Michael Kasenow is an award-winning novelist (View From The Edge; A Wicked Thing); an award-winning poet (Six Feet Down); and the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Last Paradise. He has traveled extensively, living in many places among a variety of unique personalities. His lifetime resume includes waiter, cab driver, bartender, lumberman, janitor, and ranch hand in New Mexico. These experiences add authenticity to his written work. He is currently a Geology Professor at Eastern Michigan University and lives in a Michigan harbor town, enjoying the west waves of Lake Michigan.


For more information on Michael Kasenow and his book visit his website


Topics of conversation:
Poetry as a writing and reading tool/exercise
How an Author’s non-writing background helps his/her writing
Surviving and thriving after child abuse
His Passion for Geology