Carla Cherry

Poet

Author's Bio

Carla M. Cherry is a high school English teacher and poet whose work has appeared in various publications. A Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee, she has authored six poetry collections from iiPublishing: Gnat Feathers and Butterfly Wings (2021), Thirty Dollars and a Bowl of Soup (2021), Honeysuckle Me (2021), These Pearls Are Real (2021), Stardust and Skin (2020), and May He Bless My Name (2024). She currently has two chapbooks: Clap Your Hands, Stomp Your Feet (Grandma Moses Press) and Sundays and Hot Buttered Rolls: A Granddaughter of Harlem Speaks (Finishing Line Press), and a soon-to-be-published third: Warmed By The Sun, Chilled By The Breeze (iiPublishing).

 

Education: 
City College of New York MFA

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
American Journal of Poetry
,
Anti-Heroin Chic
,
Ariel Chart
,
Dissident Voice
,
Eunoia Review
,
Ginosko Literary Journal
,
In Between Hangovers
,
ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
,
Kitchen Sink Magazine
,
Picaroon Poetry
,
Porcupine Literary Arts Magazine
,
Promethean
,
Random Sample Review
,
Rigorous
,
Rue Scribe
,
Street Light Press

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Toni Morrison, Maryse Conde, Alice Childress, Frank McCourt, John Oliver Killens, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
What I'm reading now: 
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah Jones

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Black
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
New York
Raised in: 
New York
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Last update: Jan 25, 2025