31 Slices of Pi
Bio: Michael Coolen is a pianist, composer, actor, performance artist, storyteller, and writer living in Corvallis, Oregon. He has won awards from the Oregon Poetry Association the Oregon Writers Colony, and has been published in Ethnomusicology, Western Folklore, Oregon Humanities, 50wordstories Online, The Gold Man Review, Best Travel Stories, The Fable Online, Kalnya Language Press, Twisted Vine, Clementine Poetry Journal, Creative Writing Institute, Rats Ass Review, Solarwyrm Press, Synesthesia Magazine, Broken Plate Poetry Magazine, WalkWriteUp, StoryClub Magazine, The Poetry Quarterly, Oregon Poetry Association, Shadowgraph Quarterly, Riding Light Review, Bookers Corner.uk, et al. He has also published music for various ensembles, as well as soundtracks, plays, experimental films, and documentaries, including the award winning documentary, Freedom on the Fences, about Polish poster art after WW II. His compositions have been performed around the world, including in France, Sweden, and Denmark, and at Carnegie Hall, the New England Conservatory of Music, MoMA, and the Christie Gallery in New York.