Norman Minnick is author of two collections of poetry from Broadside Books in Indianapolis: Two for the Cold (with Laurence Atwood) and The Overreacher. His poems have appeared in over fifteen magazines, literary journals and anthologies. His manuscript, Rushing to Taste the Water, is currently awaiting publication.Minnick was born in Louisville, Kentucky to American parents and has worked as an editor, farmer, factory worker, butcher, writer, photographer and designer, and has conducted readings in Indiana, Kentucky and Florida. He earned his BA in Art from Marian College in Indianapolis. Minnick currently lives in near Miami, Florida.

Judith Minty, author of Walking With the Bear: New and Selected Poems, says his poems offer: "Wonderful imagery and exciting leaps. Very Nice!" Denise Duhamel, author of The Star-Spangled Banner, says of Minnick: "His work is quiet without being dull, sincere without being sentimental. He has been able to weave his no-nonsense Midwestern-ness with colorful Miami imagery."

Of "The Busy Street" Duhamel writes: "Norman's search for identity is tinged with a sort of sad playfulness and poignancy. Just when the reader fears the poem will become predictable, he plays with the syntax--behind the moving bus becomes "...behind a bus, moving..." strengthening its mystery and power."