Jerry Garcia

Poet

Palm Springs , CA
California US
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Author's Bio

Jerry Garcia is a poet, photographer and filmmaker from Los Angeles, California. His poetry has been seen in various journals and anthologies, including Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, Coiled Serpent Anthology, Voices from Leimert Park Redux, and Snorted the Moon and Doused the Sun: An Addiction Anthology. He has three books of poetry, the full-length collection Trumpets in the Sky (2022 Moon Tide Press,) On Summer Solstice Road (2016 Green Tara Press,) and a chapbook Hitchhiking With the Guilty (2010 GND Press.)

Jerry is a past director of the Valley Contemporary Poets and former President of Beyond Baroque’s board of trustees in Venice, California. He is a retired producer and editor of television commercials, documentaries and motion picture previews. Jerry lives with his marvelous wife Becky in the Coachella Valley of Southern California.

 

 

 

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Dark Ink:A Poetry Anthology Inspired by Horror (Moon Tide Press, 2018)
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The Coiled Serpent (Tia Chucha Press, 2016)
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Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond (Beyond Baroque, 2015)
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The Night Goes On all Night (Ain't Got No Press, 2011)
Book:
Trumpets in the Sky (Moon Tide Press, 2022)
Journals:
Askew Poetry
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Chaparral
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Cultural Weekly
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Dead Flowers
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Falling Star Magazine
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Lily Lit Review
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November 3rd Club
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poeticdiversity
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Prizes won: 

2023 Pushcart Prize Nomination for the poem "Dog Years."

2006 Newer Poet - Awarded by L.A. Poetry Festival & Beyond Baroque Literary Center/Los Angeles at the Public Library ALOUD Series.

Winner of dis•articulations Reader Poem for April 2015.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Kerouac Crichton Hesse

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx, White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
Raised in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
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Last update: Jul 31, 2023