Dolores Hayden

DOLORES HAYDEN is the author of several award-winning books about the history of American landscapes and the politics of place. A widely-published poet who often writes about the landscape, she is Professor of Architecture, Urbanism, and American Studies at Yale University.


Hayden's poetry appears literary journals including The Yale Review, Southwest Review, The Kenyon Review, and Verse Daily. She has received awards from the Poetry Society of America and the New England Poetry Club. Her collection, American Yard, was runner up for the best book award from the New England Poetry Club. In 2008 she gave the Yale Phi Beta Kappa poem. She is a Connecticut Performing Artist and a New England States Touring artist eligible for public funding for her readings and workshops.