By Michael Shoemaker
Michael Shoemaker is a poet, photographer, and writer from Magna, Utah. He is the author of a poetry and photography collection Rocky Mountain Reflections (Poets’ Choice) and the forthcoming Grasshoppers in the Field. His photography has appeared in Writers on the Range, Sea to Sky Review, the Denver Post, the Salt Lake Tribune, Yahoo, and elsewhere. He lives in Magna, Utah, with his wife and son, where he enjoys looking out on the Great Salt Lake every day. His online photography portfolio is at michaelshoemaker.crevado.com. Michael has been awarded an artist residency at the Wolff Cottage in Fairhope, Alabama, for October 2025. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.
