Michael Earl Craig is an
American poet
The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country.
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farrier
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living in
Livingston, Montana
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He was born in
Dayton, Ohio
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in 1970.
Craig is the author of six books of poetry. His work has been included in the anthologies ''Isn’t It Romantic'' (2004), Everyman’s Library ''Poems About Horses'' (2009), and ''The Best American Poetry'' (2014).
He served as
Poet Laureate of Montana from 2015 to 2017.
The Poetry Foundation writes that "Craig's poems question the assumptions and habits of daily life, using humor and frequent glimpses of a torqued pastoral landscape."
Craig attended the
University of Montana
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as an undergraduate and received an
MFA from the
University of Massachusetts
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in 1998. In 1997, he rode a horse across the state of Montana.
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External links
Michael Earl Craigat
Wave Books
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Living people
American male poets
Poets laureate of Montana
People from Livingston, Montana
1970 births
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