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Diana Lucille Lang
Vallejo Poet Laureate D. L. Lang
Born
Bad Hersfeld, West Germany[1]
Alma materUniversity of Oklahoma[2]
OccupationPoet
TitlePoet laureate of Vallejo, California
Term2017-2019[3]
PredecessorGenea Brice[3]
SuccessorJeremy Snyder[4]
Writing career
Pen nameD. L. Lang [5]
Genrepoetry
Websitedianalangpoetry.com

Diana Lucille Lang (born 1983, Bad Hersfeld, West Germany), known professionally as D. L. Lang, is an American poet. She has published twelve[6] full-length books of poetry,[1][7] and served as the Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California.[8][9][1]

Early life

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

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

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.

Vallejo Poet Laureate

3 Vallejo Poets Laureate

D. L. Lang was appointed Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California in September 2017 and served through December 2019.[24][25] As poet laureate Lang edited the poetry anthology Verses, Voices & Visions of Vallejo[11][26] and performed 141 times in 18 different cities.[27] Lang gave the invocation[28] at the 2019 Vallejo Women's March.[29] During her tenure she also performed her poetry at many local events, including Vallejo Unites Against Hatred,[30] Unity Day,[31] International Peace Day [32] and Why Poetry Matters.[33] Lang also gave a presentation on Emma Lazarus and Alicia Ostriker for AAUW Voices of Change.[34] Lang also judged seven contests[27] including the county Poetry Out Loud high school recitation competition,[35] Joel Fallon poetry scholarship,[13] Solano County Fair talent competition,[13] Vallejo poetry slam,[24] and county library teen writing competition.[36] She performed regularly on air on KZCT[13] and on stage at Poetry by the Bay.[37] Like her predecessor,[38] she led the Poetry in Notion poetry circle[37] and hosted annual events for National Poetry Month.[1] She attended poets laureate conferences in Tujunga and San Mateo.[39][40] Lang was preceded as Vallejo's poet laureate by Genea Brice,[3] and succeeded by Jeremy Snyder, host of Poetry by the Bay.[41]

2020-present

In 2020 she was a featured act at the Solano County Virtual Fair,[42] and judged the library's teen poetry competition.[43] In 2021 she performed virtually for Poetry Flash[44] and Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry.[13] She also performed with Brice and Snyder at Alibi Bookshop,[45] and for the Jewish Democrats of Solano County.[46] In 2022 she performed for the AAUW,[47] Solano County Library,[48] San Francisco Public Library,[49] a beat poetry festival at the Empress Theatre,[50][51] the abortion rights group RiseUp4AbortionRights,[52] the Beat Museum[53] and LaborFest with the Revolutionary Poets Brigade,[54] judged the Solano library's teen poetry competition,[55] and appeared on the Rooted in Poetry podcast.[56] She continues to perform poetry live on air at KZCT radio.[57] In 2023 she performed at the Flyway Festival,[58] Cordelia Library for Poetry Month,[59] Vallejo Poetry Festival,[60] Laborfest at the Tenderloin Museum,[61] Revolution Books in Berkeley to support freeing Iranian political prisoners,[62] and a labor protest against Elon Musk.[63][64] In 2023 she was also one of ten winners of the Curbside Haiku contest in Tulsa, Oklahoma,[58][65] and performed at the 2023 Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah, Oklahoma.[66]

Works

Poetry collections

  • 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 [6]
  • This Festival of Dreams 2020. ISBN 9798642242759
  • Heaven is Portable 2022. ISBN 9798516440311

Spoken Word Albums

  • Happy Accidents 2015.[6]

Poetry Anthologies

Editor

Contributor

Poetry Publications

  • Lang, D. L., "Prayer for Shomerim," Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, February 18, 2015[67]
  • Lang, D. L., “Sheltering in Places,” Benicia Herald, September 23, 2016[68]
  • Lang, D. L., “Worldly Windows,” Benicia Herald, November 4, 2016 [69]
  • Lang, D. L., “Stay,” Benicia Herald, December 3, 2016 [70]
  • Lang, D. L., “Train Whistle Polka,” Benicia Herald, December 15, 2017 [71]
  • Lang, D. L., “Benicia Bound,” Benicia Herald, January 5, 2018 [72]
  • Lang, D. L., “Love Poetry Capital Blockade,” Benicia Herald, February 23, 2018 [73]
  • Lang, D. L., “How to Swim through a Tornado,” Benicia Herald, June 15, 2018 [74]
  • Lang, D. L., “The Woodpecker’s Beat,” Benicia Herald, September 7, 2018 [75]
  • Lang, D. L., "Turning: A Poem for Yom Kippur," Reformjudaism.org, September 17, 2018[76]
  • 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[77]
  • Lang, D. L., "One Thousand Per Day," Frost Meadow Review, April 1, 2020[78]
  • 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[79]
  • Lang, D. L., “These Wild Winds,” The Lake County Bloom, September 23, 2021[80]
  • Lang, D. L., “American Dream,” The Free Venice Beachhead, Vol. 470, January 2022[81]
  • Lang, D. L., “Columbia River Gorgeous,” KALW Bay Poets, August 24, 2022[82]
  • Lang, D. L., "Labor Shortage," Work & the Anthropocene, September 5, 2022[83]
  • Lang, D. L., ”What Dreams Danced Here?” The Lake County Bloom, October 20, 2022[84]
  • Lang, D. L., ”The Northwest” The Lake County Bloom, October 20, 2022[84]
  • 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[85]
  • Lang, D. L., "Ars Poetica," Vallejo Weekly, October 19, 2023[58]
  • Lang, D. L., “October is Filled with Sorrow,” Benicia Herald, October 22, 2023, page A5

Articles & Essays

  • Lang, Diana L., "Enid's Ties to Railroad History," Enid News & Eagle, October 16, 2019[86]
  • "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[87]

See also

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  87. ^ Lang, D. L. (August 18, 2023). "Oklahoma Community Protests the Election of White Nationalist". People’s Tribune. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
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