She earned degrees from
Pitzer College and the Creative Writing Program at
New York University. Her first book,
In the Surgical Theatre, was chosen by
Louise Gluck for the 1999 American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize (
Copper Canyon Press. Her second book,
Wedding Day, was released in 2005 and her third,
Sky Burial, in 2011. In reviewing
Sky Burial,
The New Yorker called it "utterly her own, and utterly riveting." the
Los Angeles Times says of Levin's work, "Dana Levin's poems are extravagant...her mind keeps making unexpected connections and the poems push beyond convention...they surprise us." Her most recent book is
Now Do You Know Where You Are, which was released by
Copper Canyon Press in 2022. ==Awards==