Diane Wakoski

Diane Wakoski
BornAugust 3, 1937
Whittier, California, U.S.
OccupationPoet, essayist
GenreNew American Poetry

Diane Wakoski (born August 3, 1937) is an American poet. Wakoski is primarily associated with the deep image poets, as well as the confessional and Beat poets of the 1960s. She received considerable attention in the 1980s for controversial comments linking New Formalism with Reaganism.