D. L. Lang

D. L. Lang served as Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California (2017-2019). She has received proclamations from the California State Legislature, Solano County Supervisors, California Arts Council, and Vallejo City Council for her poetic contributions and service as poet laureate.

She is the author of Tea & Sprockets, Abundant Sparks & Personal Archeology, Look Ma! No Hands!, Poet Loiterer, Id Biscuits, Barefoot in the Sanctuary, Armor Against The Dawn, Dragonfly Tomorrows & Dog-eared Yesterdays, Resting on My Laurels, The Cafe of Dreams, Midnight Strike, This Festival of Dreams, Heaven is Portable, Fighting the Solar System, and Cavorting Havoc.

Lang also released a travel poetry compilation entitled Wanderings, a Jewish poetry compilation entitled Paradise Collectors, and a nature poetry compilation, Earthen Rovings. She is the editor of Voices, Verses & Visions of Vallejo, Poetry is Dead II, and A Decade of Poetic Unity.

Her poetry has also been published in the Maintenant, California Quarterly, Emerge Magazine, and the Suisun Valley Review. Her poetry has been anthologized in over 100 anthologies globally, including Vagabond Lunar Collection which is archived on the moon via the Lunar Codex.

Lang has been a featured act at numerous events around California and Oklahoma, performing nearly 500 times since 2015. She has won 46 ribbons for poetry from area county fairs. Her poems have been transformed into songs, Jewish liturgy, and used as a means to advocate for peace and justice.