill Review. Simms lives with his wife Eva, a psychologist, and their two children in the historic neighborhood of Mount Washington overlooking the city of Pittsburgh.

Contents

Books

Poetry Collections

  • Black Stone (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Monkey Sea Editions, 2009)
  • The Happiness of Animals (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Monkey Sea Editions, 2006)
  • The Fire-eater (Dallas, Texas: Firewheel Press, 1989)
  • Migration (Portland, Oregon: Breitenbush Books, 1985)
  • Notes on Continuing Light (Des Moines: Blue Buildings, 1981)

Nonfiction

  • Longman Dictionary of Poetic Terms (co-author with Jack Myers, New York: Longman, 1989)
  • Longman Dictionary and Handbook of Poetry, (co-author with Jack Myers, New York: Longman, 1985)

Anthologies Edited

  • The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry (Pittsburgh: Autumn House Press, 2011)
  • O. Henry’s Texas Stories (co-editor with Marian McClintock, Dallas: Stillpoint Press, 1986)

References

Sources

Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2003. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000149473.

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