Dave Etter Mailing Address: 628 E. Locust St. Lanark, IL  61046 County: Carroll Phone: 815-493-6778 Genre: Poetry

Periodical Publications:

• Has published poems in more than 200 American and foreign publications, including: Poetry, The Nation, Chicago Review, Antioch Review, TriQuarterly, Slow Dancer (England), San Francisco Review, Massachusetts Review, New Orleans Review, El Corno Emplumado (Mexico), The Midwet Quarterly, North American Review, New Mexico Quarterly, Prairie Schooner, Dacotah Territory, Carolina Quarterly, and Kayak

Book Publications:

• Has published 26 books including:
• The Essential Dave Etter, Spoon River Press, 2001
• Next Time You See Me, Wolfsong Publications, 1997
• How High the Moon, Spoon River Poetry Press, 1996
• I Want to Talk About You, Cross+Roads Press, 1995
• Sunflower County, Spoon River Press, 1994
• Selected Poems, Spoon River Poetry Press, 1987
• LIve at the Silver Dollar, Spoon River Poetry Press, 1986
• Alliance, Illinois, Spoon River Poetry Press, 1983
• Has published poems in more than 100 anthologies and textbooks including: Jazz Poetry: From the 1920s to the Present (Greenwood Press, 1998/99) & Graze the Great Machines: 150 Years of Poetry, Song, and The American Railroad (U. of Iowa Press) & Learning By Heart, Contemporary Poetry About School (U. of Iowa P., 1999)

Forthcoming Publications:

• Another volume of poems

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Carl Sandburg poetry prize, 1981 - 1982, 1982
• Theodore Roethke prize (Poetry Northwest), 1971
• Society of Midland Authors poetry prize, 1967
• Others

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL.), March 1999
• University of Illinois -- Springfield (Springfield, IL.), September 1998
• Bradley University (Peoria, IL.), April 1998
• Golden Pearls Art Gallery (West Dundee, IL), April 1997
• Millikin University (Decatur, IL), March 1996
• Elgin Community College (Elgin, IL) December 1995
• Illinois Wesleyan U. (Bloomington, IL), October 1995
• Southwest State U. (Marshall, MN), October 1995

Recent Workshops:

Present Employment:

Preferred Audience:

• Prefers a college or adult audience

Willing to travel:

• yes