Dan Gerber

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

Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards and honors 3 Works 3.1 Poetry 3.2 Novels 3.3 Short Stories 3.4 Nonfiction 4 References

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

• "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

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