Dana Levin (poet)

Dana Levin (born 1965) is a poet and teaches Creative Writing each Fall at Maryville University in St. Louis, where she serves as Distinguished Writer in Residence. She also teaches in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. She lives in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Dana Levin
Born1965
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPitzer College;
New York University.
GenrePoetry

Life

She earned degrees from Pitzer College and the Creative Writing Program at New York University.

Her first book, In the Surgical Theatre, was chosen by Louise Gluck for the 1999 American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize (Copper Canyon Press); it went on to receive nearly every award available to first books and emerging poets. Copper Canyon brought out her second book, Wedding Day, in 2005 and her third, Sky Burial, in 2011. In reviewing Sky Burial, The New Yorker called it "utterly her own, and utterly riveting." The Los Angeles Times says of Levin's work, "Dana Levin's poems are extravagant...her mind keeps making unexpected connections and the poems push beyond convention...they surprise us." Her most recent book is Banana Palace [1](Copper Canyon Press, 2016).

Awards

Works
  • In the surgical theatre: poems. American Poetry Review. 1999. ISBN 978-0-9663395-2-9.[4]
  • Wedding day. Copper Canyon Press. 2005. ISBN 978-1-55659-219-5.[5]
  • Sky Burial. Copper Canyon Press. 2011. ISBN 978-1-55659-219-5.[6]
  • Banana Palace. Copper Canyon Press. 2016. ISBN 978-1-55659-505-9.

Anthologies
  • Michael Dumanis; Cate Marvin, eds. (2006). Legitimate dangers: American poets of the new century. Sarabande Books. ISBN 978-1-932511-29-1.
  • Joan Murray, ed. (2006). The Pushcart Book of Poetry. Pushcart Press. ISBN 978-1-888889-34-5.
  • Gerald Costanzo; Jim Daniels, eds. (2000). American poetry: the next generation. Carnegie Mellon University Press. ISBN 978-0-88748-343-1.

References
  1. https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg={900E1D4B-0CC0-4A70-A4CD-51807E49172A}
  2. http://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/dana-levin
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-01-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Review of In the Surgical Theatre at Rain Taxi, by Melanie Figg;Review of In the Surgical Theatre at Free Verse, by Dr. Kathleen Washburn; Review of In the Surgical Theatre at Boston Review, by Reginald Shepherd.
  5. http://www.constantcritic.com/ray_mcdaniel/wedding_day/ Review of Wedding Day at Constant Critic]; Review of Wedding Day at Slope
  6. Starred Review of Sky Burial at Publishers Weekly; Review of Sky Burial at Boston Review; Review of Sky Burial at The New Yorker.
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