Michael Salcman

Michael Salcman's poems have been heard on public radio in Baltimore and Madison, Wisconsin, on NPR's All Things Considered and in Euphoria, an award-winning feature-length documentary on creativity and the brain. You can hear him read his work on his web site, www.salcman.com. Michael is a physician, brain scientist and essayist on the visual arts. He was chairman of neurosurgery at the University of Maryland and president of the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore. Recent poems appear in Alaska Quarterly Review, Ontario Review, New Letters, Notre Dame Review, Harvard Review, Raritan, and New York Quarterly. His current collection includes, The Clock Made of Confetti (Orchises Press) was recently nominated for the Poet's Prize.d Michael also has his fourth chapbook, Stones In Our Pockets (Parallel Press, University of Wisconsin-Madison) which was published in 2007.He has recently been nominated as a potential Poet Laureate for the state of Maryland.