Thomas Mitchell was raised in New York and California, but has lived in Oregon since 1980. He received his Masters from California State University, Sacramento, where he studied with the poet, Dennis Schmitz. He received an MFA from the
University of Montana, where he worked with Richard Hugo and Madeline De Frees. His first collection of poems, The Way Summer Ends, was published in 2016. His new book of poetry, Caribou, was just released in April, 2018 (both from Lost Horse Press). His poems have appeared in many journals, including The New England Review andNew Letters, and most recently in the Valparaiso Poetry Review and Miramar Magazine.