Albert Flynn DeSilver | |
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 Selfie of Albert Flynn DeSilver with his book, Writing as a Path to Awakening | |
| Born | October 2, 1968 |
| Occupations | Poet, Author |
| Spouse | Marian Cremin |
| Writing career | |
| Notable awards | 2008 Poet Laureate of Marin County, California |
| Website | www |
Albert Flynn DeSilver (born October 2, 1968) is an American poet, writer, memoirist, novelist, speaker, publisher, and workshop leader. He is the founder of DeSilver Publishing, a hybrid publisher based in the San Francisco Bay Area that publishes memoir, fiction, spirituality, family legacy, and other books. [1]
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His latest book is SOME VOID: New & Selected Poems 1996-2026. DeSilver has been writing and publishing books for 30 years, starting with his The Owl Press imprint in the 1990s. DeSilver served as Marin County California's very first Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2010. [2]
His work has appeared in more than one hundred literary journals worldwide including The New York Times , ZYZZYVA , New American Writing , Chicago Review , Catamaran, Hanging Loose, Jubilat , Exquisite Corpse, Jacket (Australia), Poetry Kanto (Japan), Van Gogh’s Ear (France), and many others. [3]
DeSilver is also the author of Writing as a Path to Awakening (based on his workshops of the same name) published by Sounds True/Macmillan in 2017, as well as the memoir Beamish Boy, (2012) which Kirkus Reviews called "a beautifully written memoir, poignant and inspirational". [4] DeSilver received a BFA in photography from the University of Colorado and an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute. [3] DeSilver is a speaker and trainer who has presented at TEDx-Santa Cruz, [5] shared the stage with Maxine Hong Kingston, Cheryl Strayed, Elizabeth Gilbert, and others. He has taught writing workshops at Esalen Institute, Omega Institute, and Spirit Rock Meditation Center, as well as at literary conferences nationally. He lives in Northern California. [3]