KHERDIAN, David

KHERDIAN, David. American, b. 1931. Genres: Novels, Children's fiction, Poetry, Literary criticism and history, Bibliography, Biography. Career: Literary consultant, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1965; publisher, Giligia Press, 1967-73; poetry judge, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 1968; ed., Ararat mag., 1970-71; poet-in-the-schools, State of New Hampshire, 1971; director, Two Rivers Press, 1978-86; ed., Forkroads magazine, 1995-96; editor, Stopinder: A Gurdjieff Journal for Our Time, 2000-. Publications: David Meltzer, 1965; A Bibliography of William Saroyan: 1934-1965, 1965; Gary Snyder, 1965; Six Poets of the San Francisco Renaissance, 1967; (with G. Hausman) Eight Poems, 1968; Six San Francisco Poets, 1969; On the Death of My Father and Other Poems, 1970; Homage to Adana, 1970; Looking over Hills, 1972; A David Kherdian Sampler, 1974; The Nonny Poems, 1974; Any Day of Your Life, 1975; Country Cat, City Cat, 1978; I Remember Root River, 1978; The Road from Home, 1979; The Farm, 1979; It Started with Old Man Bean, 1980; Finding Home, 1981; Beyond Two Rivers, 1981; Taking the Soundings on Third Avenue, 1981; The Farm: Book Two, 1981; The Song in the Walnut Grove, 1983; The Mystery of the Diamond in the Wood, 1983; Right Now; 1983; The Animal, 1984; Root River Run, 1984; Threads of Light, 1985; Bridger: The Story of a Mountain Man, 1987; A Song for Uncle Harry, 1988; The Cat's Midsummer Jamboree, 1990; The Great Fishing Contest, 1991; On a Spaceship with Beelzebub, 1991; The Dividing River/The Meeting Shore, 1991; Feathers and Tails, 1992; Juna's Journey, 1993; Friends: A Memoir, 1993; Asking the River, 1993; By Myself, 1993; My Racine, 1994; A Song for Emily, 1995; I Called It Home, 1997; The Rose's Smile: Farizad of the Arabian Nights, 1997; Seven Poems for Mikey, 1997; (reteller) The Golden Bracelet, 1998; Chippecotton: Root River Tales of Racine, 1998; The Revelations of Alvin Tolliver, 2001; Seeds of Light: Poems from a Gurdjieff Community, 2002; The Buddha: The Story of an Awakened Life, 2004. TRANSLATOR: The Pearl: Hymn of the Robe of Glory, 1979; Pigs Never See the Stars, 1982; The Song of the Stork: Early & Ancient Armenian Songs, 2004. EDITOR: (with J. Baloian) Down at the Santa Fe Depot: 20 Fresno Poets, 1970; Visions of America: By the Poets of Our Time, 1973; Settling America: The Ethnic Expression of 14 Contemporary Poets, 1974; Poems Here and Now, 1976; The Dog Writes on the Window with His Nose and Other Poems, 1977; Traveling America with Today's Poets, 1977; If Dragon Flies Made Honey, 1977; I Sing the Song of Myself, 1978; Beat Voices, 1995. Address: 5082 County Rte 7, Chatham, NY 12037, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]