Ruth L. Schwartz (born 1962 Geneva, New York) is an American poet. Her most recent poetry collection is Dear Good Naked Morning (Autumn House Press, 2005). She graduated with a B.A. from Wesleyan University; an M.F.A. from the University of Michigan; and, a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology from the University of Integrative Learning. The San Francisco Bay Area has been Ruth's chosen home since 1985; she has also traveled extensively in Latin America, and speaks fluent Spanish.

She has taught at Cleveland State University, Goddard College, Mills College, California State University-Fresno, California College of the Arts. She teaches at Ashland University,[1] and offers workshops and one-on-one mentoring on the theme of The Writer As Shaman nationwide.[2][3] She lives in Oakland, California.[4][5]

Awards

  • NEA Fellowship[6]
  • Ohio Arts Council Fellowship
  • Astraea Foundation Fellowship
  • two Nimrod/Neruda awards
  • 2000 Chelsea Magazine Editor's awards
  • a Reader's Choice award from Prairie Schooner
  • New Letters Literary Award
  • Randall Jarrell Award from the North Carolina Writer's Network
  • Sue Saniel Elkin award from Kalliope Magazine
  • AWP award
  • 2000 Anhinga Prize for Poetry[7]
  • 2001 National Poetry Series, for Edgewater
  • 2005 Autumn House Press Prize for Dear Good Naked Morning

Published works

Full-Length Poetry Collections

  • Dear Good Naked Morning. Autumn House Press. 2005. ISBN 978-1-932870-03-9.
  • Death in Reverse: A Love Story. Michigan State University Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-87013-706-8.
  • Edgewater. Harper Collins. 2002. ISBN 978-0-06-008253-6.
  • Singular Bodies. Anhinga Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-938078-69-2.
  • Accordion Breathing and Dancing. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1996. ISBN 978-0-8229-3898-9.

Anthology Publications

  • Billy Collins, ed. (2003). Poetry 180: a turning back to poetry. Random House Trade Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0-8129-6887-3.
  • Kevin Prufer, ed. (2000). The new young American poets: an anthology. SIU Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-2309-8.
  • Patrice Vecchione, ed. (2002). "Possible". The body eclectic: an anthology of poems. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-8050-6935-8.

References

  1. ↑ "The MFA at Ashland - Faculty Members". Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "mentorship - evolutionary support". www.thewriterasshaman.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Ruth L. Schwartz :: Bio". Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "The Marlboro Review - Issue 4 Ruth L. Schwartz Bio". Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Ruth L. Schwartz". pw.org.
  6. ↑ "National Endowment for the Arts" (PDF). 16 September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2008.
  7. ↑ "Anhinga Press: Singular Bodies, by Ruth L. Schwartz". Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2009.


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