About

Born: Millfield, OH, at home. Delivered by Dr. C. N. Sanders who lived across the street. Best friend: John Kozma (another good Hungarian boy) Graduated from Chauncey-Dover High School in May 1962. Briefly attended Ohio U. Graduated with a B.A. in English from California State University--Chico. M.A. in English from California State U--Chico. Ph.D. in English from the Union Institute, Cincinnati, OH, with an emphasis in environmental writing and Western American literature. Eleven years teaching at Hocking College, Nelsonvillle, OH, Twenty-five years at Western New Mexico University in Silver City. Awarded Emeritus Professor of English May 2016.

Education

• University of Nevada, Reno
• The Union Institute
• Calif State Univ Chico
• Calif State Univ Chico
• Chauncey Dover

Favorite saying

• ""A weird, lovely, fantastic object out of nature like Delicate Arch has the curious ability to remind us--like rock and sunlight and wind and wilderness--that out there is a different world. . . . For a few moments we discover that nothing can be taken for granted, for if this ring of stone is marvelous then all which shaped it is marvelous, and our journey here on earth, able to see and touch and hear in the midst of tangible and mysterious things-in-themselves, is the most strange and daring of all adventures." --Edward Abbey"