Carla Schwartz

Poet, Spoken Word Artist

MA
Massachusetts US
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Author's Bio

Filmmaker and photographer Carla Schwartz’s poems have been widely published, including in The Practicing Poet (Diane Lockward, Ed) and in her collections “Signs of Marriage,” “Mother, One More Thing,” and “Intimacy with the Wind.” Her CB99videos youtube channel has 2,400,000+ views. Learn more at  carlapoet.com, or wakewiththesun.blogspot.com or find her on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cb99videos), YouTube (https://youtube.com/cb99videos), Threads (https://threads.net/cb99videos), BlueSky:( https://bsky.app/profile/cb99videos.bsky...) or Instagram (https://instagram.com/cb99videos). Recent publications and acceptances include Banyan Review, The Ear, Channel, California Quarterly, Cutthroat, Gone Lawn, The Poet’s Touchstone, Ibbetson Street, Inquisitive Eater, Paterson Literary Review, New-Verse News, Remington Review, Triggerfish Critical Review, The MacGuffin, Verse-Virtual Online, and Leon. Carla Schwartz is a 2023 recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant. Her poem, “Pat Schroeder Was Our Mother,” won the 2023 New England Poetry Club E.E. Cummings Prize.

Publications & Prizes

Poetry

Anthology:
The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics (Terrapin Books, 2018)
Books:
Intimacy with the Wind (Finishing Line Press, 2017)
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Mother, One More Thing (WordTech Communications, 2014)
Chapbook:
Signs of Marriage (Finishing Line Press, 2022)
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Fulcrum
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Leon Literary Review
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Switched-On Gutenberg
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The Inquisitive Eater
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Verse-Virtual

Spoken Word

Performances:
Gallery 55 (2014)
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Lizard Lounge ()
Prizes won: 

2023 EE Cummings Prize, New England Poetry Club for the poem "Pat Schroeder was our Mother"

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Seniors
Fluent in: 
English, French
Born in: 
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Last update: Jan 30, 2024