Dan Gerber,
a Michigan native, comes to Grand Valley on October 15 as a part of
Poetry Night. Also reading will be Jim Harrison and Galway Kinnell.
Gerber is winner of the 1992 Michigan Author Award and author of three
novels, books of short stories and essays, and six poetry volumes ¿;
most recently 'Trying to Catch the Horses,' which won the 1999 first
prize for poetry from Forward Magazine.
His work has been published in The Nation, The New Yorker, Poetry,
The Georgia Review,
and Best American Poetry 1999.
Gerber grew up in Fremont, Mich. He has been writer-in-residence at
Grand Valley State University and his alma mater, Michigan State
University. He and his family live in California and Idaho.
Poetry Night is Wednesday, October 15, in the Loosemore Auditorium
of Grand Valley's DeVos Center,
401 W. Fulton St. in Grand Rapids. The event begins at 7 p.m.; doors
open at 6 p.m. Reservations will not be taken; but RSVPs are requested
to determine audience size. People planning to attend are asked to call
(616) 331-2180 or e-mail Patricia Clark at [email protected].
Michigan Writer Reads
Oct 15, 2003
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