poet"įrom 1987–1995, Dykewomon edited Sinister Wisdom, an international lesbian feminist journal of literature, art and politics, as well as contributing regularly to several other lesbian periodicals, including Common Lives/Lesbian Lives.
In the 1989 anthology of writing by Jewish Women, The Tribe of Dina, Dykewomon describes herself as "a Lesbian Separatist, descendant of the Baal Shem Tov, typesetter. The book of poetry, Fragments From Lesbos printed in 1981 "for lesbians only," was published under the author's current last name, "Dykewomon," in order "to avoid etymological connection with men." Her second book, They Will Know Me By My Teeth, released in 1976, was published under the name Elana Dykewoman, "at once an expression of her strong commitment to the lesbian community and a way to keep herself 'honest,' since anyone reading the book would know the author was a lesbian." In 1974, Dykewomon published her first novel, Riverfinger Women, under her name of birth, Elana Nachman. from San Francisco State University.ĭykewomon lives in Oakland, California and teaches at her alma mater San Francisco State. in creative writing from the California Institute of Arts, later and her M.F.A. She studied fine art at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, received a B.F.A. She and her family moved to Puerto Rico when she was eight. Elana Nachman, October 11, 1949) is a Jewish lesbian activist, award-winning author, editor and teacher.ĭykewomon was born in New York City, to middle class Jewish parents.
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