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Linda Ravenswood [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
US
Email: 
linda.ravenswood@my.pacifica.edu
Bio: 

Linda Ravenswood (BFA, MA, MA, PhD abd) is a poet and performance artist from Los Angeles. Founder and Editor in Chief of The Los Angeles Press. @thelosangelespress and @bespokepoets

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Spanish
Favorite authors: 
Galway Kinnell, Patricia Smith, Danez Smith, Art Speigelman, Lewis Hyde, Donald Hall, Sylvia Plath, William Shakespeare, Ted Hughes, Gloria Anzaldua, Fatimah Asghar, Charles Dickman, Sue Townsend
Twitter/X: 
@thelosangelespress
Born in: 
Los Angeles , CA
California
Raised in: 
Los Angeles, London, Haifa
Website: 
https://thelosangelespress.com [2]
Prizes won: 

UK

Oxford Prize in Poetry 2022 judge Emily Berry  Gloucestershire Prize in Poetry 2023 

USA 

The Edwin Markham Prize in Poetry 2022/2023 judge Juan Felipe Herrera Poet Laureate of The United States (emeritus) 

The Arthur Smith Prize from Madville Press, Dallas, Texas 

 

Education: 
California Institute of the Arts
Mount St. Mary’s University
What I'm reading now: 
Codex Fray Bernardino by Delicada Fernandes
Memories of Opatow by Mayer July / Mayer Kirshenblatt
100 Deamons by Lynda Barry
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/linda_ravenswood [2] https://thelosangelespress.com