Bradley County Native Releases Book

"Dissecting the Angel and Other Poems is triumphant writing, a far better offering than anything I've read in a very long while," commented author Terry Kay about southeastern Arkansas native Michelle Castleberry's first collection of poetry. In promoting the book, she has given readings ranging from northeast Georgia to Cincinnati, Ohio and Philadelphia, PA. She lives in Watkinsville, Georgia and works in nearby Athens as a clinical social worker. Michelle also collaborates on projects with her boyfriend, filmmaker Matt DeGennaro. Castleberry is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Monticello and daughter of Tommy and Mable Castleberry of Warren. Dissecting the Angel was recently chosen as finalist in the poetry category for the Georgia Author of the Year Award.

Michelle Castleberry's work has appeared in Umbrella, Bellemeade Books, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Poemeleon, The Anthology of Southern Poetry: Vol. V -- Georgia, and in The Chattahoochee Review. She is most proud of her involvement in the Athens, Georgia community of Word of Mouth, a monthly open poetry reading. Her first book, Dissecting the Angel and Other Poems, was selected as finalist for poetry in the Georgia Author of the Year award. You can find her at www.michellecastleberry.com.