Michael White was educated at the University of Missouri and the University of Utah, where he received his PhD. His most recent books are Palma Cathedral, which won the Colorado Prize, and Re-entry, which won the Vassar Miller Prize. His work has been published in magazines and anthologies such as The Paris Review, The New Republic, The Kenyon Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Missouri Review, and The Best American Poetry. He has received numerous other awards for his work, including a NEA Fellowship as well as several fellowships from the North Carolina Arts Council. He teaches in the MFA program at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.