Raphael Dagold

Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Raphael Dagold’s poems, fables, and photographs have appeared in Frank, Northwest Review, Born, Western Humanities Review, two girls review, and other publications; a fable is included in Persea Books’ Sudden Flash Youth: 65 Short-Short Stories. He holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Oregon, and has taught writing and literature at the University of Utah, Lewis and Clark College, and other institutions, including nine years as a Writer in the Schools in Portland, Oregon. Dagold has won fellowships and awards from the Ucross Foundation, Oregon Literary Arts, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, and other organizations. Also an accomplished woodworker, Dagold ran his own business making custom cabinets and furniture for fifteen years in Portland before entering the PhD Program in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Utah in 2010.