Ruth L. Schwartz
Ruth L. Schwartz (born 1962 Geneva, New York) is an American poet. Her most recent poetry collection is Dear Good Naked Morning (Autumn House Press, 2005). She graduated with a B.A. from Wesleyan University; an M.F.A. from the University of Michigan; and, a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology from the University of Integrative Learning. The San Francisco Bay Area has been Ruth's chosen home since 1985; she has also traveled extensively in Latin America, and speaks fluent Spanish.
She has taught at Cleveland State University, Goddard College, Mills College, California State University-Fresno, California College of the Arts. She teaches at Ashland University,[1] and offers workshops and one-on-one mentoring on the theme of The Writer As Shaman nationwide.[2][3] She lives in Oakland, California.[4][5]
Awards[edit]
- NEA Fellowship[6]
- Ohio Arts Council Fellowship
- Astraea Foundation Fellowship
- two Nimrod/Neruda awards
- 2000 Chelsea Magazine Editor's awards
- a Reader's Choice award from Prairie Schooner
- New Letters Literary Award
- Randall Jarrell Award from the North Carolina Writer's Network
- Sue Saniel Elkin award from Kalliope Magazine
- AWP award
- 2000 Anhinga Prize for Poetry[7]
- 2001 National Poetry Series, for Edgewater
- 2005 Autumn House Press Prize for Dear Good Naked Morning
Published works[edit]
Full-Length Poetry Collections
- Dear Good Naked Morning. Autumn House Press. 2005. ISBN 978-1-932870-03-9.
- Death in Reverse: A Love Story. Michigan State University Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-87013-706-8.
- Edgewater. Harper Collins. 2002. ISBN 978-0-06-008253-6.
- Singular Bodies. Anhinga Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-938078-69-2.
- Accordion Breathing and Dancing. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1996. ISBN 978-0-8229-3898-9.
Anthology Publications
- Billy Collins, ed. (2003). Poetry 180: a turning back to poetry. Random House Trade Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0-8129-6887-3.
- Kevin Prufer, ed. (2000). The new young American poets: an anthology. SIU Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-2309-8.
- Patrice Vecchione, ed. (2002). "Possible". The body eclectic: an anthology of poems. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-8050-6935-8.
References[edit]
- ^ "The MFA at Ashland - Faculty Members". Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "mentorship - evolutionary support". www.thewriterasshaman.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ "Ruth L. Schwartz :: Bio". Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "The Marlboro Review - Issue 4 Ruth L. Schwartz Bio". Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "Ruth L. Schwartz". pw.org.
- ^ "National Endowment for the Arts" (PDF). 16 September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2008.
- ^ "Anhinga Press: Singular Bodies, by Ruth L. Schwartz". Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
External links[edit]
- "Author's website"
- The Writer as Shaman
- ""Ruth Schwartz", The Writer's Almanac
- "Fetch"; "Important Thing"; "In India", Poetry Magazine
- "Can Pigeons be Heros?", The Marlboro Review
- "Tangerine", Poetry Foundation
- "To Look and Look and Look", Ruth L. Schwartz interviewed by Stacey Waite, March 2003
- "Gravity", Kalliope, a journal of women's art and literature
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