Mitchell L. H. Douglas Poet/Educator

Mitchell L. H. Douglas is the author of dying in the scarecrow’s arms, \blak\ \al-fə bet\, winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award, and Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem, an NAACP Image Award nominee. He is a cofounder of the Affrilachian Poets, a Cave Canem graduate, and Associate Professor of English at IUPUI.

Poetry Society of America's "In Their Own Words" features Mitchell L. H. Douglas

April 27, 2018 by Mitchell Douglas

The latest installment of the Poetry Society of America's "In Their Own Words," a popular series where authors share the stories behind a poem from their latest book, features Mitchell L. H. Douglas discussing the origin of the poem "O-H-I-O" from dying in the scarecrow's arms.