Michael J Leach is a researcher, lecturer, and poet who enjoys writing across multiple disciplines. Michael’s poems have appeared in literary journals, including Cordite and Meniscus, as well as scientific journals, including the Medical Journal of Australia and The Mathematical Intelligencer. His concrete poem ‘The Plight of the Adélie Penguin’ has been displayed in Antarctica, New Zealand, Scotland, the US, and online as part of a global climate change communication project – the Antarctic Poetry Exhibition (https://www.antarcticpoetry.com/). Michael’s first poetry collection – a chapbook of poems addressing the health humanities – is forthcoming from Melbourne Poets Union. He lives in his hometown of Bendigo, Australia.

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