A fixture in the performance poetry and education community, Michael Salinger has been writing and performing poetry and fiction for over twenty years. His work has appeared in dozens of literary journals published in the U.S. and Canada, and he has coauthored three professional books with Sara Holbrook: Outspoken!, High-Definition, and High-Impact Writing Clinics. Michael is also the founder and chief facilitator of the teen writing and performance program at Cleveland’s Playhouse Square Foundation–the second largest performing arts center in the United States after Broadway.