Michael Dickman was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1975. He received his MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. Dickman's first collection, The End of the West, was published in 2009 by Copper Canyon Press. He is also the author of Green Migraine (Copper Canyon Press, 2015) and the coauthor, with his brother, of 50 American Plays (Copper Canyon Press, 2012). His second collection of poetry, Flies (Copper Canyon Press, 2011), received the 2010 James Laughlin Award. His many grants, fellowships, and residencies include honors from organizations such as the Michener Center for Writers, the Vermont Studio Center, The Guggenheim Foundation, the Fine Arts Work Center, and the Lannan Foundation. He was awarded the Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University for 2009-2010.In addition to writing, Dickman appeared in the 2002 film Minority Report with his twin brother, poet Matthew Dickman. He is on the faculty at Princeton University, and lives in New Jersey. Source