Biography & Info

Michael Gravel is a writer, expert speaker, and web designer based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He’s the frontman of The Raving Poets, E-Town’s longest-running open-mic poetry series. He’s the author of StreetRag: An Urban Notebook and The Fast Places, published in 2008 by Red Nettle Press. He runs a small web design and writing shop called MG Creative. In December 2007 he was nearly killed by a blood clot in his heart. Cherishing the gift of continued breath, he writes with a renewed sense of hope and empathy. He lives with his wife, stepdaughter, and two incorrigible hounds. Site design and deployment by Michael Gravel. All photographs of Michael Gravel by Randall Edwards.

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One page biography · Photo #1 (above) · Photo #2

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Kerry Mulholland · The Raving Poets · Live at the Kasbar · Dailyhaiku.org · Mark Kozub · Thomas Trofimuk · Randall Edwards · Mingus Tourette · Corey Hamilton · Kelly Shepherd · Michael Appleby · Patrick Pilarski · Adam Snider · Gordon McRae · Michelle Boudreau · Mandie Lopatka · Laurie MacFayden · Mary Pinkoski · Todd Babiak

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