An independent scholar, creative writing instructor and writer, Michael Walsh received his B.A. in Creative Writing from Knox College and his M.F.A. in Creative and Professional Writing from the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities. He’s the editor of Queer Nature, the first ecoqueer poetry anthology. His poetry books include The Dirt Riddles (University of Arkansas Press) and Creep Love (Autumn House Press) as well as two chapbooks, Adam Walking the Garden and Sleepwalks (Red Dragonfly Press). His awards include a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship in Poetry, a Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship, The Miller Williams Prize in Poetry and The Publishing Triangle’s Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry. After residing in Minneapolis for more than two decades, Michael now lives in a valley among coulees and springs in the Driftless region of southwest Wisconsin, where his ecoqueer and literary teachings are taking shape.