Michael Anania | |
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| Born | August 5, 1939 Omaha, Nebraska |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist, and essayist |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | Red Menace |
Michael Anania (August 5, 1939) is an American poet, novelist, and essayist. His modernist poetry meticulously evokes Midwestern prairies and rivers. His autobiographical novel, Red Menace, captured mid-twentieth century cold war angst and the colloquial speech of Nebraska, while the voice in his volumes of poetry distinctively reflects rural and urban Midwestern life in a "mixture of personal voice, historical fact, journalistic observation and a haiku-like format that pares lines down to the bare bones and pushes language to its limit."[1]