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Dan Alter
b. 1966
Current City, State, Country
Berkeley, California, USA
Birth City, State, Country
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Dan Alter’s poems and reviews have been published in journals including Field, Fourteen Hills, Pank, and Zyzzyva; his first collection My Little Book of Exiles was a finalist for the 2022 Anne and Robert Cowan Writer’s Prize. He has been a fellow of the Arad Arts Project, and is a member of the Community of Writers at Olympic Valley. He lives with his wife and daughter in Berkeley and makes his living as an IBEW electrician.
Published Works
My Little Book of Exiles, Eyewear Press, 2022
Author Site
Links to Sample Works
Video Reading
Education
Oberlin College
Graduate Theological Union
Saint Mary’s College of California
Languages of Publication(s) and Poets Translated
Hebrew, working on Yakir Ben Moshe