His work is compared to Steven Wright and Mitch Hedberg, though major influences are Robert Creeley and William Carlos Williams. Credits include Random House and University of Iowa Press anthologies, and a quarter century’s worth of art/lit/mag publications. He’s had several plays produced, including the award-winning “Waiting for the Weinermobile,” and he was a staff writer on the Wisconsin Public Radio show “Hotel Milwaukee.” Dan is also good at ping-pong.