Daniel B. Summerhill

Daniel B. Summerhill is a poet and essayist from Oakland, CA. He is the author of Divine, Divine, Divine and Mausoleum of Flowers. The inaugural Poet Laureate of Monterey County, Summerhill has earned fellowships from Baldwin for the Arts, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, The Watering Hole and elsewhere. His work has been published widely, including venues such as The Academy of American Poets, Obsidian, Ploughshares, Callaloo, The Indiana Review, The Wall Street Journal and elsewhere. Daniel is a Professor of Poetry at Santa Clara University and believes in the liberation of oppressed peoples everywhere, especially through the dissolution of empire.