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Born in Pennsylvania, David Anthony Sam is the proud grandson of peasant immigrants from Poland and Syria. For much of his life, he lived and worked in the Detroit area, graduating from Eastern Michigan University (BA, MA) and Michigan State (Ph.D.). Over his career he has been a retail salesman and then partner/manager of a small music and electronics store, a college adult and transfer advisor, a student services administrator, a community college dean, a vice president for academic affairs and workforce development, and then retired after 10 years as Germanna Community College’s fifth president. He lives now in Virginia with his wife and life partner, Linda. They have two children and three grandchildren.

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	Three Line Poetry #40 by April Zipser (Editor), Tobi Alfier (Contributor), Brian Barnett (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finite to Fail - Poems After Dickinson 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves: Poems 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Early in the Day: Published and Selected Poems by David Anthony Sam (Goodreads Author), Cynthia Ann Price (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Poetry Quarter will publish 4 of my poems over the next two issues. Ny deepest tans to Editor Glenn Lyvers for his continula support of poetry and my own work.

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Miss Wolcott's Ghost (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #21)

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