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OU Creative Writing Professor Peter Markus. His new book When Our Fathers Return to Us as Birds details the death and dying of his father.

Professor Peter Markus talks love, grief, family in new collection of poetry

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief September 15, 2021

Creative Writing Professor and award winning author Peter Markus has released his first collection of poetry titled “When Our Fathers Return to Us as Birds.” The new book, published by Wayne State...

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