Английская Википедия:D. L. Lang

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Diana Lucille Lang (born 1983, Bad Hersfeld, West Germany), known professionally as D. L. Lang, is an American poet. Her poetry is anthologized in over 60 anthologies. She has published 16 full-length books of poetry, and served as the Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California.

Early life

Diana Lucille Lang (née Kettle) was born in Bad Hersfeld, West Germany where her American father was stationed in the military, and met her mother who is German. As a result of growing up in a military family as a child Lang relocated frequently, residing in Herleshausen, West Germany, Santa Fe, Texas, Alexandria, Louisiana, and Enid, Oklahoma. Lang graduated from Enid High School in 2001, received an Associate of Science in General Studies at Northern Oklahoma College, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies with a minor in Judaic Studies from the University of Oklahoma. After college she moved to California in 2005 and married Timothy Lang in 2006, living in San Rafael, California prior to moving to Vallejo.

Film and television

While in college Lang worked as a video editor at television station KXOK-LD, as webmaster for University of Oklahoma student radio station the Wire, and as a band promoter for Grey from Enid, Oklahoma. She also created documentary films and music videos, including Liquid Wind, a kiteboarding film by director Charles Maupin that features an interview with Mike Morgan, which was broadcast on Oklahoma PBS affiliate OETA, and The Hebrew Project, a Hebrew language film that featured University of Oklahoma professors Ori Kritz and Norman Stillman, which was broadcast on The Jewish Channel.

Poetry

Lang began writing poetry as a child, first attempting to write song lyrics. She cites The Beatles, Pete Seeger, Allen Ginsberg, Jim Morrison, and Bob Dylan as influences. In addition to writing about her life, Lang writes on themes of Judaism, social justice, political protest, feminism, anti-capitalism, anti-racism and pacifism. Lang began performing her poetry in 2015 at Poetry by the Bay. Her poems have been published in newspapers, journals, and anthologies.

Vallejo Poet Laureate

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D. L. Lang was appointed Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California in September 2017 and served through December 2019. As poet laureate Lang edited the poetry anthology Verses, Voices & Visions of Vallejo and performed 141 times in 18 different cities. Lang gave the invocation at the 2019 Vallejo Women's March. During her tenure she also performed her poetry at many local events, including Vallejo Unites Against Hatred, Unity Day, International Peace Day and Why Poetry Matters. Lang also gave a presentation on Emma Lazarus and Alicia Ostriker for AAUW Voices of Change. Lang also judged seven contests including the county Poetry Out Loud high school recitation competition, Joel Fallon poetry scholarship, Solano County Fair talent competition, Vallejo poetry slam, and county library teen writing competition. She performed regularly on air on KZCT and on stage at Poetry by the Bay. Like her predecessor, she led the Poetry in Notion poetry circle and hosted annual events for National Poetry Month. She attended poets laureate conferences in Tujunga and San Mateo. Lang was preceded as Vallejo's poet laureate by Dr. Genea Brice, and succeeded by Jeremy Snyder, then host of Poetry by the Bay.

2020-present

In 2020 she was a featured act at the Solano County Virtual Fair, and judged the library's teen poetry competition. In 2021 she performed virtually for Poetry Flash and Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry. She also performed with Brice and Snyder at Alibi Bookshop, and for the Jewish Democrats of Solano County. In 2022 she performed for the AAUW, Solano County Library, San Francisco Public Library, a beat poetry festival at the Empress Theatre, the abortion rights group RiseUp4AbortionRights, the Beat Museum and LaborFest with the Revolutionary Poets Brigade, judged the Solano library's teen poetry competition, and appeared on the Rooted in Poetry podcast. She continues to perform poetry live on air at KZCT radio. In 2023 she performed at the Flyway Festival, Cordelia Library for Poetry Month, Vallejo Poetry Festival, Laborfest at the Tenderloin Museum, Revolution Books in Berkeley to support freeing Iranian political prisoners, and a labor protest against Elon Musk. In 2023 she was also one of ten winners of the Curbside Haiku contest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and performed at the 2023 Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah, Oklahoma. Lang was a member of the committee to choose Snyder’s successors as poet laureate, and judged the Solano Library's teen poetry competition.

Works

Poetry collections

• Tea and Sprockets 2011. Шаблон:ISBN
• Abundant Sparks and Personal Archeology 2013. Шаблон:ISBN
• Look, Ma! No Hands! 2015. Шаблон:ISBN
• Poet Loiterer 2016. Шаблон:ISBN
• Id Biscuits 2016. Шаблон:ISBN
• Barefoot in the Sanctuary 2016. Шаблон:ISBN
• Armor Against the Dawn 2016. Шаблон:ISBN
• Dragonfly Tomorrows and Dog-eared Yesterdays 2017. Шаблон:ISBN
• Resting on my Laurels 2018. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Cafe of Dreams 2018. Шаблон:ISBN
• Midnight Strike 2019. Шаблон:ISBN
• This Festival of Dreams 2020. Шаблон:ISBN
• Earthen Rovings: Poems on Mother Nature and the Environment 2020. Шаблон:ISBN
• Heaven is Portable 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• Paradise Collectors: A Book of Jewish Poetry 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• Wanderings 2.0: The Journey and the Destinations 2024. Шаблон:ISBN

Spoken word albums

• Happy Accidents 2015.

Poetry anthologies

Editor

• Verses, Voices & Visions of Vallejo 2019. Шаблон:ISBN

Contributor

• A Poet's Siddur: Friday Evening Liturgy Through the Eyes of Poets Ain't Got No Press. 2017. Шаблон:ISBN
• Light & Shadow Benicia Literary Arts. 2018. Шаблон:ISBN
• Marin Poetry Center Anthology, Vol. 21 Marin Poetry Center. 2018. Шаблон:ISBN
• Verses, Voices & Visions of Vallejo 2019. Шаблон:ISBN
• Colossus: Home: An Anthology of Lives in and out of Place Colossus Press. 2020. Шаблон:ISBN
• Introspective BloodRedStar Publications. 2020. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Alien Buddha Wears a Black Bandanna Alien Buddha Press. 2020. Шаблон:ISBN
• Black Lives Matter: Poems for a New World Civic Leicester. 2020. Шаблон:ISBN
• Happy Fukkadays 2 U from the Alien Buddha Alien Buddha Press. 2020. Шаблон:ISBN
• Poems of Political Protest City Limits Publishing. 2020. Шаблон:ISBN
• Musings During a Time of Pandemic: A World Anthology of Poems on COVID-19 Kistrech Theatre International. 2020. Шаблон:ISBN
• Poetry: The Best of 2020 Inner Child Press. 2020. Шаблон:ISBN
• From the Soil: A Hometown Anthology Exeter Publishing. 2020. Шаблон:ISBN
• Birth Lifespan Vol. 1 Pure Slush Books. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• Red Skies: A Creators Response to 2020 Splintered Disorder Press. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• 2020: Our Voices Barnes & Noble Press. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• Insurrection Gnashing Teeth Publishing. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Alien Buddha Skips the Party Alien Buddha Press. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• Globalisation: A Poetry Collection Making Magic Happen Press. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• Pandemic Evolution: Days 1-100 Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Alien Buddha Gets A Real Job Alien Buddha Press. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Last Time the Alien Buddha Got Sooo High Alien Buddha Press. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• Poems from the Heron Clan Vol. VIII Katherine James Books. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• Adfectus Exeter Publishing. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• Good Cop/Bad Cop Flowersong Press. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• Anthology House, Vol. 2 ASEI Arts. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Rastaman: Conversations with Bob Marley Alien Buddha Press. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• When this is all over... Creative Ink Publishing. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Alien Buddha Goes Pop Alien Buddha Press. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• Together Behind Four Walls Goldcrest Books. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• Protest 2021 Moonstone Arts Center. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• I Can’t Breathe: A Poetic Anthology of Social Justice Kistrech Theatre International. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• IFLAC Peace Anthology: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace. 2021. Шаблон:ISBN
• Cooch Behar Anthology 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• Reimagine America: An anthology for the future Vagabond Books. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• International Women’s Day 2022 Moonstone Arts Center. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• Resist with every Inch and Breath Lonely Cryptid Media. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• Psalms of the Alien Buddha, Vol. 2 Alien Buddha Press. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• May Day 2022 Moonstone Arts Center. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• Poetry is Dead: An Inclusive Anthology of Deadhead Poetry Hercules Publishing. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• Yearning to Breathe Free: A Community Journal of 2020 Benicia Literary Arts. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• Storm Warning: Poets for the Planet Building Socialism Revolutionary Poets Brigade. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Protest Diaries B Cubed Press. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• Hiroshima Day Moonstone Arts Center. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• When There are Nine Moon Tide Press. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• Colossus: Freedom Colossus Press. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• Remembering Jack Kerouac on his 100th Birthday New Generation Beat Publications. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• Banned Books Week Moonstone Arts Center. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Alien Buddha’s Microdoses Alien Buddha Press. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• Nooks & Crannies Benicia Literary Arts. 2022. Шаблон:ISBN
• 26th Annual Poetry Ink Anthology Moonstone Press. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN?
• American Graveyard: Calls to End Gun Violence Read or Green Books. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Alien Buddha Gets Rejected, Vol. 2 Alien Buddha Press. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Alien Buddha Gets a Real Job, Vol. 2 Alien Buddha Press. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Working Man’s Hand: Celebrating Woody Guthrie Poems of Protest and Resistance Fine Dog Press. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• Remembering Woody Guthrie Moonstone Press. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• Healing a Fractured World Kallatumba Press. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• I Never Could Talk to You L.A. Poetry Beach Festival. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• Which Side Are You On? Labor Day 2023 Moonstone Press. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• Remembering Pablo Neruda Moonstone Press. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Sparring Artists Mystic Boxing Commission/Peer Amid Press. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• Am Yisrael Chai UJA-Federation of New York. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Alien Buddha Loves You Alien Buddha Press. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• Bill of Rights Day 2023 Moonstone Press. 2023. Шаблон:ISBN
• About Time Red Penguin Books. 2024. Шаблон:ISBN
• To Write of Love During War UJA-Federation of New York. 2024. Шаблон:ISBN

Poetry publications

• Lang, D. L., "Prayer for Shomerim," Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, February 18, 2015
• Lang, D. L., “Sheltering in Places,” Benicia Herald, September 23, 2016
• Lang, D. L., “Worldly Windows,” Benicia Herald, November 4, 2016
• Lang, D. L., “Stay,” Benicia Herald, December 3, 2016
• Lang, D. L., “Train Whistle Polka,” Benicia Herald, December 15, 2017
• Lang, D. L., “Benicia Bound,” Benicia Herald, January 5, 2018
• Lang, D. L., “Love Poetry Capital Blockade,” Benicia Herald, February 23, 2018
• Lang, D. L., “How to Swim through a Tornado,” Benicia Herald, June 15, 2018
• Lang, D. L., “The Woodpecker’s Beat,” Benicia Herald, September 7, 2018
• Lang, D. L., "Turning: A Poem for Yom Kippur," Reformjudaism.org, September 17, 2018
• Lang, D. L., "49 Lights," Vallejo Times Herald, pg. A9, March 19, 2019
• Lang, D. L., "No Other Planet," Poetry Expressed Vol. 5, Spring 2020
• Lang, D. L., "One Thousand Per Day," Frost Meadow Review, April 1, 2020
• Lang, D. L., “What Remains is Love,” Benicia Herald, pg A9, April 24, 2020
• Lang, D. L., “July 4th, 2020,” Benicia Herald, pg A3, July 26, 2020
• Lang, D. L., “Pandemic Mismanagement,” Benicia Herald, pg A3, September 30, 2020
• Lang, D. L., “Commonalities,” The Lake County Bloom, September 16, 2021
• Lang, D. L., “These Wild Winds,” The Lake County Bloom, September 23, 2021
• Lang, D. L., “American Dream,” The Free Venice Beachhead, Vol. 470, January 2022
• Lang, D. L., “Columbia River Gorgeous,” KALW Bay Poets, August 24, 2022
• Lang, D. L., "Labor Shortage," Work & the Anthropocene, September 5, 2022
• Lang, D. L., ”What Dreams Danced Here?” The Lake County Bloom, October 20, 2022
• Lang, D. L., ”The Northwest” The Lake County Bloom, October 20, 2022
• Lang, D. L., “Fire, Water, Wind,” Benicia Herald, January 8, 2023, page A5
• Lang, D. L., "Eternal," Benicia Herald, April 9, 2023
• Lang, D. L., "Who?" People's Tribune, October 18, 2023
• Lang, D. L., "Ars Poetica," Vallejo Weekly, October 19, 2023
• Lang, D. L., “October is Filled with Sorrow,” Benicia Herald, October 22, 2023, page A5
• Lang, D. L., “I Pray for My People,” Benicia Herald, November 5, 2023, page A5
• Lang, D. L., “This Hanukkah,” Benicia Herald, December 8, 2023, page B5
• Lang, D. L., "Lightfoot Lives On," eMerge Magazine, January 8, 2024
• Lang, D. L., “MLK,” Benicia Herald, January 14, 2024, page A6

Articles and essays

• Lang, Diana L., "Enid's Ties to Railroad History," Enid News & Eagle, October 16, 2019
• "A Collective Experience to Learn" Global Pandemic Crisis: A Series of Literary Essays on Quarantine Transcendent Zero Press. 2020. Шаблон:ISBN
• "Oklahoma Community Protests the Election of White Nationalist," People’s Tribune, August 18, 2023

See also

• Genea Brice
• Jeremy Snyder
• Jacalyn Eyvonne
• Kathleen Herrmann
• List of municipal poets laureate in California