Michele Morano
Chicago, IL
Nonfiction
Michele Morano is the author of the books Like Love and Grammar Lessons: Translating a Life in Spain, and of essays published in many anthologies and literary journals,, including Best American Essays; WaveForm: Twenty-First Century Essays by Women; Fourth Genre, Ninth Letter, The Normal School, Brevity, and Rusted Radishes. She has received honors and awards from the Rona Jaffe Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, the MacDowell Colony, and the American Association of University Women, among others. Michele holds an M.F.A. in nonfiction writing and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa. She is an English professor at DePaul University in Chicago, where she lives.
Michele’s Ragdale residency will support the drafting of her latest book, Death Wishes, which uses the lyric essay form to explore the concept of a good death.