Dan Gerber


Dan Gerber is an American poet.

Life and work

Dan Gerber Jr. is the son of Daniel Frank Gerber, founder of the Gerber Products Company. At age 26 he was made a Director on the Board of the company, and resigned when he turned 31.
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' Poetry, The New Yorker, The Massachusetts Review, The Nation, New Letters, and Best American Poetry'.
His most recent book of poetry, Particles: New and Selected Poems, was published in 2017 by Copper Canyon Press.

Awards and honors

A Primer on Parallel Lives received a Michigan Notable Book Award from The Library of Michigan in 2008.
Sailing through Cassiopeia published by Copper Canyon Press won The Society of Midland Authors Award for poetry in 2013
Work selected for Best American Poetry 1999

Works