Dan Liberthson

Dan Liberthson, PhD (English), is a well-published poet with six books to his credit and poems in journals and anthologies. His latest poetry book, A Carnival of Cats, evolved out of his love of cats and celebrates those he has lived withand known. Previous books include A Family Album, poems about the challenges growing up in a perfectionistic Jewish family with a mentally ill sister; The Pitch is on the Way-Poems About Baseball and Life, in which he captures his love of the game in poems about position players, batters, auxiliary figures like umpires and groundskeepers, and fans; Animal Songs, poetry about pets and other animals he has known or crossed paths with; and A Poetry of Birds, in which professional photos of birds are accompanied by his poems about each species. Dan has won prizes in the William Stafford Memorial, Maine Poets Society, and Poetry Society of Texas poetry contests, and honorable mentions in many other competitions. His poem "Child's Play" was read by Garrison Keillor on his weekly radio broadcast The Writer's Almanac. Dan has served as secretary of the Oregon Poetry Association and as a judge for the National Federation of State Poetry Societies' annual contests. He is also the author of a spy novel, The Bluejay Contrivance, and a middle grade fantasy novel, The Golden Spider. Now retired from careers as a college English teacher and medical writer, Dan lives with his wife, two cats, and a dog in San Francisco, California and Cottage Grove, Oregon.