Dan Gerber

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

Life and work

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]

Gerber's literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series.^[5] His work has appeared in Narrative Magazine.^[6] His most recent book of poetry, Sailing through Cassiopeia^[7] was published in 2012 by Copper Canyon Press.

Awards and honors

• Michigan Author Award (1992) ^[3]
• Poem My Father's Fields included in The Best American Poetry 1999 ^[8]
• Trying to Catch the Horses received the Gold Award in the 2000 Book of the Year Awards by ForeWord magazine.^[8]
• Mark Twain Award for distinguished contributions to Midwestern literature (2001) ^[8]

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

• Sailing through Cassiopeia (Copper Canyon Press, 2012)
• 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