Michael Atkinson (writer)

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Michael Atkinson (born 1962) is an American writer, poet and film critic. His

His volume Exile Cinema: Filmmakers at Work Beyond Hollywood (SUNY Press) featured work by Guy Maddin, Stuart Klawans, Ed Park, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Joshua Clover, David Thompson, Howard Hampton, and others.

His debut book of poetry is One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train (

Since 1997, Atkinson has taught at Long Island University. Since 2017, he has served as editorial director of the online film school Smashcut.

He has been the recipient of a

• Hemingway Cutthroat, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2010.
• Hemingway Deadlights, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2009.
• Exile Cinema: Filmmakers at Work Beyond Hollywood, SUNY Press, Albany, 2008.
• Flickipedia: Perfect Movies for Every Occasion, Holiday, Mood, Ordeal and Whim, (Co-written with Laurel Shifrin) Chicago Review Press, Chicago, 2007.
• One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train, Word Works, Wash. DC, 2002.
• Ghosts in the Machine: Speculating on the Dark Heart of Pop Cinema, Limelight Eds., New York, 2000.
• Blue Velvet, British Film Institute, London, 1997.

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