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Nebraska Authors

Merrill D. Gilfillan

Born 1945 Mt. Gilead, OH (USA)

Places Lived

Mount Gilead, OH
Ann Arbor, MI
Iowa City, IA
New York, NY
Colorado
Asheville, NC

Author Of

  • Fiction
  • Nonfiction
  • Poetry

Keywords

Creative Nonfiction; Fiction; Nebraska-History; Willa Cather; Great Plains

Education

Bachelor's Degree, 1967, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Graduate Studies, University of Iowa Writer's Workshop

Occupation

Writer
Poet

Bibliography

To Creature. 1975.
Light Years Selected Early Works 1969-1972. 1977.
Magpie Rising: Sketches from the Great Plains. 1988.
Sworn Before Cranes. 1994.
Satin Street: Poems. 1997.
Chokecherry Places: Essays from the High Plains. 1998.
Grasshopper Falls. 2000.
Burnt House to Paw Paw: Appalachian Notes. 2002.
The Seasons (Adventures in Poetry). 2002.
Rivers and Birds. 2003.
Small Weathers. 2004.
Undanceable . 2005.
Selected Poems 1965-2000. 2005.
The Bark of the Dog. 2010.
The Warbler Road. 2010.

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