D. L. Lang
Diana Lucille Lang | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Oklahoma[2] |
Occupation | Poet |
Title | Poet laureate of Vallejo, California |
Term | 2017-2019[3] |
Predecessor | Genea Brice[3] |
Successor | Jeremy Snyder[4] |
Writing career | |
Pen name | D. L. Lang [5] |
Genre | poetry |
Website | dianalangpoetry |
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.[6] She has published 16 full-length books of poetry, and served as the Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California.[7][8][9][1]
Early life
[edit]Diana Lucille Lang[2] (née Kettle)[10] was born in Bad Hersfeld, West Germany[1] where her American father was stationed in the military, and met her mother who is German.[11] As a result of growing up in a military family[1] as a child Lang relocated frequently, residing in Herleshausen, West Germany,[12] Santa Fe, Texas,[12] Alexandria, Louisiana,[12] and Enid, Oklahoma.[10] Lang graduated from Enid High School in 2001,[10] received an Associate of Science in General Studies[13] at Northern Oklahoma College,[14] and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies with a minor in Judaic Studies[13] from the University of Oklahoma.[2] After college she moved to California in 2005[13] and married Timothy Lang in 2006,[11][1] living in San Rafael, California prior to moving to Vallejo.[15][11]
Film and television
[edit]While in college Lang worked as a video editor at television station KXOK-LD,[2][16] as webmaster for University of Oklahoma student radio station the Wire,[17] and as a band promoter for Grey from Enid, Oklahoma.[11][16] 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,[18] which was broadcast on Oklahoma PBS affiliate OETA,[19] and The Hebrew Project,[2] a Hebrew language film that featured University of Oklahoma professors Ori Kritz and Norman Stillman, which was broadcast on The Jewish Channel.[20]
Poetry
[edit]Lang began writing poetry as a child, first attempting to write song lyrics.[11] She cites The Beatles,[11] Pete Seeger, Allen Ginsberg, Jim Morrison, and Bob Dylan as influences.[1] In addition to writing about her life,[11] Lang writes on themes of Judaism,[21] social justice,[11] political protest,[22] feminism,[22] anti-capitalism,[21] anti-racism[21] and pacifism.[21][22] Lang began performing her poetry in 2015 [11]at Poetry by the Bay.[23] Her poems have been published in newspapers, journals, and anthologies.
Lang's poem "American Dream,"[24] originally included in the 2022 anthology Reimagine America: An Anthology for the Future will be included in The Vagabond Lunar Collection which features the social justice themed work of 127 poets.[25] Mark Lipman of Vagabond Books compiled the collection for Samuel Peralta's Lunar Codex time capsule project,[25] which launches art stored on memory cards and nano-fiche to the moon.[26] The anthology is included in Codex Polaris, traveling to the Nobile Crater as part of NASA's Artemis program,[27] and is expected to launch to the moon in November 2024 or February 2025.[25]
Vallejo Poet Laureate
[edit]D. L. Lang was appointed Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California in September 2017 and served through December 2019.[28][29] As poet laureate Lang edited the poetry anthology Verses, Voices & Visions of Vallejo[11][30] and performed 141 times in 18 different cities.[31] Lang gave the invocation[32] at the 2019 Vallejo Women's March.[33] During her tenure she also performed her poetry at many local events, including Vallejo Unites Against Hatred,[34] Unity Day,[35] International Peace Day [36] and Why Poetry Matters.[37] Lang also gave a presentation on Emma Lazarus and Alicia Ostriker for AAUW Voices of Change.[38] Lang also judged seven contests[31] including the county Poetry Out Loud high school recitation competition,[39] Joel Fallon poetry scholarship,[13] Solano County Fair talent competition,[13] Vallejo poetry slam,[28] and county library teen writing competition.[40] She performed regularly on air on KZCT[13] and on stage at Poetry by the Bay.[41] Like her predecessor,[42] she led the Poetry in Notion poetry circle[41] and hosted annual events for National Poetry Month.[1] She attended poets laureate conferences in Tujunga and San Mateo.[43][44] Lang was preceded as Vallejo's poet laureate by Dr. Genea Brice,[3] and succeeded by Jeremy Snyder, then host of Poetry by the Bay.[45] The California State Senate, California Arts Council, and Vallejo City Council awarded Lang with proclamations for serving as poet laureate.[46]
2020-present
[edit]In 2020 she was a featured act at the Solano County Virtual Fair,[47] and judged the library's teen poetry competition.[48] In 2021 she performed virtually for Poetry Flash[49] and Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry.[13] She also performed with Brice and Snyder at Alibi Bookshop,[50] and for the Jewish Democrats of Solano County.[51] In 2022 she performed for the AAUW,[52] Solano County Library,[53] San Francisco Public Library,[54] a beat poetry festival at the Empress Theatre,[55][56] the abortion rights group RiseUp4AbortionRights,[57] the Beat Museum[58] and LaborFest with the Revolutionary Poets Brigade,[59] judged the Solano library's teen poetry competition,[60] and appeared on the Rooted in Poetry podcast.[61] In 2023 she performed at the Flyway Festival,[62] Cordelia Library for Poetry Month,[63] Vallejo Poetry Festival,[64] Laborfest at the Tenderloin Museum,[65] Revolution Books in Berkeley to support freeing Iranian political prisoners,[66] and a labor protest against Elon Musk.[67][68] In 2023 she was also one of ten winners of the Curbside Haiku contest in Tulsa, Oklahoma,[46][62][69] and performed at the 2023 Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah, Oklahoma. [46][70] Lang was a member of the committee to choose Snyder’s successors as poet laureate,[71][72][73] and judged the Solano Library's teen poetry competition.[74][75] In 2024 Lang performed at the Starry Plough Pub in Berkeley in support of Toomaj Salehi.[76] She also gave a reading at a Jewish art exhibit at the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum,[77] with fellow poets laureate at the Fairfield Library,[78] and the Solano County Fair.[79] She also interviewed on KZCT.[80] In March 2024 Lang was among several Vallejo women activists who received a proclamation from the Vallejo City Council in honor of Women's History Month.[81] She also performed at Ink and Inspiration in Enid, Oklahoma,[82] the Scissortail Creative Writing Festival in Ada, Oklahoma,[83][46] and the 2024 Woody Guthrie Folk Festival.[84] She continues to perform poetry live on air at KZCT radio.[85] Radio stations KPOO, KPFA, and KALW have also broadcast Lang’s poetry.[46]
Works
[edit]Poetry collections
[edit]- Tea and Sprockets 2011. ISBN 9781467900379
- Abundant Sparks and Personal Archeology 2013. ISBN 9781511726665
- Look, Ma! No Hands! 2015. ISBN 9781511726504
- Poet Loiterer 2016. ISBN 9781518713248
- Id Biscuits 2016. ISBN 9781530453054
- Barefoot in the Sanctuary 2016. ISBN 9781536820263
- Armor Against the Dawn 2016. ISBN 9781540704993
- Dragonfly Tomorrows and Dog-eared Yesterdays 2017. ISBN 9781548437725
- Resting on my Laurels 2018. ISBN 9781983939778
- The Cafe of Dreams 2018. ISBN 9781727159806
- Midnight Strike 2019. ISBN 9781072096016 [86]
- This Festival of Dreams 2020. ISBN 9798642242759
- Earthen Rovings: Poems on Mother Nature and the Environment 2020. ISBN 9798647153074
- Heaven is Portable 2022. ISBN 9798516440311
- Paradise Collectors: A Book of Jewish Poetry 2023. ISBN 9798872502203
- Wanderings 2.0: The Journey and the Destinations 2024. ISBN 9798877591356
- Fighting the Solar System 2024. ISBN 9798334584426
Spoken word albums
[edit]- Happy Accidents 2015.[86]
Poetry anthologies
[edit]Editor
[edit]- Verses, Voices & Visions of Vallejo 2019. ISBN 9781724462633
Contributor
[edit]- A Poet's Siddur: Friday Evening Liturgy Through the Eyes of Poets Ain't Got No Press. 2017. ISBN 9780982058480
- Light & Shadow Benicia Literary Arts. 2018. ISBN 9780970373762
- Marin Poetry Center Anthology, Vol. 21 Marin Poetry Center. 2018. ISBN 9780988969421
- Verses, Voices & Visions of Vallejo 2019. ISBN 9781724462633
- Colossus: Home: An Anthology of Lives in and out of Place Colossus Press. 2020. ISBN 9781735252643
- Introspective BloodRedStar Publications. 2020. ISBN 9798687549165
- The Alien Buddha Wears a Black Bandanna Alien Buddha Press. 2020. ISBN 9798693006782
- Black Lives Matter: Poems for a New World Civic Leicester. 2020. ISBN 9781916459359
- Happy Fukkadays 2 U from the Alien Buddha Alien Buddha Press. 2020. ISBN 9798696227269
- Poems of Political Protest City Limits Publishing. 2020. ISBN 9781954403000
- Musings During a Time of Pandemic: A World Anthology of Poems on COVID-19 Kistrech Theatre International. 2020. ISBN 9789966955951
- Poetry: The Best of 2020 Inner Child Press. 2020. ISBN 9781952081378
- From the Soil: A Hometown Anthology Exeter Publishing. 2020. ISBN 9798583850617
- Birth Lifespan Vol. 1 Pure Slush Books. 2021. ISBN 9781922427205
- Red Skies: A Creators Response to 2020 Splintered Disorder Press. 2021. ISBN 9798702942049
- 2020: Our Voices Barnes & Noble Press. 2021. ISBN 9781666236354
- Insurrection Gnashing Teeth Publishing. 2021. ISBN 9781734049558
- The Alien Buddha Skips the Party Alien Buddha Press. 2021. ISBN 9798577062279
- Globalisation: A Poetry Collection Making Magic Happen Press. 2021. ISBN 9780645096613
- Pandemic Evolution: Days 1-100 Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. 2021. ISBN 9781735400235
- The Alien Buddha Gets A Real Job Alien Buddha Press. 2021. ISBN 9798702028163
- The Last Time the Alien Buddha Got Sooo High Alien Buddha Press. 2021. ISBN 9798726871189
- Poems from the Heron Clan Vol. VIII Katherine James Books. 2021. ISBN 9781733929936
- Adfectus Exeter Publishing. 2021. ISBN 9798515034177
- Good Cop/Bad Cop Flowersong Press. 2021. ISBN 9781953447784
- Anthology House, Vol. 2 ASEI Arts. 2021. ISBN 9780998842189
- The Rastaman: Conversations with Bob Marley Alien Buddha Press. 2021. ISBN 9798727953129
- When this is all over... Creative Ink Publishing. 2021. ISBN 9798518906778
- The Alien Buddha Goes Pop Alien Buddha Press. 2021. ISBN 9798511774343
- Together Behind Four Walls Goldcrest Books. 2021. ISBN 9781913719340
- Protest 2021 Moonstone Arts Center. 2021. ISBN 9781954499423
- I Can’t Breathe: A Poetic Anthology of Social Justice Kistrech Theatre International. 2021. ISBN 9789914988505
- IFLAC Peace Anthology: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace. 2021. ISBN 9798775435080
- Cooch Behar Anthology 2022. ISBN 9798411541991
- Reimagine America: An anthology for the future Vagabond Books. 2022. ISBN 9781936293445
- International Women’s Day 2022 Moonstone Arts Center. 2022. ISBN 9781954499683
- Resist with every Inch and Breath Lonely Cryptid Media. 2022. ISBN 9781005648480
- Psalms of the Alien Buddha, Vol. 2 Alien Buddha Press. 2022. ISBN 9798822053663
- May Day 2022 Moonstone Arts Center. 2022. ISBN 9781954499836
- Poetry is Dead: An Inclusive Anthology of Deadhead Poetry Hercules Publishing. 2022. ISBN 9798218003593
- Yearning to Breathe Free: A Community Journal of 2020 Benicia Literary Arts. 2022. ISBN 9781735499925
- Storm Warning: Poets for the Planet Building Socialism Revolutionary Poets Brigade. 2022. ISBN 9780938392163
- The Protest Diaries B Cubed Press. 2022. ISBN 9781949476262
- Hiroshima Day Moonstone Arts Center. 2022. ISBN 9781959038092
- When There are Nine Moon Tide Press. 2022. ISBN 9781957799032
- Colossus: Freedom Colossus Press. 2022. ISBN 9781735252650
- Remembering Jack Kerouac on his 100th Birthday New Generation Beat Publications. 2022. ISBN 9781957654010
- Banned Books Week Moonstone Arts Center. 2022. ISBN 9781959038115
- The Alien Buddha’s Microdoses Alien Buddha Press. 2022. ISBN 9798844476075
- Nooks & Crannies Benicia Literary Arts. 2022. ISBN 9781735499918
- 26th Annual Poetry Ink Anthology Moonstone Press. 2023. [ISBN missing]
- American Graveyard: Calls to End Gun Violence Read or Green Books. 2023. ISBN 9798986140674
- The Alien Buddha Gets Rejected, Vol. 2 Alien Buddha Press. 2023. ISBN 9798370718717
- The Alien Buddha Gets a Real Job, Vol. 2 Alien Buddha Press. 2023. ISBN 9798378854370
- The Working Man’s Hand: Celebrating Woody Guthrie Poems of Protest and Resistance Fine Dog Press. 2023. ISBN 9781955478168
- Remembering Woody Guthrie Moonstone Press. 2023. ISBN 9781959038603
- Healing a Fractured World Kallatumba Press. 2023. ISBN 9780938392170
- I Never Could Talk to You L.A. Poetry Beach Festival. 2023. ISBN 9798861584968
- Which Side Are You On? Labor Day 2023 Moonstone Press. 2023. ISBN 9781959038641
- Remembering Pablo Neruda Moonstone Press. 2023. ISBN 9781959038801
- The Sparring Artists Mystic Boxing Commission/Peer Amid Press. 2023. ISBN 9781733548168
- Am Yisrael Chai UJA-Federation of New York. 2023. ISBN 9798864248027 [87]
- The Alien Buddha Loves You Alien Buddha Press. 2023. ISBN 9798853991262
- Bill of Rights Day 2023 Moonstone Press. 2023. ISBN 9781959038887
- About Time Red Penguin Books. 2024. ISBN 9781637775363
- To Write of Love During War UJA-Federation of New York. 2024. ISBN 9798879324358
- Starman Oddity: Poetry & Art Inspired by David Bowie Fevers of the Mind. 2024. ISBN 9798880401932
- World Healing, World Peace 2024 Inner Child Press. 2024. ISBN 9781961498235
- Traitor / Patriot: A Reflection of January 6 Moonstone Press. 2024. ISBN 9781959038993
- Avalanches in Poetry Vol III: Poetry, Writings & Art Inspired by Leonard Cohen Fevers of the Mind. ISBN 9798321730034
- Boundless 2024: the Anthology of the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Flowersong Press. 2024. ISBN 9781963245585
- The Vagabond Lunar Collection: An anthology that’s out of this World Vagabond Books. 2024.[25]
- Unite the States of America Like a Blot from the Blue. 2024. ISBN 9798324838430
- Screaming at America! An anthology of Dissent 2024. ISBN 9781304408112
- A poetic field filled with Wildwood Flowers: An anthology of poetry and prose 2024. ISBN 9798864490204
- Home: It’s Complicated Museum of the American Military Family. 2024. ISBN 9798327012455
- Maintenant 18: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art Three Rooms Press. 2024. ISBN 9781953103482 [88]
Poetry publications
[edit]- Lang, D. L., "Prayer for Shomerim," Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, February 18, 2015[89]
- Lang, D. L., “Sheltering in Places,” Benicia Herald, September 23, 2016[90]
- Lang, D. L., “Worldly Windows,” Benicia Herald, November 4, 2016 [91]
- Lang, D. L., “Stay,” Benicia Herald, December 3, 2016 [92]
- Lang, D. L., “Train Whistle Polka,” Benicia Herald, December 15, 2017 [93]
- Lang, D. L., “Benicia Bound,” Benicia Herald, January 5, 2018 [94]
- Lang, D. L., “Love Poetry Capital Blockade,” Benicia Herald, February 23, 2018 [95]
- Lang, D. L., “How to Swim through a Tornado,” Benicia Herald, June 15, 2018 [96]
- Lang, D. L., “The Woodpecker’s Beat,” Benicia Herald, September 7, 2018 [97]
- Lang, D. L., "Turning: A Poem for Yom Kippur," Reformjudaism.org, September 17, 2018[98]
- 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[99]
- Lang, D. L., "One Thousand Per Day," Frost Meadow Review, April 1, 2020[100]
- 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[101]
- Lang, D. L., “These Wild Winds,” The Lake County Bloom, September 23, 2021[102]
- Lang, D. L., “American Dream,” The Free Venice Beachhead, Vol. 470, January 2022[24]
- Lang, D. L., “Columbia River Gorgeous,” KALW Bay Poets, August 24, 2022[103]
- Lang, D. L., "Labor Shortage," Work & the Anthropocene, September 5, 2022[104]
- Lang, D. L., ”What Dreams Danced Here?” The Lake County Bloom, October 20, 2022[105]
- Lang, D. L., ”The Northwest” The Lake County Bloom, October 20, 2022[105]
- 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[106]
- Lang, D. L., "Ars Poetica," Vallejo Weekly, October 19, 2023[62]
- 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[6]
- Lang, D. L., “MLK,” Benicia Herald, January 14, 2024, page A6
- Lang, D. L., “In Wartime how Dare we Love?” Benicia Herald, February 25, 2024
- Lang, D. L., “Owasso,” Benicia Herald, March 1, 2024
- Lang, D. L., ”Falling Stars,” California Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 1, Spring 2024[107]
- Lang, D. L., “Love Letter to Louisiana,” Suisun Valley Review, #40, Spring 2024, May 17, 2024
- Lang, D. L., “Outlaw Code,” Beat Poetry Outlaw series, Fevers of the Mind, May 22, 2024.[108]
- Lang, D. L., “To Fulfill the Workers’ Dream,” Forward Together: CPUSA 32nd National Convention Program Book, pg 8.[109]
- Lang, D. L., ”Ignite,” “The Freedom to Love,” “There are Seven Blessings at the End of the Rainbow,” Pride 2024, Alien Buddha Press, June 1, 2024.[110]
- Lang, D. L., “Dylan,” “Hope of All People,” “Welcome…Type HARD!!!” Hard Rain Poetry Series Inspired by Bob Dylan, Fevers of the Mind, June 4, 2024.[111]
- Lang, D. L., "Displaced Lines," eMerge Magazine, July 8, 2024.[112]
- Lang, D. L., "The Dreamers," "Poem for Woody Guthrie," "Revolution in Rhyme," "Living Dead," "Ode to Bob Dylan," Fevers of the Mind, July 26, 2024[113]
Articles and essays
[edit]- Lang, Diana L., "Enid's Ties to Railroad History," Enid News & Eagle, October 16, 2019[114]
- "A Collective Experience to Learn" Global Pandemic Crisis: A Series of Literary Essays on Quarantine Transcendent Zero Press. 2020. ISBN 9781946460257
- "Oklahoma Community Protests the Election of White Nationalist," People’s Tribune, August 18, 2023[115]
- "Oklahoma Voters Successfully Recall White Nationalist," People’s Tribune, April 25, 2024[116]
- "How Enid, Okla., united to remove a local fascist from office," People's World, May 7, 2024[117]
- "Proletarian verse and protest songs thrive at Woody Guthrie Folk Fest in Oklahoma," People's World, July 22, 2024.[118]
See also
[edit]- Genea Brice
- Jeremy Snyder
- Jacalyn Eyvonne
- Kathleen Herrmann
- List of municipal poets laureate in California
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