Life
He grew up in Dubuque, Iowa. He graduated from Loras College and the University of Chicago. He married Loretta D'Agostino in 1960. He taught at Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and California State University, Sacramento. His students include Raymond Carver, Charlene Ungstad and Gary Short.
He opposes the death penalty and protests executions in California every time they take place.
His work has appeared in the Alaska Quarterly Review, American Poetry Review, The Nation, Paris Review, the Chicago Review and Zyzzyva.
He lives in Sacramento.
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