Alan Basting was born in Detroit and grew up in northwest Ohio. He attended Earlham College and received an undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati. He earned graduate degrees from Colorado State University (MA) and Bowling Green State University (MFA), and taught creative writing, composition, and literature at University of Cincinnati and Owens Community College in Toledo.
His books and chapbooks include: Singing from the Abdomen (Stone-Marrow Press, 1976), What the Barns Breathe (Window Press, 1982), Suddenly, Herons (The Writer’s Cooperative of Toledo, 1986), Deep Time, Daily Habits and Events (sponsored by The Arts Commission of Toledo, 1992), Nothing Very Sudden Happens Here (Lynx House Press, 2013), Home and Away (Finishing Line Press, 2019) Apples and Crows (Kelsay Books, 2023), and White Fence: an Ekphrastic Collaboration (Window Press, 2024).
Alan and his wife, Cassie, reside in Lilley, Michigan, in the middle of the Manistee National Forest near the village of Bitely.
More information regarding Alan and his poetry can be found at:
alanbastingpoetry.com
Paperback: 120 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (June 18, 2025)