Michael Fitzgerald

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Michael Fitzgerald

A Pulitzer-nominated poet, Michael has recorded several volumes of his work with a variety of musical settings. Among the musicians featured on these recordings are guitarists Seth Austen, Michael DeLalla, jazz legend Marvin "Doc" Holladay, and percussionist N. Scott Robinson.

In addition to the Pulitzer, he has been nominated for the National Book Award, received an Ackerman Nicholson Fellowship and Garrabrandt Poetry Medallion.

"From the bo trees of India
to the cypress of Israel,
to a bagel at the interfaith
conference here in Virginia,

I lean into the necessary dreams
of peace, despite the dark
a sand painting from the Navajo,
a chat with a Sufi,
as a Buddhist monk drifts by."
(Folio 1, from Michael's book Anthems for Earth)