Daniel Gutstein

Dan Gutstein (born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1968) is an American writer and vocalist. His writing has appeared in Ploughshares,^[1] Poets & Writers,^[2] Best American Poetry,^[3] storySouth,^[4] PANK,^[5] DIAGRAM,^[6] Fiction,^[7] and elsewhere. He has received grants and awards from the Maryland State Arts Council.^[8] While he was teaching at George Washington University the web site Rate My Professors named him the 2010–2011 "hottest" professor in America.^[9][10][11]

Gutstein is a vocalist and lyricist for punk band Joy on Fire.^{[12][13][14][15][16]} He is also vocalist for the 2025 album Live at the Black Cat! produced by improvisational band Fanoplane, which features musicians Bob Boilen and Jerry Busher, among others.^[17]

University Press of Mississippi published his nonfiction book Poor Gal: The Cultural History of Little Liza Jane in November 2023. In October 2024, the ASCAP Foundation gave the book a Special Recognition Award in its annual Deems Taylor / Virgil Thomson Book Awards.^[18]

Books

• non/fiction (Edge Books: Washington, DC: 2010) http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9781890311254/nonfiction.aspx
• Bloodcoal & Honey (Washington Writers' Publishing House, DC: 2011) https://www.amazon.com/Bloodcoal-Honey-Dan-Gutstein/dp/093184696X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312397094&sr=1-1
• Alt Tk (Dusie Kollektiv, Zurich, Switzerland 2013). http://www.dusie.org/kollektiv6.html
• Buildings Without Murders (Atmosphere Press: Austin, TX: 2020). https://atmospherepress.com/books/buildings-without-murders-by-dan-gutstein/
• Metacarpalism (Unsolicited Press: Portland, OR: 2022). https://www.unsolicitedpress.com/store/p355/metacarpalism.html
• Poor Gal: The Cultural History of Little Liza Jane (University Press of Mississippi, 2023)

Selected works in anthologies

• "What Can Disappear," in The Penguin Book of the Sonnet ed. Phyllis Levin (New York: Penguin, 2001). https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/333350/the-penguin-book-of-the-sonnet-by-various/9780140589290/
• "Monsieur Pierre Est Mort," in Best American Poetry 2006 ed. Billy Collins (New York: Scribner, 2007). http://www.bestamericanpoetry.com/pages/volumes/?id=2006
• "Merryland," in Verse Daily (2007.)
• "The Fox Who Loves Me + Other Developments in the Faunal and Floral Kingdoms," in Best American Poetry Blog Pick of the Week, edited by Terence Winch.^[19]