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Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Oakland, CA
California US
Email: 
lisabmusic@hotmail.com
Bio: 

Poet and singer Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) is the author of God in Her Ruffled Dress (What Books Press, paperback, and various platforms, audiobook), The Transparent Body (Wesleyan University Press), and the chapbook Anorexia (Five Fingers Poetry). Her poems have appeared in 60+ anthologies and periodicals, including The Kenyon Review, Tikkun, Ploughshares, Calyx, Brilliant Corners, Field, City Lights Review, Zyzzyva, Antaeus, and Feminist Studies. She has won creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Ucross Foundation, Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Headlands Center for the Arts, and the Puffin Foundation. She was Associate Director of The Poetry Center (during the term of Director Robert Gluck) and lecturer in creative writing at San Francisco State University. Lisa B is also a jazz and groove singer-songwriter incorporating poetry into original songs and standards. She has released seven full-length CDs, which each received radio play and charting on 100+ trade-reporter stations, plus excellent reviews in All Music Guide, Jazz Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and many other publications. As a solo artist or bandleader, she has done 80+ gigs in the Bay Area and beyond. She lives in Oakland, California. See www.lisabmusic.com [2].

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
Spanish
Favorite authors: 
George Herbert, Emily Dickinson, Adrienne Rich, Charles Simic, Jane Austen
Twitter/X: 
lisabsingerpoet
Born in: 
CA
California
Raised in: 
Orange County, CA; Long Island, NY; Cupertino, CA
Website: 
https://www.lisabmusic.com [3]
Prizes won: 

National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship; Puffin Foundation grant recipient; Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Inc. grant recipient; Ucross Foundation, Sheridan, Wyoming artist in residence; Headlands Center for the Arts artist in residence and grant recipient

Education: 
San Francisco State University
Agent/Agency name: 
Susan Schulman
Writers Retreats: 
Ucross Residency Program
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
At Risk Youth
Children
Disability
Illness/Wellness
LGBTQ
Mental Health
Schools
Seniors
Teenagers
Women

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/lisa_b_lisa_bernstein [2] http://www.lisabmusic.com [3] https://www.lisabmusic.com