Michael derrick hudson sherman alexie biography

American poet and librarian

For other people with similar names, see Michael Hudson and Michael Derrick.

Michael Derrick Hudson (born 1963) is an American poet and librarian.

Hudson is employed at the Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne where his job includes encoding articles for the Periodical Source Index (PERSI).^[1][2]

As a poet, Hudson has been published in several journals and literary reviews.

Michael derrick hudson sherman alexie biography

His poems were nominated for the Pushcart Prize by the Greensboro Review and North American Review. Hudson gained attention by publishing a poem in the literary periodical Prairie Schooner which then was selected by poet and novelist Sherman Alexie for the 2015 edition of the Best American Poetry anthology series.

Hudson, who is white, claimed to have submitted the poem and been rejected 40 times under his own name. He then used the pen name of Yi-Fen Chou, putatively a Chinese woman, and it was a