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At Continuum, join a community of writers, readers, and artists as Michael Battisto, poet, essayist, and chef, explores the craft of writing and learning about the world.

Who is Michael?

Michael Battisto is an Oakland-based poet, essayist, and chef who worked for many years as a cook and chef in kitchens throughout the country. Having written thousands of poems since he was a boy, but showing them to no one, he began submitting work in 2020, and has had over one hundred and fifty poems accepted in journals such as Poet Lore, The Normal School, HAD, Flypaper Lit, Anti-Heroin Chic, Pithead Chapel, and others. Still occasionally working as a private chef, he attends school full-time at Berkeley City College. He plans to transfer to a UC and, after earning a BA, to pursue an MFA in poetry.

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