Dean Olson

Dean Olson has published ten poetry collections. He taught at universities in Hong Kong, Alaska, and Canada, and is emeritus faculty of The Evergreen State College. He has sailed the Galapagos Islands, the Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Alaska, and spent months with students on the Salish Sea. He lives in Olympia, Washington near his children and grandchildren. His poems have appeared in many journals including, Prairie Schooner, The Georgia Review, Minotaur, Windfall, Rattle, Atlanta Review,...See more

Dean Olson has published ten poetry collections. He taught at universities in Hong Kong, Alaska, and Canada, and is emeritus faculty of The Evergreen State College. He has sailed the Galapagos Islands, the Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Alaska, and spent months with students on the Salish Sea. He lives in Olympia, Washington near his children and grandchildren. His poems have appeared in many journals including, Prairie Schooner, The Georgia Review, Minotaur, Windfall, Rattle, Atlanta Review, The Innisfree Poetry Journal, vox poetica. See less