Michael Klam organizes and hosts the Poetry & Art Series, which began in 2001 and features acclaimed musicians, visual artists, dancers, and poets. Klam edited A Year in Ink, Volume 6 of the San Diego Writers, Ink anthologies. He is executive editor of the San Diego Poetry Annual and a partner with the Border Voices Poetry Project. His book, Emma and the Buddha Frog (Puna Press), was a San Diego Book Awards finalist. Klam’s most recent collection of poetry, The Cheapest Flight to Paradise, was released by Puna Press in 2018. His publishers are Puna Press and Garden Oak Press. He lives and surfs in San Diego with his wife Jennifer and children Emma, Henry, and Anya.
