Amiri Baraka is a well-known political activist, founder of the Black Arts Movement, and winner of the American Book Award, Amiri Baraka's work is both provocative and thoughtful, aggressive and inquisitive. Michael Bigley has published, under the surname Zbigley, in Poems Niederngasse, Stickman Review, Triplopia, Gin Bender, Stirring and various other online journals. He has, under his natural surname, also received an MFA from the University of Montana.