Dan Gerber



Dan Gerber (born 1940 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. 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. Gerber currently lives in Santa Ynez Valley, California with his wife.

Gerber's literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. His work has appeared in Narrative Magazine.

Awards and honors

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

Poetry

 * The Revenant. 1971.
 * Departure. 1973.
 * The Chinese Poems. 1978.
 * Snow on the Backs of Animals. 1986.
 * A Last Bridge Home: New and selected poems. 1992.
 * Trying to Catch the Horses. 1999.
 * A Primer on Parallel Lives. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2007.

Novels

 * A Voice from the River. 1990.
 * Out of Control. 1974.
 * American Atlas. 1973.

Short Stories

 * Grass Fires. 1987.

Nonfiction

 * Indy: The World’s Fastest Carnival Ride. 1977.
 * A Second Life: A Collected Nonfiction. 2001.