Office Location

 1021.2, 5057 Woodward Avenue

Biography

M. L. Liebler is a internationally known & widely published Detroit poet, university professor, literary arts activist and arts organizer.

As a poet and musician, Liebler often teaches courses on Labor and the Arts for the ELR program, as well as the Senior Seminar.

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

• Creative writing
• Detroit studies
• World fiction
• War & Literature
• The Vietnam War through Literature

Education

• M.A.

Awards and grants

• Awarded, Library for the State of Michigan Notable Book Award for 2011 and two books in 2017 by Michigan Library Association
• Awarded 2016 U.S. State Department Cultural and Educational Fulbright Specialist Grant for June 2016 to teach Detroit Studies and Culture at Leuphana University of Luneberg, Germany / lectures and classroom visits 4 June – 20 June 2016
• Awarded 2016-2017 Learning Community Grant for The Motown & Global Detroit Living Authors Learning Community and classes by The Provost’s Office for Retention Program 17 March 2016
• Awarded Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs 2016 Mini Arts Grant. 20 February 2016
• Selected Wayne State University Humanities Center Resident Scholar status for 2015-2016
• Awarded Michigan Humanities Council Grant for 4th Annual Midtown Literary Walk. 2015
• Awarded President’s Enhancement Grant for Arts & Humanities. 2014. Wayne State University
• Awarded a 2014 U.S. State Department Cultural and Educational Specialist Grant for May 2014 to tour Israel and West Bank for readings, lectures and classroom visits 15 May – 30 May 2014
• Wayne State University Student Senate Faculty of the Month April 2014
• Presented by Student Senate President and Dean of Students at Wayne State
• Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs 2014 Literary Arts Grant
• State of Michigan Arts Grant
• Society of Professional Journalist Features/Cover Story Award for cover story in The Metro Times. Presented 2013 at The Society for Professional Journalism Annual Conference. Troy, MI
• The 2013-2014 Knight Foundation Innovative Detroit Arts Award
• The Knight Foundation Detroit Program. Miami, FL
• Wayne State University Alumni Faculty Award for Community Service
• Fall2013 presented by The WSU Alumni Association
• Awarded Fulbright Specialist Status by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to Teach December 2012 at Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Selected by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to Teach during Spring 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan and other Afghanistan cities. May 3-14, 2012
• WSU Student Senate Faculty of the Year Award May 2012
• Selected for Two Year Term, Advisory Board, The Kresge Arts Foundation Individual Artists Award for Metro Detroit 2012-2014
• Awarded Wayne State University President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2011. April 2011. Wayne State University. Detroit, MI
• Awarded Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award 2010 by Poets & Writers, Inc. New York City 18 March 2010

Selected publications

• Liebler, M. L. I Want to Be Once: New Poems. Wayne State University Press. Detroit, MI. April 2016
• Liebler, M.L., Delp Michael. (Editors) Bob Seger’s House: An Anthology of Michigan Fiction. Wayne State University Press. Detroit, MI. April 2016
• Liebler, M. L. (Editor) Heaven Was Detroit: Essays on Detroit Music from Jazz to Hip Hop & Beyond. Wayne State University Press. Detroit, MI. August 2016
• Liebler, M.L. (Editor and Introduction). Poetic Resonance: An Oakwood Hospital Anthology of Writing V. Oakwood Healthcare Organization, Dearborn, MI. January 2011. (online)
• Liebler, M.L. (Editor & Author) Working Words: Punching the Clock and Kicking Out the Jams. Coffeehouse Press, MN . October 2010
• Liebler, M.L. (Editor and Introduction). Poetic Resonance: An Oakwood Hospital Anthology of Writing IV. Oakwood Healthcare Organization, Dearborn, MI. January 2010. (online)
• Liebler, M.L. Momenti nel Passato che Risplendono/The Moment That Shines. Chapbook. Italian/English The Ridgeway Press. Detroit, MI. April 2010
• Liebler, M.L, Wide Awake in Someone Else’s Dream. Wayne
• State University Press. Detroit, MI. January 2008
• Liebler, M. L. Greatest Hits Chapbook Series. Pudding House Press. Columbus, OH. April 2005
• Liebler, M.L. The Fragrant Benediction of Life (bilingual English/Russian). Translated by Alexis Dayen. Chelinsky Press & Review. New York, NY. 2004
• Liebler, M.L. The Moon A Box: Poems of This World (w/CD) Western Michigan University Press April 2004
• Liebler, M. L. Poems from Pok Fa Lum: The China Poems. XOXOX Press, Yellow Springs, OH April 2002
• Liebler, M.L. & Melba Joyce Boyd (co-editors). Abandon Automobile Poems from 20th Century Detroit. Wayne State University Press. Fall 2001
• Liebler, M.L. Breaking the Voodoo & Other Poems. Adastra Press. Easthampton, MA Summer 2001)
• Liebler, M. L. Written In Rain: Selected & New Poems 1985-2000. Tebot Bach Books. Los Angeles, CA. (April 2000)
• Liebler, M.L. Brooding the Heartlands. Bottom Dog Press. Working Dog Series. Bowling Green State University, Ohio. (Fall 1998)
• Liebler, M.L. Stripping the Adult Century Bare: New & Selected Writings. Viet Nam Generation Journal & Press: New Haven, CT (April 1995)

Courses taught by Michael Liebler
Winter Term 2024 (future)

• ENG5695 - Publishing Practicum
• ELR4500 - Applied Labor Studies

Fall Term 2023 (current)

• ELR4700 - Senior Seminar
• ENG1020 - Introductory College Writing
• ENG3010 - Intermediate Writing

Spring-Summer Term 2023

• ELR4700 - Senior Seminar

Winter Term 2023

• ELR4500 - Applied Labor Studies

Fall Term 2022

• ELR4700 - Senior Seminar
• ENG2800 - Techniques of Imaginative Writing
• ENG5860 - Topics in Creative Writing

Winter Term 2022

• ENG5860 - Topics in Creative Writing
• ELR4500 - Applied Labor Studies
• ELR4700 - Senior Seminar

Fall Term 2021

• ENG1020 - Introductory College Writing
• ENG2800 - Techniques of Imaginative Writing
• ENG3800 - Introduction to Creative Writing
• ELR4700 - Senior Seminar

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