Dan Gerber

Dan Gerber (born 1940^[1] in western Michigan, United States) is an American poet.

Biography

Gerber received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Michigan State University in 1962. He was the co-founder, with Jim Harrison, of the literary magazine Sumac.^[2] As part of his journalist profession, Gerber made extensive travels, primarily to Africa. He has served as writer-in-residence at Michigan State University and Grand Valley State University.^[3] Gerber currently lives in Santa Ynez Valley, California with his wife.^[4]

His work has appeared in Narrative Magazine.^[5]

Awards and honors

• Michigan Author Award (1992) ^[3]
• Poem My Father's Fields included in The Best American Poetry 1999 ^[6]
• Trying to Catch the Horses received the Gold Award in the 2000 Book of the Year Awards by ForeWord magazine.^[6]
• Mark Twain Award for distinguished contributions to Midwestern literature (2001) ^[6]

Works

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• "The Rain Poured Down"; "Doing Nothing"; "Christmas Eve 1944"; "A Star at Dawn, a Bubble in a Stream", Birthdays of Poets

Poetry

• A Primer on Parallel Lives (Copper Canyon Press, 2007)
• Trying to Catch the Horses (1999)
• A Last Bridge Home: New and Selected Poems (1992)
• Snow on the Backs of Animals (1986)
• The Chinese Poems (1978)
• Departure (1973)
• The Revenant (1971)

Novels

• A Voice from the River (1990)
• Out of Control (1974)
• American Atlas (1973)

Short Stories

• Grass Fires (1987)

Nonfiction

• A Second Life: A Collected Nonfiction (2001)
• Indy: The World’s Fastest Carnival Ride (1977)

References

1. ^ "Dan Gerber : The Poetry Foundation : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry". The Poetry Foundation. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=2470. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 
2. ^ "Michigan State University Press | Sumac Reader, a Limited Numbered Edition, Signed by Jim Harrison, Dan Gerber, and Joseph Bednarik | Joseph Bednarik". Msupress.msu.edu. http://msupress.msu.edu/bookTemplate.php?bookID=2268. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Michigan Writers Collection: Dan Gerber". Lib.msu.edu. 2003-01-02. http://www.lib.msu.edu/services/spec_coll/writer/MWCDanGerber.html. Retrieved 2009-11-14. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Key West Literary Seminar | 2010 | DanGerber". Kwls.org. http://www.kwls.org/lit/2010/bio.cfm?auth_id=201. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 
5. ^ http://www.narrativemagazine.com/authors/dan-gerber
6. ^ ^{a b c} Dan Gerber. "Michigan State University Press : Dan Gerber". Msupress.msu.edu. http://msupress.msu.edu/authorbio.php?authorID=22. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 

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