Michael Zysk Member Member since 2021

Michael Zysk is a queer mystic revivalist

Poetry Visual Art

Nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, Michael Zysk is a queer mystic revivalist whose fourth poetry collection A Retreatant's Guide to Disappearing appeared in 2025 (Bottlecap Press).

His poems, essays, and sculptures have appeared in Religion and the Arts, American Poetry Review, Forma Journal, Earth & Altar, Amethyst Review, and Ekstasis. He’s an alumnus of the 2022 Kenyon Review Summer Conference and the 2021 Community of Writers. Visit www.michaelzysk.com.

Location:

Grass Valley, CA

Birthdate:

31 December (54 years old)

Social:

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