Dalachinsky, Steve: - Poet /collagist Steve Dalachinsky (1946-2019) was born in Brooklyn after the last big war and managed to survive lots of little wars. He was the recipient of an Acker Award for poetry and in 2014 was honored with a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture. "Where Night and Day Become One: The French Poems" (great weather for MEDIA, 2018) was a silver prizewinner at the 2019 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards. In addition, his collection "The Final Nite" (Ugly Duckling Presse) won the PEN Oakland National Book Award. Dalachinsky's audio CDs include "The Fallout of Dreams" with Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach and "ec(H)o-system" with the French art-rock group, The Snobs.