Diana M. Vogel (1926 – 2013), known professionally as D. H. Melhem , was an American poet , novelist , and editor .

Life [ edit ]

She was born in Brooklyn, New York , the daughter of Nicholas Melhem and Georgette Deyrataui Melhem, both immigrants from Lebanon. She graduated from New York University cum laude and received her master's degree and a doctoral degree in English and American Literature from City College . She was a longtime resident of New York City , where her two children were born and raised. ^[1] Melhem moved to Long Beach, California , in 2012, and lived there until her death on June 15, 2013. ^[2]

Melhem was a close personal friend of Pulitzer Prize -winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks , about whom she wrote a biography, Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and the Heroic Voice . ^{[3] [4]}

Awards [ edit ]

• 1991: American Book Award

Works [ edit ]

Poetry [ edit ]

• New York Poems . Syracuse University Press. 2005. ISBN   978-0-8156-0813-4 .
• Conversation with a Stonemason . Ikon. 2003. ISBN   978-0-945368-07-6 .
• Poems for You (P&Q Press, 2000)
• Of Country (CCC, 1998)
• Rest in Love . Confrontation Magazine Press. 1995. ISBN   978-0-913057-22-3 .

Novels [ edit ]

• Blight . Riverrun Press. 1995. ISBN   978-0-7145-4274-4 .
• Stigma & The Cave . Syracuse University Press. 2007. ISBN   978-0-8156-0882-0 .

Anthologies [ edit ]

• Hayan Charara, ed. (2008). Inclined to Speak . University of Arkansas Press. ISBN   978-1-55728-866-0 .
• Tina Chang; Nathalie Handal; Ravi Shankar, eds. (April 17, 2008). Language for a New Century . W.W. Norton. ISBN   978-0-393-33238-4 .
• Long Island Island Sounds (NSPS Press) ^[5]

Criticism [ edit ]

• Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and the Heroic Voice . University Press of Kentucky. 1988. ISBN   978-0-8131-0180-4 .
• Heroism in the New Black Poetry: Introductions and Interviews . University Press of Kentucky. 1992. ISBN   978-0-8131-0807-0 .

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• "Author's website"