Michele Christle is a writer whose work focuses on culture, ecology, and place. She grew up in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire and studied sociology and anthropology at Lewis & Clark College. After serving in the Peace Corps in Cameroon as an agroforestry volunteer, Michele earned an MFA in Creative Writing from UMass Amherst. Her writing has appeared in The Kenyon Review, Eater, Insider, Down East, and Cultural Survival Quarterly. Michele has 20 years’ experience working in communications, oral history, education, and journalism. In recent years, she’s worked for Maine Sea Grant, Maine Audubon, Niweskok, Out in the Open, Atlantic Black Box’s Walk for Historical and Ecological Recovery (WHERE), and StoryCorps’ One Small Step program through WERU Community Radio. Currently, Michele is exploring stories of Mendall Marsh and the surrounding area through her newsletter, Tinker on the Marsh, and Atlantic Black Box’s Interco(a)stal: Reading Between the Ribs of Maine’s Maritime History. The recipient of a Bodwell Fellowship, a LEF/CIFF Fellowship, and residencies at Hewnoaks and Shannaghe, Michele is working on a documentary (with filmmaker Eli Kao) about eels. Michele lives on a river in unceded Penobscot homelands also known as midcoast Maine.

Christle is pronounced “crystal.”