Background

Evans, David Allan was born on April 11, 1940 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Son of Arthur Clarence and Ruth (Lyle) Evans.

Education

Bachelor, Morningside College, 1962. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1964. Master of Fine Arts, University Arkansas, 1973.

Career

Assistant University Iowa, Iowa City, 1965, University Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1971-1972. Assistant professor English, Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado, 1966-1968, South Dakota State University, Brookings, 1968-1978, professor, since 1978, writer-in-residence, since 1997, professor emeritus, 2007. Poet laureate South Dakota, 2002.

Faculty exchange professor Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China, 1988—1989. Faculty leader Seminar Abroad South Dakota State University, Yunnan Province, China, 2001, Phi Kappa Phi lecturer, 03. Poet laureate, South Dakota, since 2002.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • Physiological Screening Test (PST) Manual for Eating Disorders / Disordered Eating Among Female Collegiate Athletes

    (The Physiological Screening Test (PST) Manual for Eating ...)

  • Decent Dangers

    (The poetry in this volume was created mainly out of prais...)

  • 100 Unexpected Statements about Grave Dance: Alex Craft Series, Book 2

    (In this book, we have hand-picked the most sophisticated,...)

  • Train windows

    (Book by Evans, David Allan)

  • Real and False Alarms
  • Hanging Out With the Crows
  • Remembering the Soos
  • Physiological Screening Test (PST) Manual for Eating Disorders / Disordered Eating Among Female Collegiate Athletes by David R Black, Larry J Leverence, Daniel C Coster, Laurie J (2009) Paperback
  • Physiological Screening Test (PST) Manual for Eating Disorders / Disordered Eating Among Female Collegiate Athletes by David R Black, Larry J Leverence, Daniel C Coster, Laurie J (2009) Paperback

• Other Work

  • Author: (poetry chapbook) Among Athletes, 1970, (poetry) Train Windows, 1976, Real and False Alarms, 1980, Hanging Out with the Crows, 1990, Decent Dangers, 2001, Bull Rider's Advice: New and Selected Poems, 2004, (essays) Remembering the Soos, 1982. (with Jan Evans) Double Happinesss: Two Lives in China, 1995, (with Gary Steinley)(book) Images of Place: Paintings and Poems. Co-editor: From Language to Idea, 1970, Statement and Craft, 1972, The Sport of Poetry/The Poetry of Sport, 1979.
    
    Editor: New Voices in American Poetry, 1973. General editor, writer What the Tall Grass Says, 1982.

Membership

Writing mentor South Dakota State Prison, Sioux Falls, since 2001. Member steering committee Brookings Arts Council, since 2001. Active participant artist in schools South Dakota Arts Council.

Member Society Midland Authors, Academy American Poets, Sports Literature Society, Poetry Society of America (South Dakota Poet of Year 2004), South Dakota Council Teachers English (South Dakota Author of Year 2005, Mayor's award 2007), Fulbright Association, Sigma Tau Delta (honorary member Alpha Chi chapter).

Interests

• Other Interests

  Racquetball and other exercise, reading, travel.

Connections

Married Janice Kay Johnson, July 4, 1958. Children: Shelly Evans Moreau, David Allan Junior, Karlin.

father:

Arthur Clarence Evans

mother:

Ruth (Lyle) Evans

spouse:

Janice Kay Johnson

children:

Shelly Evans Moreau Evans

David Allan Junior Evans

Karlin Evans