Karen Harriet Brodine (June 14, 1947 – October 18, 1987) was an American poet, dancer, educator, writer, activist, and typesetter, based in San Francisco and Seattle.
[2] Brodine taught dance in California schools after college, and was a dancer and choreographer[3] before knee problems ended her performing career.
She was a co-founder of the Women Writers Union in San Francisco, and one of the original co-editors at Kelsey Street Press.
[4] In 1981, she was one of the poets involved in Mainstream Exiles: A Lesbian and Gay Men's Cultural Festival, an event at Valencia Tool & Die in San Francisco.
[6] Brodine married and divorced fellow dancer John T. Daley in the early 1970s; she later identified as a lesbian.