Michael Casey (poet)
File:Michael-Casey.jpgMichael Casey (born 1947 in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an American poet.
His first collection, Obscenities, was chosen by Stanley Kunitz for the [1] Yale Series of Younger Poets. Other collections include Millrat (Adastra Press), The Million Dollar Hole (Orchises Press), Raiding a Whorehouse (Adastra), Permanent Party (March Street Press), and Cindi's Fur Coat (The Chuckwagon).
Education
Casey received a B.S. in Physics from Lowell Institute of Technology where he studied with William Aiken. He received a masters degree from SUNY Buffalo, where he studied with John Logan, and worked on his thesis (an early version of Millrat) under the direction of Bill Sylvester.
Casey's education continued in 1968 when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. His stay at Fort Leonardwood, Missouri provided the material for the later book, The Million Dollar Hole; his work as military policeman in Vietnam's Quang Ngai province is rendered in his debut collection, Obscenities.
Casey brought Alan Dugan's Poems with him to Vietnam where, in a book package for troops, he discovered Donald Allen's New American Poetry anthology and, in particular, the early work of poet Edward Field. Both Field and Dugan became strong influences on Casey.
External Links
• Interview with Michael Casey at Turnrow
• Review of Million Dollar Hole at Frigatezine
• Poems from the Niederngasse Work Supplement issue
• Poems from The Bridge Review
• Article on Casey and the poetry of work in The Andover Townsman