Derold Sligh

Derold Sligh currently lives in the Detroit Metro area. He just recently returned to the U.S. from a year in Seoul, South Korea. He received a BA and MA from Central Michigan University and an MFA from San Diego State University. His collection of poems, titled American Still Life, was published in 2010 by Pudding House Press. He has taught creative writing workshops for San Diego State University, Gear Up and King/Chavez/Parks and was also a guest poet at the Theodore Roethke Memorial, where he ran a workshop for African American fathers and sons. In his work, he is most interested in “being human.” What does he mean by “being human,” you might ask? To be human is to exercise sincerity, patience, selflessness, courage, thankfulness, forgiveness, shame, compassion, humility and love.

http://www.puddinghouse.com; http://www.mythiumlitmag.com/current_issue.html; http://www.americanpoetryjournal.com/

Derold Sligh's work appears in the VEHICLES issue of Status Hat (November, 2011).