Repka, Rita – 47

Subjects:
Primarily nature poems, several on theme/image of coyote; also includes “First Letter” from South Africa where Rita went to work on agriculture projects in the Transkei

Writing Description:
Fingerling Moon is a chapbook containing 33 poems and one prose piece entitled “First Letter” by Rita Repka edited by Nancy Weber (Morgan Grayce Willow) and published posthumously in 1987 under the imprint Tilton House, a small press that published several chapbooks of friends’ work in the late 1980s.

Writing Type:
Other – poetry chapbook

Gender:
Female

Birth Year:
1956

Death Year:
1984

Occupation and Interests:
Rita was a writer, naturalist, with a degree in soil science. She was working on a Masters in English/Creative Writing at the time of her death. Some of the poems are reprinted from: Greyrock Review, The Bloomsbury Review, Negative Capability.

Age(s):
27-28

Author Location(s):
Wisconsin, Colorado; Transkei, South Africa

Writing Location(s):
Wisconsin, Colorado; Transkei, South Africa

Dates:
Published in 1987; text written approximately 1982-1984

Handwritten:

Typed:

Digital:

Self-published:
100 copies published by friends posthumously

Number of Pages, etc.:
Approx. 30

Contact Person:
Morgan Grayce Willow

Contact Person/Author Relationship:
Friend and editor

Address:

Phone:

Email:
mgwillow(at)comcast.net

Date Entered:
04/20012

Date Revised/Confirmed:
04/2012

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