Michael Cantor is the author of Furusato (Kelsay Books, 2019) and Life in the Second Circle (Able Muse Press, 2012), which was a finalist for the Able Muse Prize and 2013 Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry. His chapbook, The Performer (Pudding House Publications, 2007) was his first published collection. His work has appeared in The Dark Horse, Measure, The Raintown Review, Frogpond, New Walk, Think, Light, and numerous other journals and anthologies. He has won the Newburyport Association Poetry Prize and the New England Poetry Club Erika Mumford and Gretchen Warren awards. A native New Yorker, he has lived and worked in Japan, Latin America and Europe and presently divides his time between Plum Island, MA, and Santa Fe, NM.

Author Site: www.michael-cantor.com/

Books

Furusato (Kelsay Books, 2019)
Life in the Second Circle (Able Muse Press, 2012)
The Performer (Pudding House Press, 2007)

Anthologies

The Powow River Poets Anthology II (Able Muse Press, 2021)

Poetry Online 

“Christmas Morning at the Pueblo,” Amsterdam Quarterly
”The Elders,” New Verse News
”Waiting Room,” “Opium,” and “Summer Employment on Plover Island,” Angle
”Havana,” Alabama Literary Review
”The Portrait of Gorian Dreigh,” Per Contra
”The Candidate Makes a Public Statement on a Private Matter, His Wife at his Side,” New Verse News
”For Harry, Who Had Three Passports,” Verse Daily
”Her Latest Girlfriend Stole the Silk Tabriz and Left a Cat Behind,” 14 x 14
”Slow Rondeau,” Umbrella
”The Riff of Sisyphus,” Umbrella
Eight Poems from The Hypertexts

Honors

Massachusetts Book Award for Poetry, Finalist: 2013
Able Muse Prize, Finalist: 2011
New England Poetry Club Gretchen Warren Award: 2008
New England Poetry Club Erika Mumford Award: 2006
Newburyport Art Association Poetry Prize: 2004