Mike Copperman

Michael Copperman's work has appeared in The Oxford-American, Guernica, The Sun, Creative Nonfiction, Boston Review, Salon, Gulf Coast, and in many other venues. He is the author of the memoir Teacher: Two Years in the Mississippi Delta, a finalist for the Oregon Book Award in Creative Nonfiction. His next book, Seeking Kenny, is about the extremes of the American subculture of wrestling as seen through the story of five-time national champion Kenny Cox’s pilgrimage deep into the wilderness of Kauai’s Na Pali Coast, and is forthcoming in June 2026 from University of Iowa Press.