Michal Mahgerefteh is an award-winning poet and artist from Israel, living in Virginia since 1986. Her poetry has been published in many literary magazines, recent publications: Medicine and Meaning Magazine (University of Arkansas Press, 2021) Global Voices Group October Newsletter (2021), Jewish Writing Project (2021), ARC Magazine (2021), Verbal 2 Exhibit (2021), Club Plum Literary Journal (2021); Agape Review (2021); The Wild Word Magazine (2020); Eve Anthology (2020), Edify Fiction Magazine (2020); Baruch Literary Blog (2020), among others. Since 2010, Michal has been an active member of The Poetry Society of Virginia: served as a student award judge, student award co-chair, book award chair, and webmaster. Michal is the managing editor of Poetica Magazine. She is the author of four poetry chapbooks: "In My Bustan" (2009); "What's Left Behind" (2014); "Field of Harps" (2016); "Sipping Memories" (2018). Forthcoming collections: "The Rising Song" and "FishMoon" (2022). In her free time, Michal enjoys bike riding, hiking in West Virginia, cooking for her family, and making art using 100% recycled material.

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