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EKLUND, George
EKLUND, George. (Long Island, NY, 1953- ). Eklund attended the UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE from 1970 to 1974 graduating with a degree in English Education. Eklund taught at Northeast Iowa Technical Institute in Peosta and worked at HILLCREST FAMILY SERVICES.
After study with major American poets at Columbia University and the University of Iowa, In 1982 Eklund published his first major book of poetry, Gone West of Sunrise Highway. preceded by First Sunrise and Infant Dawn. He was a contributor to They Came From Dubuque.
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Source:
Tigges, John. They Came From Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1983, p. 128.