Wakoski, Diane (1937–)
Wakoski, Diane (1937–)
American poet. Born Aug 3, 1937, in Whittier, CA; dau. of John Joseph Wakoski and Marie Megel Wakoski; University of California at Berkeley, BA, 1960; m. S. Shepard Sherbell, 1965; m. Michael Watterlond, 1973 (div. 1975); m. Robert J. Turney, 1982.
Began giving poetry readings in New York in 1960s and worked as writer-in-residence at US colleges and universities; joined faculty of Michigan State University (1976); works include Coins and Coffins (1962), Discrepancies and Apparitions (1966), George Washington Poems (1967), Greed, parts one and two (1968), Emerald Ice, Selected Poems 1962–1987 (1988), The Archeology of Movies and Books (1991–98), and Jason the Sailor (1993).
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