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Publications in Journals:
Paddlefish,
Courtland Review,Exquisite Corpse, Christian Science Monitor, Prague
Literary Review, Contemporary Review of Fiction, On The Bus,
Gargoyle, Lilliput Review,The Windsor Literary Review, Cedar Hill
Review, The Paterson Literary Review, Long Shot, Hong Kong
University Literary Review, The Red Brick Review, American Book
Review, The Heartlands Today, Wordswright Magazine, Nexus Literary
Review, The Big Scream, The Bullhead Literary Review, The Great
Midwestern Review of Literature, The Underground Review, The Santa
Fe New Mexican, Rattle”Poetry for the 21st Century,
Cottonwood Review, River Styx, Drumvoices Review, Rolling Stock,
Relix Magazine, The Detroit Sunday Journal, The Detroit News, The
Detroit Free Press,
The Albuquerque Daily News, The Woodstock Times, San Fernando
Literary Review, The MacGuffin Review, Mimesis & others.
Publications in
Anthologies:
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Identity Lessons
(Viking
Penguin), A Gathering of Poets (Kent State University
Press)
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Abandoned Automobile: Detroit Poets of the 20th
Century
(Wayne State University Press ), Coffeehouse
Poets (Bottom Dog Press-Bowling Green State University) and
others.
International
& National Public Readings & Performances:
Tel
Aviv , Alkko, Jersuslem,Ber Sheeva, Jaffo, Emiq Yizrael, Western
Galilee, Mt. Carmel, Israel, Liverpool, UKBerlin
Slam Poetry Series (Germany), Munich’s Speak & Spin Series,
Novosibirsk State University-Russia, St. Petersburg-Russia and The
Federation of Russian Writers & Poets in Moscow-Russia, University
of Macau China Literary Festival 2003, Prague Literary Series,
Atomic Café Performance Poetry Series (Munich), Substanz Poetry Slam
(Munich), University of Wales Series 2003, University of Munich
(Germany), Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2002, Poetry
Society of London (UK), University of Wales, University of Bath
(UK), University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Alaska’s 5th Annual
Authors’ Festival 2001, Fairbanks Art Association Literary Series,
University of Hong Kong, Macau University (China), Woody Guthrie
Festival (OK), Beyond Baroque (LA), Luna Cafe (LA), Seattle Poetry
Festival, Paterson Poetry Festival, The Dodge International
Bi-Annual Poetry Festival (NJ), St. Mark’s Poetry Project (NY) The
Knitting Factory (NY), La Mama La Galleria (NY), CB 313 Gallery
(NY), City College of New York Annual Poetry Festival, Guild Complex
(Chicago), Catskills OutLoud Poetry Festival, AWP Albany, AWP
Atlanta, The Writers Center (DC), Atticus Books (DC), Center City
Borders (Phil), Robin’s Books (Phil.), Baltimore Art Gallery, Cody’s
Bookstore (SF), Black Oak Books (SF), SITE Santa Fe, Billings YMCA
(MT), University of California-Santa Barbara, Moon Dog Café (LA),
Laguna Beach Poets (CA), Mid-Mississippi Writers Conference, Aquinas
College’s OutLoud Festival, and many readings Canada & the US.
Awards:
- AWARDED
Barnes & Noble./Poets & Writers Writers for Writers Award 2010
w/ Junot Diaz & Maxine Hong Kingston in New York City
- AWARDED
Indie Excellence Book Award in Los Angeles May 2009 for new book
from Wane State University Press.
- AWARDED
The Paterson Poetry Book Prize for Literary Excellence 2009 for
new book May 2009.
- Awarded a
2009 U.S. State Department Cultural and Educational Specialist
Grant for March 2009 to tour Israel for readings, lectures and
classroom visits in Arab and Israeli towns and villages from
Northern Israel to the Negev Desert in the south.
- Awarded
2009-2010 Learning Community Grant for Freshman Composition
Courses and Programming by The Provost’s Office for Retention
Program
- FINALIST
for The 2009 USA Book Award for Wide Awake in Someone Else’s
Dream (Wayne State Press 2008).
- APPOINTED
First U.S.A. Public library Artist in Residence for 2000-2009 at
The Chelsea District Library System in Chelsea, MI.
- Awarded
WSU Global Grant for 2008 to establish study abroad programs
for WSU Freshman students in The Motown-Stuttgart Learning
Community for 2008-2009 school year with University of
Stuttgart, Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany.
- Awarded
2008-2009 Learning Community Grant for Freshman Composition
Courses and Programming by The Provost’s Office for Retention
Program
- U.S. State
Department Award to teach Israeli High School Students &
Teachers and Help College Professors with ideas for teaching
English Literature & American Studies Programs March 2008 in
Jerusalem, Beer Sheva, Emiq Yizrael., Akko, Israel.
- U.S. State
Department Award to teach Israeli High School Students American
Studies and Poetry Writing. July 2007 Beer Sheva, Israel.
- U.S. State
Department Award to teach Israeli High School Students &
Teachers and Help College Professors with ideas for teaching
English Literature & American Studies Programs March 2007 in
Jerusalem, Beer Sheva, Yaffo, and Akko, Israel.
- Awarded
2007-2008 Learning Community Grant for Freshman Composition
Courses and Programming by The Provost’s Office for Retention
Program
- AWARDED
Detroit Writer's Guild Annual Black History Literary Arts. 17
February 2007. Detroit, MI
- U.S. State
Department Award to teach Israeli High School Students American
Studies and Poetry Writing. July 2006. Jerusalem, Israel.
- Wayne
State University Library has contracted to collect all of my
writings and personal papers for their ongoing authors’
archives. 2006.
- AWARDED“Best
Detroit Poet” by The Detroit Free Press Annual Community
Awards for Metro Detroit. Fall 2005.
- AWARDED,
2005 Paterson Book Award for Literary Excellence by The Paterson
Poetry Center in Paterson, NJ.
- Awarded,
WSU Global Grant 2005 to teach block seminars at Novosibirsk
State University (Russia), Ludwig Maximillian University
(Munich) and Stuttgart University (Germany) May through June
2005
- Named,
First Poet Laureate of St. Clair Shores, Michigan (1st
Poet laureate in Metro Detroit outside The City of Detroit)
April 18, 2005.
- Nominated,
WSU 2005 Board of Governors Award for new book/CD of poetry from
Western Michigan University Press.
- Awarded,
Editor’s Choice Award for Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest
- Poetry
Center of Paterson, New Jersey July 2004.
- Awarded
WSU Global Grant for 2004 to teach Spring 2004 at Ludwig
Maximilian University in Munich, Germany in American Studies
Program.
- Awarded 2
WSU First Time Freshman Year Seminar classes by Provost’s Office
for Winter & Fall 2004 terms.
·
AWARDED
Best Detroit Poet 2004 The Detroit Free Press (Spring
2004)
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AWARDED,
Wayne State University Global Education Grant 2003 & 2004
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AWARDED,
WSU David McKenzie Honor Society Community Award 2003
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AWARDED,
Wayne County Council for Arts & Humanities Arts Award 2002
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FINALIST,
American Book Award 2002 & Great Lakes Book Award 2002
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AWARDED
ArtServe/MCACA Writer in the School
for Michigan status for 2001-2004
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AWARDED
Wayne State University’s Board of Governors Book Award 2001
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FINALIST
Paterson Literary Book Award (Stanley Kunitz winner) 2001
· AWARDED
Artserve/Michigan Council for
the Arts Creative Artist Grant for 2001
· Awarded
Poet-In-Residence Award at Northern Michigan University-Summer 2000
· Received
Wayne State University Excellence in Teaching Awards 1993, 1994,1996
& 2000
· Nominated
for Wayne State University Award for Community Involvement 2000
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Nominated for Pushcart Literary Awards in
1990, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000
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Received Wayne State University Quality
Service Award 1993
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Nominated for Governor of Michigan’s 1998,
1999, 2000,2001, 2002, 2003 Arts in Education Award
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Nominated for YMCA Arts Program for Governor
of Michigan’s Arts Organization Award
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Honorable Mention-Canada’s Cranberry Press
Chapbook Contest 1997
Quotes on the
Works of M. L. Liebler:
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“M. L.
Liebler is a piece of the reality poetry needs to stay
alive...He is a beacon shining for the republic (of poetry and
love) for which he stands.” Alicia Ostriker
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“M. L.
Liebler is the backbone of the new literary renaissance.” Bob
Talbert The Detroit Free Press
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“M.
L. is an American populist artist in the tradition of the Beat
poets, Carl Sandburg and Diego Rivera...” Ed Sanders
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“Liebler is
a tremendous source of poetry energy in The Motor City &
beyond.” John Sinclair
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