Merrill Gilfillan
Merrill Gilfillan is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry, as well as several gatherings of short stories and wide-ranging alfresco essays. Born and raised in Mount Gilead, Ohio, he graduated in 1967 from the University of Michigan and then attended the University of Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop. He lived and worked in New York City and then moved to Colorado, which served as a base for frequent explorations of the Great Plains. He now lives in Asheville, North Carolina.