American poet Sam Pereira was born in Los Banos, California on April 17, 1949. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Fresno (1971) and his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa (1975), where he was a student in the legendary Iowa Writers' Workshop. Pereira's literary influences include poets Philip Levine, Charles Wright (poet), Richard Hugo, Mark Strand, and Norman Dubie. His contemporaries include poets David St. Wikipedia
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Sam Pereira has published two books of poetry: The Marriage of the Portuguese (L'Epervier Press, 1978) and Brittle Water (Abattoir Editions/Penumbra Press, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1987). litsam.blogspot.com
