Michele Battiste’s poem “Acknowledgment” was awarded the 2010 Carlos Humberto Ibañez Arias Memorial Prize from the Poetry Society of Virginia. Anna Journey was the judge. Michele’s first full-length collection of poems, Ink for an Odd Cartography, was a finalist for the St. Lawrence Book award and was released by Black Lawrence Press in 2009.
Ink for an Odd Cartography is available from the Black Lawrence Press website and Amazon.