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Karen Greenbaum-Maya [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Claremont, CA
California US
Email: 
KarenGM.poetry@yahoo.com
Bio: 

I grew up asking inconvenient questions based on the discrepancy between what people said and what I observed. I continued asking these questions as a psychologist, and I ask them today as a poet, writing about what strikes me as unsaid.

Steering Committee, Fourth Sundays, a monthly poetry series in Claremont, California.
Organizer of Garden of Verses, an annual poetry event comprising some 60 poets, at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden in Claremont, California.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
French
German
Born in: 
Culver City
Raised in: 
Culver City, CA
California
Website: 
https://www.cloudslikemountains.blogspot… [2]
Prizes won: 

Finalist of Note, Puddinghouse Publications 2010 Chapbook Contest. Honorable Mention, Comstock Review, 2013, "Real Poem." Nominated for Pushcart Prize in 2010 and 2014. Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial competition, 2016, Special Merit.

What I'm reading now: 
In Gratitude by Jenny Diski
Sex with Shakespeare by Jillian Keenan
Gaudy Night (again) by Dorothy L. Sayers
Identifies as: 
Jewish
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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