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Michele McDannold – Curriculum Vitae

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Michele McDannold

mm (at)theliteraryunderground [dot] org

michelemcdannold.com

Curriculum Vitae

Michele McDannold is an American poet, editor, publisher and literary activist. She was the Editor-in-Chief at Red Fez Publications for over five years. She is the founder of The Literary Underground, a grassroots effort committed to supporting independent artists, promoting diversity in creativity and fostering community in the small press. Michele is currently the editor/publisher for Citizens For Decent Literature Press. Her poetry has been published in numerous online and print publications in the USA and abroad.

Editing and Publishing Experience

Associate Editor (2007), Red Fez Publications. Responsible for first round editing of poetry and fiction submissions for quarterly issues.

Editor (2007), Lit Circus, Guild of Outsider Writers. Responsible for working with authors and choosing content for a frequently updated online journal.

Founding Editor/Publisher (2007-2010), Rural Messengers Press. Responsible for choosing, editing and publishing content for various print projects including chapbooks, mail art, broadsides and leaflets. Developed and published the online publication, Side of Grits, as a project of Rural Messengers Press.

Editor-in-Chief (2007-2012), Red Fez Publications. Responsible for final copy of monthly issues, management of editorial staff and staff writers (reviews and columns), press releases, award nominations, submissions notifications, development of website sections and offerings (added an internet radio show, nonfiction, audio and video sections to the online publication), edited and published the first print publication (Red Reader #1), and organized and curated the first poetry festival hosted by Red Fez in conjunction with Zygote in my Coffee.

Director of Print and Special Projects (2012), Red Fez Publications. Responsible for the development, editing and publishing of print projects and organizing and curating literary events.

Founding Editor/Publisher (2012 – ), Citizens for Decent Literature. Responsible for choosing, editing and publishing content for the quarterly print zine and frequently updated online publication.

Associate Editor (2012), The Daughters of Bastards (Punk Hostage Press), a book by Iris Berry. Responsible for copy editing.

Editor/Publisher (2013), Random Acts of Terror, a book of poetry by Luis Rivas. Responsible for final edit and book design of the perfect bound 76 page poetry book.

Editor (2014), This Is Poetry Volume I: Women of the Small Press, anthology. Responsible for soliciting, choosing content, editing and layout.

Organizations

Member (2007-2008). The Guild of Outsider Writers, a community of independent and micro-presses, bloggers and authors focused on spreading the word about “outsider” writing, inviting debate about publishing ethics and sharing resources within the small press. Successful projects included: Preliminary judge for the Jack Micheline Memorial Poetry Contest which resulted in the publication of Down Where the Hummingbird Goes to Die by Justin Hyde.

Member (2008-2009). APA Centauri, a general interest APA (Amateur Press Association).

Founder (2010). The Literary Underground, a grassroots organization committed to fostering community in the independent press by providing web space, information and resources for individuals, presses, publications and organizations involved in independent publishing. Successful projects to date include: The Literary Underground Wiki, Project U Radio, Archives Directory, and Citizens for Decent Literature APA (Amateur Press Association), CFDL Zine and online publication.

Literary Events

  • Zygote in my Fez, a poetry feztival, August 6, 2011, Toledo, Ohio, organizer, curator.

  • Midwest Small Press Festival – “Street, Meat & Beat Poetry”, June 2, 2012, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, curator, performer.

  • Beast Crawl – The East Bay Literary Pub Crawl, July 7, 2012, Oakland, California, curator.

  • Zyfez California, July 8, 2012, Oakland, California, organizer, curator.

  • Zyfez New Mexico, November 3, 2012, Albuquerque, New Mexico, organizer, curator.

  • Tiny-amp vs The Literary Underground, January 12, 2013, Denver, Colorado, performer.

  • Midwest Underground Poetry Summit, February 18, 2013, Toledo, Ohio, performer.

  • Tremont Poetry Crawl, April 21, 2013, Cleveland (Tremont neighborhood), Ohio, organizer, curator.

  • Nothing to Lose, June 22, 2013, Jacksonville, Illinois, organizer, curator, performer.

  • A Rainy Day In Seattle, March 29, 2013, Seattle, Washington, assistant organizer, promoter.

  • This Is Poetry, August 9, 2014, Springfield, Illinois, organizer, curator, performer.

  • One Night Only, September 12, 2014, Old Hickory, Tennessee, organizer, curator, performer.

  • Voices from Broken Windows, September 13, 2014, Lenoir, North Carolina, assistant organizer, promoter, performer.

Publishing Credits

Collections

  • Private Vacancy, limited edition chapbook, Rural Messengers Press, 2008

  • Slow but Steady, self-published, 2012 (a collection of published poems to date)

  • Stealing the Midnight from a Handful of Days, Punk Hostage Press 2014

Print Broadsides and Mail Art

  • “String Theory” Rural Messengers Press (2007)

  • “Living on Main Street” Poems-For-All, Sac Free Press (2007)

  • “The Packinghouse – Second Shift” Poems-For-All, Sac Free Press (2007)

  • “Cherry Bomb” Rural Messengers Press (2008)

  • “Curious Things” Rural Messengers Press (2008)

  • “who are they” Graffiti Kolkata (2010)

Print Anthologies

  • “Navy Days” The Boy’s No Good, Cat Scan Press (2007)

  • “Smoke” Lunch Break Book, Poet Plan Press (2007)

  • “Tried Writing a Poem” Lunch Break Book, Poet Plant Press (2007)

  • “It Might Be True” Lunch Break Book, Poet Plant Press (2007)

  • “The Note From Behind the Stamp” The Book of Love, Poet Plant Press (2010)

  • “They Shared an Identity of Interests” The Book of Love, Poet Plant Press (2010)

  • “this bored housewife” Award Winning Douche, Ebullience Press (August 2011)

  • “Epic” Award Winning Douche, Ebullience Press (August 2011)

  • “Note to the Better Half” Award Winning Douche, Ebullience Press (August 2011)

  • “And now she goes by some other name” This Is Poetry Volume I, Citizens for Decent Literature Press (August 2014)

  • “this bored housewife” This Is Poetry Volume I, Citizens for Decent Literature Press (August 2014)

Print Journals/Magazines

  • “Joanna”, Remark Poetry (August 2006)

  • “In the Consideration of John”, Remark Poetry (November 2006)

  • “On Smoke and Mirrors”, Zygote in my Coffee #2 – Tainted Coffee Press (2006), Must Zine (2010)

  • “Doin’ Tussin”, In Between Hangovers – Cat Scan Press (2007)

  • “The Big Gulp”, Rattlesnake Review – Rattlesnake Press (April 2007)

  • “Cafe”, Calliope Nerve (May 2007)

  • “better off dead”, Zygote in my Coffee #3 – Tainted Coffee Press (2007)

  • “Purchase”, Calliope Nerve (2007), Citizens for Decent Literature (2011)

  • “Not Like the Movies”, Calliope Nerve (2007)

  • “Never Say Die”, Zygote in my Coffee #4 – Tainted Coffee Press (2007)

  • “as halothane, procaine, or ether”, Zygote in my Coffee #4 – Tainted Coffee Press (2007)

  • “Depending”, Zygote in my Coffee Special Edition #100 – Tainted Coffee Press (2007)

  • “Friendly Advice” Zygote in my Coffee Special Edition #100 – Tainted Coffee Press (2007)

  • “Tip of Her Finger”, Zygote in my Coffee #6 – Tainted Coffee Press (2008)

  • “Sloppy Pasta”, Zygote in my Coffee #6 – Tainted Coffee Press (2008)

  • “Not Recommended”, Modus Operandi Zine (June 2011)

  • “Taking it Under Advisement”, Primal Urge (August 2011)

  • “the american dream”, The Musophobist Volume One Issue #3 (July 2012)

  • “today”, The Musophobist Volume One Issue #3 (July 2012)

  • “a tired, diseased yellow”, The Musophobist Volume One Issue #3 (July 2012)

  • “I watch this game”, The Musophobist Volume One Issue #3 (July 2012)

  • “I already paid for my permission”, The Musophobist Volume One Issue #3 (July 2012)

  • “Taking it Under Advisement”, The Musophobist Volume One Issue #3 (July 2012)

  • “Cup of Chilli”, Gag Me With A… (October 2012)

Online Journals

  • “Aladdin’s Lamp”, The Indite Circle (2006), Medusa’s Kitchen (July 2007)

  • “Cafe”, The Indite Circle (2006)

  • “Shaken Not Stirred”, The Indite Circle (2006)

  • “Ode to my Lips”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #66 (August 2006)

  • “Monkey Bars”, Cherry Bleeds (2006), Hecale (July 2007)

  • “Forget the Vacation, It’s Time to Fumigate”, Lunatic Chameleon (2006)

  • “The Performance”, Lunatic Chameleon (2006)

  • “Corroded Arteries”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #68 (October 2006)

  • “The Big Gulp”, Red Fez Publications Issue #12 (November 2006)

  • “Bettin’ Man”, Red Fez Publications Issue #12 (November 2006)

  • “Like Fingertips in Hallways”, Red Fez Publications Issue #12 (November 2006)

  • “You Laugh At Rumble Bees”, decomP magazinE (2006)

  • “Charlie don’t Surf!”, Lit Chaos Magazine (2006)

  • “Message Board Mala”, Lit Chaos Magazine (2006)

  • “The Little Hairs Sings”, Lit Chaos Magazine (2006)

  • “Ahhhh!”, Lit Chaos Magazine (2006)

  • “Let Go My Black Hole, Stephen”, Cerebral Catalyst (November 2006)

  • “That Thing You Call Sleaze”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #75 (January 2007)

  • “The Coupling”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #75 (January 2007)

  • “Things You Learn When Not Looking, But Looking, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #75 (January 2007)

  • “Midsection”, Cerebral Catalyst (January 2007)

  • “Do Not Alarm Yourself”, Red Fez Publications Issue #13 (February 2007)

  • “I’m Coming to Get Your Food”, Red Fez Publications Issue #13 (February 2007)

  • “Rookie and the World”, Red Fez Publications Issue #13 (February 2007)

  • “Six Miles from Gracelend”, Red Fez Publications Issue #13 (February 2007)

  • “empty pages”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #84 (March 2007)

  • “Silver Duct Tape”, Outsider Writers (March 2007)

  • “Rubber White and Puckered”, Outsider Writers (March 2007), Clutching at Straws (February 2010)

  • “The Raw Egg and Grits”, Outsider Writers (March 2007), Gutter Eloquence Magazine Issue #1 (2008)

  • “Alphabet Entrance”, Lit Chaos Magazine (May 2007)

  • “Drop Dead Stop”, Lit Chaos Magazine (May 2007)

  • “Examinations”, Lit Chaos Magazine (May 2007)

  • “Mary”, Lit Chaos Magazine (May 2007)

  • “Welcome Home”, decomP magazinE (2007)

  • “Joanna”, Juice Poetry (July 2007)

  • “Let Loose A Natural Language”, Juice Poetry (July 2007)

  • “An Empire”, Juice Poetry (July 2007)

  • “This has been a recording.”, Juice Poetry (July 2007)

  • “On Smoke and Mirrors”, Medusa’s Kitchen (July 2007)

  • “The Reliability of Cards”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #91 (July 2007)

  • “Pretty Things”, Medusa’s Kitchen (July 2007)

  • “Private Vacancy”, Hecale (July 2007)

  • “The Process of Decay, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #106 (May 2008)

  • “spin … and spin … and spin”, Cherry Bleeds (May 2008)

  • “who died and made you a shoe”, Heroin Love Songs (July 2008)

  • “animals, every one of us”, Heroin Love Songs (July 2008)

  • “everywhere, someone is dead”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #112 (January 2009)

  • “any day now”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #112 (January 2009)

  • “Flowers, Mostly Plastic”, Red Fez Publications The Editor Issue (October 2009)

  • “Buscemi”, Clutching at Straws (February 2010)

  • “Navy Days”, Opium Poetry (June 2010), Finger Magazine (October 2011)

  • “doorbells, mornings and death”, Opium Poetry (June 2010)

  • “Surprise, You’re Dead”, Gutter Eloquence Magazine (September 2011)

  • “criminally speaking”, Gutter Eloquence Magazine (September 2011)

  • “Spinning Lockstep”, Finger Magazine (October 2011)

  • “It happens.”, Guerilla Pamphlets (October 2011)

  • “Submit here”, Guerilla Pamphlets (October 2011)

  • “this bored housewife”, Meth Lab (November 2011)

  • “Epic”, Meth Lab (November 2011)

  • “Note to the Better Half”, Meth Lab (November 2011)

  • “Cash Business”, Meth Lab (November 2011)

  • “Trick”, Meth Lab (November 2011)

  • “disclosure”, Meth Lab (November 2011)

  • “stop sucking on Todd Moore’s Dead Dick”, Meth Lab (November 2011)

  • “the corpse of Tim Murray”, Meth Lab (November 2011)

  • “when you’re gone”, Meth Lab (November 2011)

  • “A lifetime supply–”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #136 (January 2012)

  • “Claire”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #136 (January 2012)

  • “the dead road”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #136 (January 2012)

  • “My Own Shadowy Spider”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #136 (January 2012)

  • “Status”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #136 (January 2012)

  • “bittersweet”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #136 (January 2012)

  • “A nice, quiet place”, Zygote in my Coffee Issue #136 (January 2012)

  • “this is not a review and I didn’t ask permission so I might have to fire myself”, Red Fez Publications (March 2012)

  • “FN Wright”, Red Fez Publications (March 2012)

  • “Nothing to Lose (or Freedom)”, Meth Lab (July 2012)

  • “found this poem in a notebook”, Guerilla Pamphlets (August 2012)

  • “Dear Baby Jesus” ppigpenn (October 2012)

  • “charlie don’t surf!” Red Fez Publications (October 2012)

  • “Halloween Carnival” Red Fez Publications (October 2012)

  • “A Woman I Once Knew” (as Elizabeth V. Easley) Zygote in my Coffee Issue #141 (April 2013)

  • “i am a rock” Zygote in my Coffee Issue #142 (July 2013)

  • “sign of the apocalypse” Zygote in my Coffee Issue #142 (July 2013)

  • “So white trash” Zygote in my Coffee Issue #142 (July 2013)

  • “the poets” Zygote in my Coffee Issue #142 (July 2013)

  • “i forgot” Zygote in my Coffee Issue #142 (July 2013)

  • “tear it down or build it up” Regardless of Authority Issue #2 (August 2013)

  • “Cemetery Poem (for my love)” Ppigpenn (November 2013)

  • “Lost Highway” Ppigpenn (November 2013)

  • “And now she goes by some other name” Ppigpenn (November 2013)

  • “something in the way” Luciferous (February 2014)

  • “It’s Not So Bad” Red Fez Publications (April 2014)

  • “lolz” Cultural Weekly (August 2014)

  • “And now she goes by some other name” Cultural Weekly (August 2014)

Translations

  • “Surowe Jajko I Otreby Owsiane” (The Raw Egg and Grits), Polish translation by Piotr Siwecki, Minimal Books, Issuu 1 (October 2010)

  • “Wszedzie Ktos Umiera” (everywhere, someone is dead), Polish translation by Piotr Siwecki, Minimal Books, Issuu 1 (October 2010)

  • “Kwiaty, Glownie Plasikowe” (Flowers, Mostly Plastic) Polish translation by Piotr Siwecki, Minimal Books, Issuu 1 (October 2010)

  • “Uzaleznienie” (Depending), Polish translation by Piotr Siwecki, Minimal Books, Issuu 1 (October 2010)

  • (Do Not Alarm Yourself), Polish translation by Piotr Siwecki, Ah-ha Art

Interviews

  • “Writer’s Corner: Michele McDannold”, Interview by Jason Behrends, What to Wear During an Orange Alert (January 2008)

  • “Calliope Nerve Interview Series: Michele McDannold”, Interview by Nobius Black, Calliope Nerve (June 2010)

  • “Piotr Siwecki talks with Michele McDannold”, Minimal Books, Issuu 1 (October 2010)

  • “Interview: Michele McDannold, ppigpenn.blogspot.com (December 2013)

Articles

  • Collingwood Arts Center to host Aug. 6 poetry event, Jason Mack, Toledo Free Press (August 3, 2011)

  • Mix of poets converges to share works at area festival, Sara Felsenstein, Toledo Blade (August 7, 2011)

  • Zygote on the Road, John Dorsey, Toledo Free Press (May 8, 2012)

  • Poetry event brings together diverse artists for inspiration, Jake Russell, Jacksonville Journal Courier (June 23, 2013)

References

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