Dan Raphael

Dan Raphael: born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, schooled at Cornell University, Bowling Green State University, and Western Washington University, he been active in the Northwest for four decades as poet, performer, publisher, and reading host. He is the author of 20 other published poetry collections, including Everyone in This Movie Gets Paid (Last Word Press) The State I’m In (nine muses books, Winston, Oregon) and Impulse & Warp: The Selected 20th Century Poems (Wordcraft of Oregon). He has given over 200 readings at universities, book stores, festivals, bars, and coffeehouses.