Michael Tyrell

Michael Tyrell (born Brooklyn, New York) is an American poet, editor, actor, and writing teacher.^[1]

He received his MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has published his poems and reviews in many journals and anthologies, including The Best American Poetry, The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and The Paris Review. He studied acting at New York University, where he currently teaches writing. From 2001 until 2007, he was the book review editor of the literary magazine Chelsea. Tyrell had a cameo in the 2007 movie Husband for Hire and has appeared in short films and the 2011 film Walk Away Renee.^[2]

Works

• Phantom Laundry. Backlash Press. 2017. ISBN 152720426X. 
• The Wanted. National Poetry Review Press. 2012. ISBN 978-1-935716-17-4. 
• Test Pilot Puppy. Illustrators Dave Cooper, Min S. Ku. Scholastic. 2006. ISBN 978-0-439-74404-1. 
• Julia Kasdorf, Michael Tyrell, ed. (April, 2007). Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn. New York University. ISBN 978-0-8147-4803-9.  Check date values in: |date= (help)

Anthologies

• "The Best American Poetry 2015" (Editor, Sherman Alexie)
• Cool Thing (Running Press, 2008).

References