Michael Delp is an American writer of both prose and poetry.

Life and work

Delp was an instructor of creative writing at the

Interlochen Center for the Arts Interlochen Center for the Arts is a non-profit corporation which operates arts education institutions and performance venues in northwest Michigan. It is situated on a campus in Interlochen, Michigan, roughly southwest of Traverse City. In ...

in Michigan. Delp's literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. He is known for writing about nature, especially fishing and water. He was co-editor (with

Conrad Hilberry Conrad Hilberry (March 1, 1928 – January 11, 2017) was an American poet and author. Biography Hilberry was born on March 1, 1928, in Melrose Park, Illinois, to parents Ruth Haase Hilberry and Clarence Hilberry, an English Professor who later s ...

and Herbert Scott) of the anthology ''Contemporary Michigan Poetry: Poems from the Third Coast'' (1988).

Works

''The Last Good Water: Prose and Poetry, 1988-2003'', was published in 2003. Other works include: * ''Contemporary Michigan Poetry: Poems from the Third Coast'' (1988) - Co-editor with

and Herbert Scott * ''Over the Graves of Horses'' (1988) * ''Under the Influence of Water: Poems, Essays, and Stories'' (1992) * ''The Coast of Nowhere: Meditations on Rivers, Lakes, and Streams'' (1998) * ''New Poems from the Third Coast: Contemporary Michigan Poetry'' (2001) - Co-editor with Conrad Hilberry and Josie Kearns * ''The Last Good Water: Prose and Poetry, 1988-2003'' (2003) * ''As If We Were Prey'' (2010) * ''The Mad Angler Poems''(2014) * ''Lying in the River's Deep Bed: The Confluence of the Dead Man and the Mad Angler''(2016) * ''Seven River Prayers''(2019) * ''The River under the River: The Mad Angler Meets the Mad Cellist''(A collaboration between Cellist Cris Campbell, 2019)

References

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