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Daniel Nyikos

Utah

Born in Germany to a Hungarian mother and an American father of Hungarian descent, poet and fiction writer Daniel Nyikos earned a BA and an MA at Utah State University. His poetry has been featured in former US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser’s syndicated newspaper column, “American Life in Poetry.” A doctoral student in fiction at the University of Nebraska, Nyikos has served as an editorial assistant for Prairie Schooner.

Column 339

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