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While a graduate student in California Mr. Willliams won first place in the prestigious Phelan Awards for a satirical poem. From that point forward his life has been spent experiencing classical poetry, post-modern verse and honing his own lines into powerful expressions. Mr. Williams’ work has appeared in many types of anthologies and publications including Christian Science Monitor, Rockhurst Review, Kerf, The Great American Poetry Show, and Literature Today. He is a long-standing member of Poets & Writers, PoetsWest, and the Ina Coolbrith Circle and has been a reader in many different venues, his work appearing in Yosemite’s time capsules and engraved on a flank of Maven, the Mar’s atmosphere explorer. He has also been a college instructor of literature, a state park and NPS ranger, an actor and stand-in in Back to the Future III, and a nominee for the Pushcart Prize in poetry. Daniel Williams is author of Lost Language of Mars and other Earthling Meditations. |