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(1949-2022) Author, poet. Elana Dykewomon was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Oakland, California.

Full Name

Elana Dykewomon

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1949

BIRTH

Elana Dykewomon was born Elana Michelle Nachman in Manhattan, New York, on October 11, 1949.

1974

LITWORK

Riverfinger Women
Plainfield, VT: Daughters, Inc.
0913780316 / 978-0913780312
Novel, named to an Associated Press list of 100 Greatest Gay Novels.

1976

LITWORK

They Will Know Me By My Teeth
Northampton, MA: Megaera Press

Collection of poems and stories.

1981

LITWORK

Fragments From Lesbos
Langlois, OR: Diaspora Distribution

Collection of poems and stories.

1995

LITWORK

Nothing Will Be As Sweet As The Taste: Selected Poems 1974-1994
London: Onlywomen Press, Ltd.
0906500575 / 978-0906500576
Collection of poems.

1997

LITWORK

Beyond the Pale
Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers
0889740747 / 978-0889740747
Novel, winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction.

2003

LITWORK

Moon Creek Road
Duluth, MN: Spinsters Ink
1883523621 / 978-1883523626
Collection of short stories.

2009

LITWORK

Risk
Ann Arbor: Bywater Books
1932859691 / 978-1932859690
Novel.

2015

LITWORK

What Can I Ask: New And Selected Poems 1975-2014
Berkeley, CA: Sinister Wisdom
1938334159 / 978-1938334153
Collection of poetry.

2022

DEATH

Elana Dykewomon died at her home in Oakland, California, on August 7, 2022.

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