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Michael Dickel is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, photographer, & digital artist with degrees in psychology, creative writing, & English literature. Dickel’s prize-winning poetry, stories, photographs & art have appeared in small-press literary journals, anthologies, art books, & online—most recently in Sketchbook, Emerging Visions Visionary Art eZine, Poetry Midwest, Neon Beam, why vandalism?, & Abramelin: the Journal of Poetry & Magick. The World Behind It, Chaos, his poetry & art book, came out from why vandalism? literary & arts journal & e-book publisher (April 2009). In this free, online e-book, Michael Dickel’s poems combine with his photography & digital art to explore chaos, mystery, life, love, & nature. Dickel holds a BA in psychology (1979), MA in Creative Writing (fiction and poetry) (1990), and a Ph.D. in English (1999), all from the University of Minnesota. He has taught at the University of Minnesota (Twin City and Morris campuses), Metropolitan State University, and Macalester College. He has been active in the writing center profession, as board member and officer (including chair) of the Midwest Writing Centers Association and board member of the International Writing Centers Association. Dickel currently teaches English writing at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.