To inquire about bookings or events, please contact Scott Beal.
Bio:
Scott Beal is the author of Stegosaurus Moon (Dzanc Books, 2026) and Wait ‘Til You Have Real Problems (Dzanc Books, 2014), as well as the chapbooks The Octopus (Gertrude Press, 2016) and Two Shakespearean Madwomen Vs. the Detroit Red Wings (White Eagle Coffee Store Press, 1998). His poems have appeared in journals such as Rattle, Pleiades, Prairie Schooner, Beloit Poetry Journal, Indiana Review, Muzzle, Sonora Review, and Michigan Quarterly Review, and have received awards including a Pushcart Prize. He co-authored Jangle the Threads with Rachel McKibbens and Aracelis Girmay (Red Beard Press, 2010) and Underneath: The Archaeological Approach to Creative Writing with Jeff Kass (Red Beard Press, 2011). He directs the Lloyd Scholars for Writing and the Arts at the University of Michigan and teaches in the Sweetland Center for Writing. He co-hosts the Skazat! online poetry series and co-edits the literary journal Public School Poetry. He has led poetry and fiction workshops for the Dzanc Writer-in-Residence Program at Ann Arbor Open School, the Neutral Zone, the InsideOut Literary ArtsProject, 826michigan, and other organizations. He’s performed at schools, bookstores, and poetry slams around the country, including the Cantab Lounge, the Green Mill, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the Individual World Poetry Slam, and elsewhere. He lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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Photo credits: Aaron Valdez