Background
Hathaway, Michael Jerry was born on September 20, 1961 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Son of Jerry Robert and Elsie Jane Hathaway.
("These short works are lyrics, some confessional, others ...)
"These short works are lyrics, some confessional, others emerging as modern meditations. They are solid but lean. In an age where poems tend to inflate into epics, Hathaway's poems are a welcome relief. As a poet, he focuses on image and the rhythmic value of his words. A holistic sincerity floods this work." - Rane Arroyo, Ed., New Sins, Springfield, IL ......... "Hathaway's poetic style owes much to Lyn Lifshin, but he displays more daring, sincerity and verve than Lifshin. Refreshingly, Hathaway's voice does not wallow in self-obsession ... The conversational tone chatters on as he deals with love, death and lust, as well as God ... I find an admirable energy in his poems, and I am occasionally, quite shamelessly, charmed by the works in this book." -- Glenn Sheldon ......... "The 'God' poems are sly, they draw you into a mode of thought so many of us try to run from. He makes God and incidents and people real, takes them out of the church, the litanies of priests, the ritual of what to wear, how to look, and when to genuflect. He makes God a reality of hurt and hope and wonder, a childlike quality that just might survive. His poems are morning newspaper stories, everyday stuff. Even the poems that come from horror, incest, whatever. It's all part of what we go through." -- Ann Menebroker
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RATBOY, ETC.: "Hathaway is never one to trim life's corners to make them more palatable and sanitized. He writes with a refreshing (sometimes brutal) honesty of lovers, sexual attraction, and of family and friends. A full risk-taking engagement with life is his central theme ... He celebrates the lives and loves of all of us with a largeness of spirit readers of this book will be nourished by." - Robert Peters, poet, critic
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"This is one of those rare books that mark a radical breakthrough in voice, technical control and exploration of the self. Hathaway confronts his personal history with courage and quiet, precise articulation. This is a different Kansas from Dorothy's, one in which the cyclones are social and psychological." - Gerald Locklin, writer, professor, Long Beach, CA ......... "He is glowingly aware of his own spiritual experiences and his poems have a sparkling, orgasmic, mystical quality." - John Gilgun in 'The James White Review' ......... "His gentleness, compassion and lust for life shine through and warms and inspires. 'stumbling into light' is like a bridge across prejudice, which anyone with a heart can cross." - Belinda Subraman, poet, editor of Gypsy
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Hathaway, Michael Jerry was born on September 20, 1961 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Son of Jerry Robert and Elsie Jane Hathaway.
Graduated from high school, St. John High School, 1980.
Public and editor Chiron Review Literature Magazine, St. John, Kansas, since 1982. Typesetter Great Bend (Kansas) Tribune, 1981-1994, editor Localife, 1995. Supported living assistant Sunflower Diversified Services, Great Bend, 1996-1998.
Curator Stafford County (Kansas) Museum, since 2000.
("This is one of those rare books that mark a radical brea...)
("These short works are lyrics, some confessional, others ...)
(Stumbling into light: Poetry Jan 01, 1993 Hathaway, Michael)
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Chairman Poetry Rendezvous, Great Bend, 1988-1994. Vice president Great Plains Writers Association, 1995, 97.