About
Larry O. Dean was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. He has worked with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore, published essays and reviews on popular culture in the alternative press, and cartooned for fanzines and other underground outlets. After a series of (to quote Philip Levine) “stupid jobs,” he teaches higher ed creative writing, literature, and composition, and is a Poet-in-Residence in the public schools through the Chicago Poetry Center’s Hands on Stanzas program. Dean is the author of three full-length collections and ten chapbooks. In addition, he is a singer, songwriter, and producer, working both solo as well as with several ‘hard pop’ bands, including The Injured Parties, The Me Decade, Post Office, Malcontent, and The Fussbudgets. Since 2001 he has hosted a monthly songwriter showcase, Folk You! After living in San Francisco for over a decade, he makes his home in Chicago. Education
MA in English Literature, August 2020
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
MFA in Creative Writing—Poetry, August 2009
Murray State University, Murray, KY
BGS with Distinction, August 1984
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Publications
Frequently Asked Questions. Salmon Poetry, forthcoming.
Muse, Um. Finishing Line Press, May 2022.
Activities of Daily Living. Salmon Poetry, March 2017.
Brief Nudity. Knockeven: Salmon Poetry, April 2013.
Basic Cable Couplets. Silkworms Ink, April 2012.
abbrev. Beard of Bees, June 2011.
About the Author. Mindmade Books, March 2011.
I Am Spam. Fractal Edge Press, October 2004.
Identity Theft for Dummies. Zenith Beast, March 2003.
Workers’ Comp. Zenith Beast, February 1995.
Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat. Zenith Beast, April 1990.
QWERTYUIOP. Zenith Beast, October 1989.
Barking up the Wrong Tree. Zenith Beast, March 1989.
Rate of Exchange & Other Poems. Zenith Beast, June 1988. Memberships
Academy of American Poets
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
The Authors Guild
Broadcast Music, Inc.
Midwest Modern Language Association
Modern Language Association
Teachers & Writers Collaborative
