Michael Ray Perkins was born in Harrisburg, Missouri. He worked on a ranch before serving as an Army medic and then as a Navy corpsman with the United States Marines. He studied history and political science at Columbia College and earned an MSW in social work from the University of Missouri. He has published more than poems, here and abroad, as well as one volume of poetry. His next work is a “fitness memoir” titled Running Ugly, which is due out this summer. Running Ugly is his story about personal and spiritual transformation, including losing more than 115 pounds.
B. NOAM JACOBSON
B. Noam Jacobson has been a volunteer in Israel for many summers. His travel experiences and poetry are published in Voices Israel (2012, 2013), Cyclamens and Swords and Tikkun. He currently teaches English to second-language learners at the University of Missouri. He has hiked in the Sinai desert and has more than 100 dives in the Red Sea.
PETER ANGERPeter Anger has been a professional commercial photographer and art photographer for more than 30 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in fine art, with cinema and photography specialization, from Southern Illinois University. A collection of his light paintings recently was on display in the show R*G*B at Columbia College’s Greg Hardwick Gallery. His work took honorable mention in the 2014 Photo Vision photography exhibition and competition, on display at Orr Street Studios through Oct. 25.
Orr Street Studios is located at 106 Orr St. in downtown Columbia, Missouri. Join us the third Tuesday evening of each month during the academic year for literary readings and visual-arts presentations.
