Discipline: Literature – nonfiction

Daniel Levin Becker

Discipline: Literature – nonfiction
Region: Oakland, CA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2018

Daniel Levin Becker is a writer, editor, translator, and Oulipian. In residence he completed a thorough revision of the manuscript for his second non-fiction book, a series of short essays about rap and language. Invigorated by the concentration and productivity afforded by his stay at MacDowell, he immediately went on to place ninth among first-time participants at a crossword tournament in Connecticut.

Studios

Monday Music

Daniel Levin Becker worked in the Monday Music studio.

Given to the residency by the Monday Music Club of Orange, NJ, Monday Music Studio is sited next to an enormous boulder deposited by glaciers thousands of years ago. A small dormer once pierced the east slope of the roof, but after damage suffered in the 1938 hurricane, the roof was rebuilt without the dormer. The interior…

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