Deena Metzger

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Fiction Writer, Poet

Topanga, CA
California US
Email: 
deenametzger@verizon.net
Website: 
www.deenametzger.com

Author's Bio

Too long a history to include. 14 published book, novels, poetry, non-fiction. Plays: Dreams Against the State, produced in Los Angeles, La Verne Ca, Atlanta Ga. Created the Writing Program at the Woman's Building, Los Angeles 1972-`77. Have taught and mentored writers for 50 years.
Working on creating a Literature of Restoration on behalf of healing culture and earth.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Books:
Intimate Nature (Ballantine Books, 1998)
,
Tree: Essays & Pieces (North Atlantic Books, 1997)
Journals:
LA Review
,
Lilith
,
Poetry Flash
,
Rattle
,
Tikkun

Fiction

Books:
Doors: A Fiction for Jazz Horn (Red Hen Press, 2005)
,
The Other Hand (Red Hen Press, 2000)
,
What Dinah Thought (Viking, 1989)
,
Skin:Shadows/Silence (West Coast Poetry Review, 1976)
Journals:
Anima
,
Creations
,
Jacaranda Review
,
Turning Wheel

Poetry

Books:
Ruin and Beauty: New and Selected Poems (Red Hen Press, 2009)
,
A Sabbath Among the Ruins (Parallax Press, 1992)
Prizes won: 

2012 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature, for La Negra y Blanca, published by Hand to Hand Publishers.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Jewish
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Born in: 
BROOKLYN
Raised in: 
SEA GATE/ CONEY ISLAND]BROOLYN, NY
New York
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Last update: Jul 26, 2016