Michael Cantor's work has appeared in Measure, The Dark Horse, The Raintown Review, Umbrella, SCR, Margie, Chimaera and numerous other journals, e-zines and anthologies. His honors include the New England Poetry Club Erika Mumford (2006) and Gretchen Warren (2008) Prizes. He has been a finalist or semifinalist in the Howard Nemerov, Donald Justice, Richard Wilbur and Morton Marr Award competitions. He is the author of The Performer (Pudding House Press, 2007) and LIFE IN THE SECOND CIRCLE (Able Muse Press, 2012). A native New Yorker, he has lived and worked in Japan, Europe and Latin America,