Born in Flint, Michigan. Attended the University of Michigan and Murray State University's low-residency MFA program. Most recent chapbooks are About the Author (Mindmade Books, 2011), abbrev (Beard of Bees, 2011), and Basic Cable Couplets (Silkworms Ink, 2012). A full-length collection, Brief Nudity (Salmon Poetry) is due in 2013. Selected magazine publications include Berkeley Poetry Review, Passages North, Big Bridge, OCHO, Artichoke Haircut, and Circa. Also a critically-acclaimed songwriter, Dean has numerous CD releases to his credit, including Fables in Slang (2001) with Post Office and Fun with a Purpose (2009) with The Injured Parties.

Brief Nudity (Salmon Poetry, 2013), I Am Spam (Fractal Edge Press, 2004)

Basic Cable Couplets (Silkworms Ink, 2012), abbrev (Beard of Bees, 2011), About the Author (Mindmade Books, 2011)

Dogs Singing (Salmon Poetry (Ireland), 2010), on the no way road to tomorrow (Virtual Artists Collective, 2009), Hands on Stanzas: Anthology of Poetry (Poetry Center of Chicago, 2008), Hands on Stanzas: Anthology of Poetry (Poetry Center of Chicago, 2007), Hands on Stanzas: Anthology of Poetry (Poetry Center of Chicago, 2006), Hands on Stanzas: Anthology of Poetry (Poetry Center of Chicago, 2005), Writers at Work (National Writers Union, 2005), Hands on Stanzas: Anthology of Poetry (Poetry Center of Chicago, 2004), American Poetry Confronts the 1990s (Black Tie Press, 1990), Passages North Anthology (Milkweed Editions, 1990)

Alehouse, Amaranth Review, Artichoke Haircut, Baltimore Is Reads, Barbaric Yawp, Berkeley Poetry Review, Big Bridge, Black Creek Review, Blue & Yellow Dog, California State Poetry Quarterly, Chiron Review, Clapboard House, Clark Street Review, Culebra, Dialogue, Dinosaur Bees, Dispatch Litareview, filling Station, First Class, Glens Falls Review, Gryphon, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Hammers, Heavy Feather Review, Hemispheres, Hodgepodge, Impetus, InDigest, Keyhole, Kumquat Meringue, Lilliput Review, Lucid Moon, Maelstrom, Malcontent, Milk Sugar, Mind in Motion, Minotaur, Mockingbird, Monona Review, Montserrat Review, OCHO, Old City Cool, Ozone, Pacific Coast Journal, Packingtown Review, Paper Bag Poems, Passages North, Pegasus, Pigeon, Plastic Tower, Poetalk, Poetry at the 33, Poetry Flash, Poetry Motel, Poetry Peddler, quarter after, Red Rock Review, San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly, Sliced Bread, SlugFest, Stanley the Whale, Steelhead Special, Strong Coffee, The Acorn, The Battered Suitcase, The Brooklyner, The Cathartic, The Delinquent, The Logan Square Literary Review, The Stone Hobo, The Uncommon Sense, Tight, Tomorrow Magazine, Truly Fine, Used Furniture Review, Vincent Brothers Review, Way Station Magazine, why vandalism?, Writer's Gazette