Arnold Johnston’s poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and translations have appeared widely in literary journals and anthologies. Arnie’s recent books of poetry are In and Out: Love Poems (Kelsay Books, 2025), The Infernal Now (2022), and Where We’re Going, Where We’ve Been (2020). His two novels are Swept Away (2021) and The Witching Voice, A Novel from the Life of Robert Burns (2009). His plays, and others written in collaboration with his wife Deborah Ann Percy, have won over 300 productions, readings, awards, and publications across the country and internationally. Arnie taught for many years at Western Michigan University, where he co-founded the creative writing program and founded the playwriting program.
