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Diane Wakoski

Born: 08/03/1937   Whittier
Parents: John J. Wakoski, Marie E. Wakoski
Spouse: Robert Turney (Photographer)
Address(es):
Permanent :
607 Division Street
East Lansing , MI 48823
USA
Contact Information:
Website : http://dwakoski.com/

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Bay of angels : poems Poetry Adult Tallahassee, Florida : Anhinga Press 2013
The diamond dog : poems Poetry Adult Tallahassee, Fla. : Anhinga Press 2010
Belly dancer
- Alternative comic books, strips, etc. 		Adult United States : PoetryFoundation.org 2007
The Butcher's Apron : new & selected poems Poetry Adult Santa Rosa, CA : Black Sparrow Press 2000
Argonaut Rose
- Book IV of the Archeology of Movies and Books 		Poetry Adult Santa Rosa, CA : Black Sparrow Press 1998
The Emerald City of Las Vegas
- Book III of the Archeology of Movies and Books 		Poetry Adult Santa Rosa, CA : Black Sparrow Press 1995
Jason the Sailor
- Book II of the Archeology of Movies and Books 		Poetry Adult Santa Rosa, CA : Black Sparrow Press 1993
Medea the Sorceress
- Book I of the Archeology of Movies and Books 		Poetry Adult Santa Rosa, CA : Black Sparrow Press 1991
Contemporary Michigan poetry : poems from the third coast
- Anthology 		Michigan , Poetry Adult Detroit: Wayne State University Press 1988
Unveilings / Lynn Stern ; foreword by Paul Caponigro
- essay by Diane Wakoski published in conjunction with an exhibit at the Smith College Museum of Art 		Non Fiction Adult New York : Hudson Hills Press 1988
Emerald Ice: Selected Poems 1962-1987
- Won PSA Award 		Poetry Adult Santa Barbara : Black Sparrow Press 1988 -2005
The Rings of Saturn Poetry Adult Santa Barbara : Black Sparrow Press 1986
The Collected Greed: Parts I-XIII Poetry Adult Santa Barbara : Black Sparrow Press 1984
The Magician's Feastletters Poetry Adult Santa Barbara : Black Sparrow Press 1982
Cap of Darkness : including Looking for the King of Spain & Pachelbel's Canon Poetry Adult Santa Barbara : Black Sparrow Press 1980
Toward a New Poetry
- Essays. Poets On Poetry Series 		Non Fiction Adult Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan 1980
The Man Who Shook Hands Poetry Adult Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday 1978
Waiting for the King of Spain Poetry Adult Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press 1976
Virtuoso Literature for Two and Four Hands Poetry Adult Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday 1975
Smudging Poetry Adult Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press 1972
The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems Poetry Adult New York: Simon & Schuster 1971
The Magellanic Clouds Poetry Adult Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press 1970
Inside the Blood Factory Poetry Adult Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday 1968
The George Washington Poems Poetry Adult New York, Riverrun Press 1967
Discrepancies & Apparitions Poetry Adult Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday 1966
Dream Sheet Poetry Adult Hard Ware 1965
Coins & Coffins Poetry Adult New York : Hawk's Well Press 1962
Other writings:
- Over twenty-five volumes published by small presses in limited, signed editions. Works included in several anthologies and reference works such as The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry and The Practical Imagination: An Introduction to Poetry. 		Poetry Adult
- 1982: Poems translated into Romanian by Liliana Ursu in Norii Magelanici Editura Univers Bucharest Poetry
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "The quest for beauty." Poet known for her personal verses that examine loss, pain, and sexual desire and that frequently reproduce incidents and fantasies from her own turbulent life. Her poetry probes the difficulties that the indiviual encounters in relationships with others, with the natural world, and with the cultural and popular ideas by which personal lives are structured.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
- Graduate courses in writing. University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1981

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Retired 		Michigan State University East Lansing , MI 1991 -2012
Faculty Member Michigan State University East Lansing , MI 1976
Poet in Residence Michigan State University East Lansing , MI 1975
Visiting writer to several colleges and universities(for 10 years)
- California Institute of Technology, 1972, University of Virginia, 1972-73, Willamette University, 1974, University of California, Irvine, 1974, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975, Michigan State University, 1975, Whitman College, 1976, University of Washington, 1977, University of Hawaii, 1978, and Emory University, 1980, 1981 		1972 -1981
Lecturer New School for Social Research New York 1969
Book Store Clerk, Jr-Hi teacher in Manhatten, Library storyteller, Visiting writer, Poet New York City 1960 -1973

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15/XDiane+Wakoski+&SORT=DX

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/diane-wakoski

Other Comments:

Wakoski offers this advice: Don't leave your day job, but make poetry your real job. Read everything from high to low--more classics than trash, though--and write everything as if it's for an audience, for you lower your standards when you write just for yourself. Finally, give yourself some privacy. Poetry is not a group effort.

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