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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