Michael Simms is the founder of Autumn House Press. He has been the lead editor on over 100 books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including multiple editions of The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry. He is the author of  4 full-length collections of poetry -- Migration, American Ash, Nightjar and Strange Meadowlark -- and the co-author of The Longman Handbook of Poetry. Simms has held teaching positions at the University of Iowa, Southern Methodist University, Community College of Allegheny County, Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University, and Chatham University. In 2014, he launched an online magazine -- Vox Populi: A Curated Space for Poetry, Politics and Nature.

Website: www.voxpopulisphere.com

Publications

• Bicycles of the Gods , Madville Publishing (September 11, 2022)
• Strange Meadowlark: Poems , Ragged Sky Press (September 1, 2023)

Awards

• 2000-2016 Annual Awards from Pennsylvania Council of the Arts(2012)
• Certificate of Recognition from Pennsylvania State Legislature for Contribution to the Arts(2011)

Employment

• Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Autumn House Press (December 2012 - January 2012)

Genres of Interest

Fiction, Creative nonfiction, Poetry