Authors and Illustrators Database

Born: 1953  Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Vernon S. Liebler, Mabel D. Liebler
Children: Shane, Shelby
Address(es):
P.O. Box 120
Roseville, MI 48066
Contact Information:
Website: http://www.mlliebler.com
Phone: 313-577-7713
Fax: 810-294-0474

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Respect : the poetry of Detroit music - This collection of poems and lyrics covers numerous genres including jazz, blues, doo-wop, Motown, classic rock, punk, hip-hop, and techno. Detroit artists have forged the paths in many of these genres, producing waves of creative energy that continue to reverberate across the country and around the world.	Poetry	Adult	East Lansing : Michigan State University Press	2020
	Heaven was Detroit : from jazz to hip-hop and beyond / edited by M.L. Liebler	Non Fiction, Poetry	Adult	Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press	2016
	I want to be once / poems - Made in Michigan writers series	Poetry	Adult	Detroit : Wayne State University Press	2016
	Bob Seger's house and other stories / edited by Michael Delp and M. L. Liebler - Made in Michigan writers series	Poetry	Adult	Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press	2016
	A Detroit anthology / edited by Anna Clark.	Non Fiction	Adult	[Cleveland, Ohio] : Rust Belt Chic Press	2014
	Working Words : punching the clock and kicking out the jams	Poetry	Adult	Minneapolis, MN : Coffee House Press	2010
	Wide awake in someone else's dream : poems - Made in Michigan writers series	Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press	2008
	Greatest hits, 1984-2004	Poetry	Adult	Columbus, OH : Pudding House Publications	2005
	The moon a box	Poetry	Adult	Kalamazoo, MI : New Issues/Western Michigan University	2004
	Abandon automobile : Detroit city poetry	Michigan, Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press	2001
	Deliver Me - Christian Poems		Adult	Detroit, MI : Ridgeway Press	1991
	Breaking the Voodoo: Fiction and Poetry	Fiction, Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI : Parkville Publishers	1990
	Whispers by the Lawn: Volume Two	Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI : Ridgeway Press	1986
	Whispers by the Lawn: Volume One	Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI : Ridgeway Press	1985
	Save the Frescoes That are Us: A Detroit Tribute to Jack Kerouac - Co-edited with Frankie Kerouc-Parker	Michigan, Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI : Ridgeway Press	1982
	Measuring Darkness	Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI : Ridgeway Press	1980
	Unfinished Man in the Perfect Mirror	Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI : Casterbridge Press	1976
	Knit Me a Pair of Your Shoes	Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI : Ridgeway Press	1975
	The Martyr of Pig	Poetry	Adult	Detroit, MI : Ridgeway Press	1974

What is the aim or goal of your writing: "To reach a general audience of potential poetry/fiction lovers. I write much about the common person's experiences and reactions to our contemporary society. I, also, have much work that attempts to interepret the sixties experience."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Name	Date
Murray E. Jackson Scholar in the Arts Award	2017-2018
Library of Michigan Notable Book Award - Working Words: Punching the Clock & Kicking Out the James (Coffee House Press)	2011
Barnes and Noble Poets and Writers Award	2010
Indie Excellence Book Award - For "Wide Awake in Someone Else's Dream" (Wayne State University Press 2008)	2009
Paterson Poetry Prize for Literary Excellence - For "Wide Awake in Someone Else's Dream" (Wayne State University Press 2008)	2009
Best Detroit Poet	2005
First Poet Laureate of St. Clair shores, Michigan	2005

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