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Daniel Rifenburgh was born in Elmira, New York on May 24, 1949. He attended the University of Louisville and subsequently served three years in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He received a B.A. from Florida Atlantic University in 1981 and worked for a time as a newspaper reporter and traveled throughout Latin America. In 1987 he earned the M.A. from the University of Florida, where he studied with Donald Justice and William Logan. He pursued PhD coursework in Creative Writing at the University of Houston and in 1996 received the Robert H. Winner Award from the Poetry Society of America, given, "to honor a poet in mid-life who has not been recognized." His work has appeared in The Paris Review, The New Republic, Poetry East, Shenandoeh, Western Humanities Review, The New Criterion and elsewhere. He is married and the father of a teenage son and currently resides in Houston, Texas, where he works as an adjunct college instructor and cab driver.

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'The poems are terrific: so fluent, so smart, and brimming with charm. Rifenburgh is my candidate for discovery of the year. He cannot be compared to X or Y. He is Z all by himself.' -Donald Justice 'These poems are startling in their vividness, skill, originality and solidity. I find that lines and images resonate long after they have served the purposes of their local contexts. Mr Rifenburgh's work deserves wider notice, particularly when so much of scant merit is greeted with acclaim.' -Anthony Hecht 'Of very few books, let alone first books, does one wish to proclaim, "This is it!" Advent is that rare exception, a collection certain to please all who care for the art. Daniel Rifenburgh has all one could possibly hope for in a new poet - ambition, wisdom and breathtaking skill.' -Luclen Stryk 'These are stunning poems, and everywhere a fresh voice and wry humor. It looks like we'll be seeing a lot more of this poet.' -Maxine Kumin

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