John Gardner was a renaissance man. He was comfortable in the dairy barns of Bethany or the townhouses of Manhattan.
Although he lived in the world of academia, he never forgot his rural upbringing. In Bill Kauffman’s book,
Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette, he quotes Gardner saying, “I grew up with farmers, I learned more from farmers than from professors.”
He wrote poetry, plays, operas, but is best known as a novelist.
Gardner taught at universities across the country and was the mentor to many writers.
His influence on American literature will go on for a long time and he will always be honored as one of Genesee County’s greatest authors.
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John Gardner was a renaissance man. He was comfortable in the dairy barns of Bethany or the townhouses of Manhattan.
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