David Allan Evans



David Allan Evans (born 1940) is an American poet.

Life
Evans was born in Sioux City, Iowa. He attended college on a football scholarship

He earned a B.A. from Morningside College in 1962, an M.A. from the University of Iowa in 1964, and an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Arkansas in 1974. Since 1968, Evans has taught at South Dakota State University where he is a Professor of English and a Writer-in-Residence.

Recognition
He received two grants as a Fulbright Scholar to study in China, and was the first South Dakotan to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1974.

Since 2002, he has been the poet laureate of South Dakota.

Poetry

 * Among Athletes (chapbook). Folder Editions, 1970.
 * Train Windows. Ohio University Press, 1976.
 * Real and False Alarms. Bk Mk Press, 1985.
 * Hanging Out With the Crows. Bk Mk Press, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1991.
 * Decent Dangers. Mellen Poetry Press, 2000.
 * This Water. These Rocks. San Francisco Bay Press, 2009.
 * After the Swan Dive (chapbook). Finishing Line Press, 2009.

Fiction

 * Shortcut and other stories (chapbook). Sandhills Press, 2000.

Non-fiction

 * Remembering the Soos (memoir). Plains Press, 1980.

Edited

 * New Voices in American Poetry (editor). Winthrop Publishers, 1973.
 * What the Tallgrass Says (Writer and General Editor). Center for Western Studies, 1982.

Letters and journals

 * Double Happiness: Two Lives in China (journals, with Jan Evans). University of South Dakota Press, 1995.

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy of the poet.