Professor Michael Spurgeon will be speaking to us

Let the Water Hold Me Down (Ad Lumen Press 2013) is Michael Spurgeon’s first novel. It was inspired by his experience living in San Cristobal de Las Casas during the time of Zapatista’s uprising. His writings have appeared in regional and national journals, including The North American Review, Sonora Review, The Packinghouse Review, and many others. He is the author of two short collections of poems—Valente’s Delicate Wrist (Talent House Press, 1998) and Prosthetic Breath & Other Poems (3300 Press, 1995)—and his poetry has been anthologized in Burning the Little Candle (Ad Lumen Press, 2013) and Late Peaches: Poems by Sacramento Poets (SPC Press, 2013).

He is co-founder and Board President of 916 Ink, a Sacramento area non-profit dedicated to promoting children’s literacy through creative writing. He serves as Faculty Advisor for American River Review, the award-winning literary magazine published by the English department at American River College. He is also one of the primary founders and organizers of Summerwords, a writing colloquium at American River College. This year his workshop will be Morality in Fiction: Beyond Good & Evil. Registration for Summerwords should begin April 1^st. Register at:www.summerwords.org.

Michael Spurgeon, his wife, and their two children currently live in Sacramento, CA, where he is a tenured professor of English at American River College.