Michael Anania
Michael Anania is a poet, essayist, and fiction writer who also boasts a distinguished editorial career. He has published twelve collections of poems and his essays have been collected in 1991’s In Plain Sight: Obsessions, Morals and Domestic Laughter. A committed modernist, Anania’s work reflects a wide range of beliefs, settings, and styles.
CPC Readings
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
with Haki Madhubuti
The Art Institute of Chicago
Poetry by Michael Anania
Materials of June Continue reading
Clear vials of cloudy
sputum on a windowsill,
the hand they said I saw
waving from a balcony,
that bony face of his
bouyed up in tufted satin.
Rain Dancing
settle it, then,
the syllable snapped
between your finger