Dan Vera is a poet, writer and editor living in Washington DC after living in Texas, Colorado, Washington State and Chicago.

Dan is the Managing Editor of the gay culture journal White Crane, founder of Brookland Area Writers & Artists, co-founder and publisher of VRZHU Poetry Press, MenKnit.net and a member of the Triangle Artists Group.

His areas of academic study include history, anthropology, theology, and justice & peace studies. He is the academic product of Southwestern University and Iliff School of Theology and counts as his mentors Harry Hay, Tink Tinker and Gil Caldwell. Dan also has an abiding interest in history, art and architecture. Needless to say it usually makes for sparkling dinner conversation.

A writer of poetry for almost twenty years, his poetry has been featured in various print and online publications including Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Delaware Poetry Review, Konch, Pacifica Radio's national news program Peace Watch, and The Washington Post. For links to these selections, visit his publications page (link above). He also served as poetry editor for RFD magazine for many years.

Dan has worked in advocacy for working poor and homeless people in Denver, Colorado, and as field director and trainer for the LGBT-welcoming congregations. In 2000 Dan authored the groundbreaking statement "United Methodists of Color for a Fully Inclusive Church" which led to the the first denominational people of color organization for LGBT inclusion, which he served as director.

His other interests include cooking, knitting, gardening and occasionally walking the dog.

He lives in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, DC with his lovely and delightful fere Peter Montgomery and their operatic dog Roofus.