American poet (born 1983)
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. She has published 16 full-length books of poetry, and served as the
Poet Laureate of
Vallejo, California .
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[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.
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
3 Vallejo Poets Laureate
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
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] and at the Fairfield Library with fellow poets laureate.
[78] 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.
[79] She also performed at Ink and Inspiration in Enid, Oklahoma,
[80] and the Scissortail Creative Writing Festival in Ada, Oklahoma.
[81]
[46] She continues to perform poetry live on air at KZCT radio.
[82] Radio stations KPOO, KPFA, and KALW have also broadcast Lang’s poetry.
[46]
Works
Poetry collections
Spoken word albums
Happy Accidents 2015.
[83]
Poetry anthologies
Editor
Contributor
Poetry publications
Lang, D. L., "Prayer for Shomerim," Jewish Journal of Los Angeles , February 18, 2015
[85]
Lang, D. L., “Sheltering in Places,” Benicia Herald , September 23, 2016
[86]
Lang, D. L., “Worldly Windows,” Benicia Herald , November 4, 2016
[87]
Lang, D. L., “Stay,” Benicia Herald , December 3, 2016
[88]
Lang, D. L., “Train Whistle Polka,” Benicia Herald , December 15, 2017
[89]
Lang, D. L., “Benicia Bound,” Benicia Herald , January 5, 2018
[90]
Lang, D. L., “Love Poetry Capital Blockade,” Benicia Herald , February 23, 2018
[91]
Lang, D. L., “How to Swim through a Tornado,” Benicia Herald , June 15, 2018
[92]
Lang, D. L., “The Woodpecker’s Beat,” Benicia Herald , September 7, 2018
[93]
Lang, D. L., "Turning: A Poem for Yom Kippur," Reformjudaism.org , September 17, 2018
[94]
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
[95]
Lang, D. L., "One Thousand Per Day," Frost Meadow Review , April 1, 2020
[96]
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
[97]
Lang, D. L., “These Wild Winds,” The Lake County Bloom, September 23, 2021
[98]
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
[99]
Lang, D. L., "Labor Shortage," Work & the Anthropocene , September 5, 2022
[100]
Lang, D. L., ”What Dreams Danced Here?” The Lake County Bloom, October 20, 2022
[101]
Lang, D. L., ”The Northwest” The Lake County Bloom, October 20, 2022
[101]
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
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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
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
[103]
Articles and essays
Lang, Diana L., "Enid's Ties to Railroad History,"
Enid News & Eagle , October 16, 2019
[104]
"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
[105]
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