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Other Web Sites Devoted to DC-Area Poets
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Ramola D
Bio, reviews, and ordering info by the author of Invisible Season. Sponsored by Washington Writers Publishing House.
http://www.wwph.org/invisibleSeason.htmlGayle Danley
Bio, photos, and booking info on the National Slam Champion.
http://www.gayledanley.comTina Darragh
Short essay (in Q & A form) on her poetry, and the influence of other DC-area poets on her work on the first link. One poem on the second link. Sponsored by the DC Poetry web site.
http://www.dcpoetry.com/history/darragh.htm
http://www.dcpoetry.com/?module=keywords&keyword=Darragh,%20TinaDatrienne
Photos and short bio, sponsored by IUWETALK Enterprises.
http://iuwetalk.com/Talents/Poets/Datrienne/datrienne.htmlHeather L. Davis
Links to 17 poems, bio, book recommendations, on a weblog called "Someday, In Heaven" with art and a poem of the week, by a web editor and poet from Alexandria, VA who has published in numerous literary journals.
http://hezdavis.tripod.com/index.htmlGregory L. Dees
Bio, photos, and poems by the founder of IUWETALK Enterprises.
http://iuwetalk.com/Talents/Poets/GDees/gdees.htmlClarissa M. Scott Delaney
Bio and 4 poems by former Dunbar High School teacher, active during the Harlem Renaissance, sponsored by DC Public Library web site.
http://www.dclibrary.org/blkren/bios/delanycms.htmlToi Derricotte
Sponsored by the Academy of American poets; contains bio, photo, links, and 1 poem by the former DC resident and author of Tender and Captivity.
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/107Joel Dias-Porter (aka DJ Renegade)
4 poems, by the author of the CD Libation Song, sponsored by Seeing Black.
http://www.seeingblack.com/x040901/renegade_poetry.shtmlChristo Diata
Links and contact info by the author of Touching the Soul of a Sista, also known as DC Tiger.
http://www.touchingthesoul.comJames Dickey
Photo, bio, and 12 poems by the former Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (1966-68), sponsored by the Poetry Foundation.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=1772Katy Didden
Short bio and poem by this 5th generation Washingtonian and graduate of the MFA program in poetry at the University of Maryland. Sponsored by Poets Against the War.
http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/displaypoem.asp?AuthorID=5464Nate Diggidy
4 poems, bio, and photos by the author of Traces of My Emotion.
http://www.diggidypoet.comAbena Disroe
Bio, contact information, and links, sponsored by The Authors Den, on the host of The Poet's Den reading series.
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?AuthorID=7962Jean Donnelly
Poems by the author of Anthem; sponsored by the DC Poetry site.
http://www.dcpoetry.com/anthology/153Twain Dooley
Bio and photo of a member of the DC/Baltimore National Slam Team.
http://www.dcslam.com/tdooley.html
Rita Dove
Photo, bio, and 1 poem by the former US Poet Laureate, sponsored by the Poetry Foundation.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=1850Buck Downs
Poems by the author of marijuana softdrink. Sponsored by the DC Poetry web site.
http://www.dcpoetry.com/?module=keywords&keyword=Downs,%20BuckJeffrey G. Duarté
Also known as Stimulates, The Silhouette Lover, and Brofucius, author of The Philosophical Brother and Standing in the Shadows of Love and founder of Speak-Easy Publishing. Bio, photo, ordering information.
http://speakeasypublishing.com/j_duarte.aspAlice Dunbar-Nelson
Reprints of poems and a well-written biographical essay about the author of Violets and Other Tales. On the Modern American Poetry site, sponsored by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/dunbar-nelson/dunbar-nelson.htmPaul Laurence Dunbar
Excellent site sponsored by the University of Dayton; provides bio, photos, and poems. Second site, sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, includes a photo, short bio, and 11 poems.
http://www.plethoreum.org/dunbar/
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=81336Cornelius Eady
4 poems sponsored by the Poetry Foundation. Eady, the author of Brutal Imagination and Victims of the Latest Dance Craze, is co-founder of the Cave Canem workshops and a former faculty member at American University.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=81993E-Baby
Photos, schedule of upcoming performances, and CD info, by the author of the recording "My Thoughts Are in this Ink."
http://www.ebabypoems.comRichard Eberhart
Photo, bio, and 5 poems, by the former Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (1959-61), sponsored by the Poetry Foundation.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=1972Scott J. Ecksel
1 poem and a bio by a poet and resident of Cleveland Park.
http://www.netauthor.org/e2k/july2002/poetry.htmlGreta Ehrig
Bio and schedule of upcoming events for a poet and singer/songwriter from Takoma Park, MD.
http://www.gretaehrig.comThomas Sayers Ellis
Web site on the author of The Good Junk and The Maverick Room, who teaches at Case Western University but was raised in DC.
http://www.tsellis.comJulie R. Enszer
A poet and lesbian activist based in Maryland, Enszer's web site has a photo, brief bio, publication listings, contact info, and links to her work elsewhere on the web.
http://hometown.aol.com/jrenszer/home.htmlPaul Estaver
Bio and contact information on the author of Salisbury Beach, 1954, sponsored by The Authors Den.
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?AuthorID=6145Jessie Redmon Fauset
Bio on the novelist and poet active in the Harlem Renaissance, who taught high school in DC for 13 years. First site from the DC Public Library. Second site, from the Academy of American Poets, offers an essay by Anthony Walton (with links to poems) on how Fauset and other women poets suffered from the "Double Bind" of being both female and African American.
http://www.dclibrary.org/blkren/bios/fausetjr.html
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19694Gideon Ferebee, Jr.
Photo, bio, 2 poems, and a section for friends and admirers to share their memories of the author of Searching for the Boy and Reflections Of. Sponsored by Rainbow History.
http://www.rainbowhistory.org/gideon.htmRobert Fitzgerald
Photo, bio, and 3 poems by the US Poet Laureate (1984-85), on the "Poets of Cambridge" site, sponsored by the Harvard Square Library in MA.
http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/poets/fitzgerald.phpStephen Fitzpatrick
3 poems by an Annandale-based author on the DC Poetry web site.
http://www.dcpoetry.com/?module=keywords&keyword=Fitzpatrick,%20Stephen%20J.Yael Flusberg
2 poems and a bio by the co-founder of Sol & Soul, sponsored by Poets Against the War.
http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/displaypoem.asp?AuthorID=2018Calvin Forbes
Bio, photo, and poem by the author of The Shine Poems. Forbes is a professor at the Art Institute of Chicago, but formerly served on the faculty at Howard University and American University. Site, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, contains short bio, photo, 1 poem.
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/454Carolyn Forche
Photo, brief bio, and links to poems and other writings, by the author of The Angel of History. Sponsored by George Mason University. Also provides connections to select poets in translation, and good links (mostly on poetry, but also some of Forche's personal interests, such as Amnesty International, Buddhism, etc.). The second site, sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, includes a short bio and 4 poems.
http://mason.gmu.edu/~cforchem
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=81854Sunil Freeman
Although the graphics are a bit primitive, this warm-hearted site by the author of That Would Explain the Violinist is an excellent resource for not only Freeman's poems, but also poems by other area writers: Richard Peabody, Reuben Jackson, Rose Solari, Jim Henley, and M.A. Schaffner.
http://members.aol.com/SunilKFree/home.htmlRobert Frost
Photo, bio, and 17 poems by the former Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (1958-59), sponsored by the Poetry Foundation.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=2361Ethan Fugate
5 poems by a DC poet and editor, sponsored by the DC Poetry site.
http://www.dcpoetry.com/?module=keywords&keyword=Fugate,%20EthanHeather Fuller
Poems by the author of Eyeshot, and one of the editors of the Washington Review. Sponsored by the DC Poetry web site. Second link is sponsored by SUNY Buffalo, with photo, bio, links to on-line works, sound file, and reviews.
http://www.dcpoetry.com/?module=keywords&keyword=Fuller,%20Heather
http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/fuller/Martin Galvin
Photo, bio, and sample poem, and ordering information for Wild Card. Sponsored by Washington Writers Publishing House.
http://www.wwph.org/wildCard.htmlPatricia Garfinkel
Bio and ordering information for From the Red Eye of Jupiter. Sponsored by Washington Writers Publishing House.
http://www.wwph.org/fromTheRedEyeOfJupiter.htmlDavid Gewanter
Four poems, bio, and photo by the author of In the Belly and faculty member at Georgetown University. Sponsored by Poetrymagazine.com.
http://www.poetrymagazine.com/archives/2000/October00/gewanter.htmBernadette K. Geyer
Two web sites from the Arlington, VA author of What Remains. The first gives biographical information, reprints poems, and provides select links. The second is BerniE-Zine, a site in which Geyer publishes short-format reviews of poetry, literary journals, novels and nonfiction.
http://bernadettegeyer.homestead.com
http://rantsravesreviews.homestead.com
Brian Gilmore
Bio, poems, upcoming readings, book info., and links from the author of elvis presley is alive and well and living in harlem and jungle nights & soda fountain rags.
http://www.briangilmore.comDana Gioia
Photos, bio, bibliography, interviews, essays and reviews, 12 poems by the Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts and author of Daily Horoscope and The Gods of Winter. Second site, sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, includes a photo, bio, 6 poems, and 1 article.
http://www.danagioia.net
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=2549Louise Glück
Photo, bio, poems, and criticism on the former US Poet Laureate (2003-04), sponsored by Modern American Poetry.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/gluck/gluck.htmSid Gold
Bio, photo, 2 sample poems, and ordering info for Working Vocabulary. Sponsored by Washington Writers Publishing House.
http://www.wwph.org/workingVocabulary.htmlJoshua Gray
Photo, poems, and contact info on a poet from Takoma Park. Also includes a description of a new poetry form Gray has developed, the "sympoe."
http://www.joshuagraynow.comPatricia Gray
Four poems by the author of Rupture and coordinator of the Poetry Series at the Library of Congress. Sponsored by Poetrymagazine.com.
http://www.poetrymagazine.com/archives/2002/March2002/gray.htmJennifer Gresham
Bio, photo, 3 poems, and upcoming readings by the author of Diary of a Cell and Explaining Relativity to the Cat.
http://www.litmuspoetry.comAngelina Weld Grimké
Poems and biographical information on the author of the posthumous Selected Works of Angelina Weld Grimke. Grimke lived in DC for part of her adult life, teaching gym and English at two DC high schools. Sponsored by the DC Public Library site.
http://www.dclibrary.org/blkren/bios/grimkeaw.htmlJoAnne Growney
Poems, bio, photos, translations of Romanian poets, examples of poems that use math imagery, and links, from the author of My Dance is Mathematics.
http://joannegrowney.comDaniel Gutstein
10 poems by a teacher at GW University, sponsored by the DC Poetry web site.
http://www.dcpoetry.com/?module=keywords&keyword=Gutstein,%20DanielPiotr Gwiazda
Photo, bio, links, 2 sample poems, and ordering information for Gagarin Street. Sponsored by Washington Writers Publishing House.
http://www.wwph.org/gagarinStreet.html