Jim Daniels
Jim Daniels is the recipient of the 2025-26 Michigan Author Award for lifetime achievement from the Library of Michigan. His latest book is Late Invocation for Magic: New and Selected Poems (Michigan State University Press, 2026). His first book of essays, An Ignorance of Trees (Cornerstone Press, 2025), was a 2026 Michigan Notable Book. A native of Detroit, Daniels teaches in the Alma College low-residency MFA program and lives in Pittsburgh. (Updated 10/2026)