Beverly Dahlen (born November 7, 1934) is an
American poet
The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country.
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*George Quasha (born 1942 in poetry, 1942)
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who lives and works in
San Francisco, CA
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Life and work
Dahlen is a native of
Portland, Oregon
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, where she attended public schools. she moved with her family to
Eureka, California
Eureka (Wiyot: ''Jaroujiji'', Hupa: ''do'-wi-lotl-ding'', Karuk: ''uuth'') is the principal city and county seat of Humboldt County in the Redwood Empire region of California. The city is located on U.S. Route 101 on the shores of Humboldt ...
, after
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. In 1956, she resettled in San Francisco where she has lived for many years. Her first book, ''Out of the Third'', was published by Momo's Press in 1974. Two chapbooks, ''A Letter at Easter'' (Effie's Press, 1976) and ''The Egyptian Poems'' (Hipparchia Press, 1983), were followed by the publication of the first volume of ''A Reading'' in 1985 (''A Reading 1—7'', Momo's Press). Since then, three more volumes of ''A Reading'' have appeared, a serial poem that continues to be in process.
Dahlen was a cofounder, with
Kathleen Fraser and Frances Jaffer of the feminist poetics newsletter ''(HOW)ever''. In December 2008 her work was honored by Small Press Traffic with their annual Lifetime Achievement Award. She also received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2013).
Selected publications
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*''A reading 18-20.'' Instance Press, 2006.
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References
External links
;Others on Dahlen:
Tributes to Beverly DahlenEmily Dickinson and the Battle of Ball’s Bluff
an appreciation of Dahlen by poet Benjamin Friedlander
an appreciation by poet and publisher Charles Alexander
Narrative Perversion: Beverly Dahlen’s A Reading - Something on Paper
;Interviews:
interview with Dahlen conducted via email in October 2009
with Dahlen conducted in October 2009 via email
;work by Dahlen:
Poem & Picture: Beverly Dahlen and Laura Paulini
epistolary tribute by Dahlen and Kevin Killian
Kevin Killian (December 24, 1952 – June 15, 2019) was an American poet, author, editor, and playwright primarily of LGBT literature. ''My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer'', which he co-edited with Peter Gizzi, wo ...
Some notes on George Stanley’s Vancouver: A Poem
;Audio files, readings & talks
Recording from March 15, 2008
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Poets from Oregon
Living people
1934 births
American feminists
Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area
Writers from Portland, Oregon
American women poets
Poets from California
21st-century American women