Whittaker, Michelle: - Michelle Whittaker is a poet and musician. Her poems have been published in The New Yorker, Vinyl, Narrative, Southampton Review, Transitions Magazine, Long Island Quarterly, and other publications. She was awarded a Jody Donohue Poetry Prize, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, and Cave Canem Fellowship. She is an Assistant Professor in the Program of Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook University. Her debut poetry collection Surge was named Finalist in the 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.