Michael Minassian is a retired English Professor and spends his time writing, taking photographs, and traveling with his wife both in the U.S. and overseas. He was born in New York City and grew up in New York and New Jersey. In addition to living in Florida, California, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Texas, he has lived and taught overseas in England, Jamaica, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea. He earned a BA in Political Science at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey and MA in English with a Certificate in Creative Writing at California State University at Dominguez Hills. For over 30 years he was a member of the English Department at Broward College in South Florida, where he was the Director of an annual Screenwriting Film Festival and also wrote and produced the podcast series "Eye on Literature." In addition, he studied and served as guest tutor for ten years at Cambridge University's Summer Study Program in the UK. He is currently a Contributing Editor for Verse-Virtual, an online poetry journal. His publications include three poetry chapbooks, one photography chapbook, and 1,000 Pieces of Time is his fourth full-length collection of poems. For more information visit: https://michaelminassian.com