Steven Donald Dalachinsky (1946-2019) was an American downtown New York City poet, active in the music, art, and free jazz scenes. He wrote poetry for most of his life and read frequently at Michael Dorf's club the Knitting Factory, the Poetry Project and the Vision Festival in New York, as well as in Japan, France and Germany. He collaborated with many avant-garde musicians, including William Parker, Susie Ibarra, Matthew Shipp, Joe McPhee, Nicola Hein, Dave Liebman, Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter,
Joëlle Léandre, Kommissar Hjuler, Thurston Moore, Sabir Mateen,
Jim O'Rourke, and Mat Maneri.
