Dina Elenbogen

Dina Elenbogen is a Chicago-area poet and prose writer based in Evanston, Illinois. Her memoir Drawn from Water, published by BkMk Press, explores her long friendship with Ethiopian Jewish immigrants in Israel. She also wrote the poetry collection Apples of the Earth. She holds a poetry MFA from the University of Iowa and teaches creative writing at the University of Chicago's Graham School. Her work has appeared in magazines such as Prairie Schooner, Poet Lore, and Tikkun.