RESUME

  • BACKGROUND
    Born and raised in northern Michigan, Terry had his imagination sparked by nature, trains, ghost towns and folklore. He attended Western Michigan University, working toward a degree in Education, writing poetry on the side.  In 1980 he met poet Max Ellison who taught him the magic of the oral tradition and has been performing his poetry and the work of over 100 other writers as a bard ever since.

     

    PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE ~ Highlights

    2010 Monthly Columnist for The Traverse City Record Eagle
    2009-2010 Weekly Columnist for The Marion Press
    2009-2010 Monthly Columnist for The Elk Rapids News               
    2008-2010 Elk Rapids Elders Project
  • 2009 Crescent Woods Summer Series, host
  • 2009/04/02/00 Michigan Association of Media Educators Conference
  • 2008 Edition Green: The Power of Story Conference, University of Michigan, Flint
  • 2007 National Governor’s Conference
  • 2006 Creative Michigan Conference
  • 2006 Summer and 2007 State Michigan Reading Association Conferences
  • 2006 & 07 Michigan’s  Poetry Out Loud Master of Ceremonies
  • 2006 & 2008 St. Charles Literature Festival, Chicago
  • 2005 The Ark 18th Annual Storytelling Festival, Ann Arbor
  • 2004 & 2008 Michigan Oral History Conference
  • 2002-08 21st Century After School Project (multiple schools in several counties)
  • 2003-08 Stone Circle at Shuss Mt. Resort (summer performances)
  • 2000-07 Poetry Readings at The Roethke House & Keynote @ Marker Dedication
  • 2003 National Overture of Education and the Arts Conference
  • 1998-2003  Michigan’s Great Outdoors Culture Tour
  • Terry has also performed, conducted writing workshops and in-services for students and teachers in hundreds of school districts for the past 26 years. (References provided on request.)
 

ACHIEVEMENTS

LISTINGS AND AWARDS:

  • Michigan Arts and Humanities Touring Directory
  • Directory of Humanities Professionals
  • Dictionary of Midwestern Literature & Michigan Authors
  • Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers                 
  • 2001 & 1997 Michigan Creative Artist Grant Awards, Poetry
 CDs & DVDs

·         Mythic Time CD, Stone Circle Press, 2002.
·         The Promise of Place: Journeys Through Michigan’s Outdoors, Michigan Humanities Council, 2002.         
·         Lifelines: A World War II Story of Jack and Leda Miller, DVD, Wordsmith Press, 2004

 BOOKS PUBLISHED                                                        

Got in an Argument Over Harmony, 1978;
The 45th Parallel, 1983 (handbound edition);
Okeh, 1984;
Words Wild With Bloom, 1987;
Boulders In Exile, 1989;
Jutting Out Into The Water, 1991;
When the Bear Came Back, 1993;
The Abstracts of Romance and the Thrill of Being, 1998;
Turn Here, 2002;
Black and White Cows In The Pasture Paused To Watch, 2002;
Lifelines: A WWII Story of Survival and Love, 2004;
When The Bear Came Back: The Whole Story, 2006;
Child of War, 2007;
A Book of Hours, 2009.

POEMS INCLUDED IN

The Stone Circle Anthology, Contemporary Michigan Poetry: Poems from the Third Coast, Stone Circle Anthology: Poems for Big Blue, Michigan Reading Journal, Writing Teacher, Where the Heart Is: Stories of Home and Family, The Millennium, The Dunes Review, Voices of Michigan, Traverse Magazine and others.