D Dina Friedman

D. Dina Friedman has published in over a hundred literary journals and anthologies (including Rattle, The Sun, Calyx, Lilith, Negative Capability, Chautauqua, Ekphrastic Review, and Rhino) and received four Pushcart Prize nominations. She is the author of two young adult novels: Escaping Into the Night (Simon and Schuster) and Playing Dad's Song (Farrar, Straus, Giroux), a short-story collection: Immigrants (Creators Press), and one previous book of poetry: Wolf in the Suitcase (Finishing Line...See more

D. Dina Friedman has published in over a hundred literary journals and anthologies (including Rattle, The Sun, Calyx, Lilith, Negative Capability, Chautauqua, Ekphrastic Review, and Rhino) and received four Pushcart Prize nominations. She is the author of two young adult novels: Escaping Into the Night (Simon and Schuster) and Playing Dad's Song (Farrar, Straus, Giroux), a short-story collection: Immigrants (Creators Press), and one previous book of poetry: Wolf in the Suitcase (Finishing Line Press). Originally from New York City, Dina now lives in Western Massachusetts next door to a farm with 600 cows. As a life-long activist, Dina has devoted time to Middle East peace, local land conservation, and immigration justice. In 2019 and 2020 she traveled on two witnessing trips to a child detention center in Homestead, Florida-and to the Brownsville/Matamoros border, where she co-facilitated writing workshops with women and teens. To learn more about Dina, visit www.ddinafriedman.com and subscribe to her blog on living a creative life in a creatively challenged universe at www.ddinafriedman.substack.com See less