Johnson, Dennis Milton

Dennis Milton Johnson was born in San Francisco, California and grew up in the Central San Joaquin Valley. He earned a degree in Art from Fresno State College before heading to the Navy in 1967 where his duties as a "SPOOK" placed him in Southeast Asia. Returning to school in 1969, he received a degree in English from Fresno State where he was nurtured in that acclaimed department which included Philip Levine, Peter Everwine, Gene Bluestein, Charles Hanzlicek and others. He continued his studies at UC Berkeley and later at the University of Alberta. His time working as a carpenter, machinist a...