Michelle Lerner
Michelle Lerner is the author of the poetry chapbook Protection (Poetry Box, 2021). She has an MFA from The New School, directs the Laura Boss Poetry Foundation, and mentors Gazan writers through We Are Not Numbers. Her poems have been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and Best New Poets. Her fiction manuscript Ring has been a finalist or longlisted for multiple awards, and will be published by Bancroft Press with an expected publication date of October 8, 2024.
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Sanctuary from *Ring*
Eventually the air faded to black on all sides except straight ahead, in the path of the headlights, and above our heads where the stars were clear as lit matches. How Samu knew where he was going was a mystery; all that lay ahead was snow, and there was now snow falling as well. But […]
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A Grief Explored
Michelle Lerner, author of “Sanctuary from Ring” from Volume 72.2, shares the origin story of the book, its relationship to loss, and reaches out a hand to the rest of us In 1993, when I was twenty-two years old, I lost someone whom I’d loved intensely. In the aftermath, I experienced a grief that would […]