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Eric Torgersen


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Eric Torgersen has published eight books and chapbooks of poetry, two of fiction, and a full-length study of Rainer Maria Rilke and Paula Modersohn-Becker. He also translates German poetry, especially that of Rainer Maria Rilke and Nicolas Born. He was born in Melville, New York. He has a BA in German Literature from Cornell University; after two years in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia, he earned an MFA in poetry from the University of Iowa. He retired in the spring of 2008 after 38 years of teaching writing at Central Michigan University. He lives in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan with his wife, the quilt artist Ann Kowaleski. He’s available for workshops and readings.

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Dear Friend: Rainer Maria R...

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In Which We See Our Selves:...

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Good True Stories : Poems

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The Complete Eastern Struct...

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Heart. Wood.

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Ethiopia

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At War With Friends

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The Man Who Loved Rilke

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The Carpenter

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The Carpenter: Poems

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