Edythe Haendel Schwartz

Poet

Davis, CA
California US
Email: 
schwartz@csus.edu

Author's Bio

Biography:

After enjoying a long teaching career on the faculty of the Department of Child Development, California State University, Sacramento, I turned my attention to writing and art. My poems address a wide range of concerns, from the influence of family, community, and world events, on life choices, to the ways making art shapes self and culture. A painter as well as a writer, I explore the interface between language and art through ekphrastic poems, and inter-weave text and visual imagery in mixed media works.

My full length collection, “A Palette of Leaves,” was published by Mayapple Press in December, 2012.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Connections: New York City Bridges in Poetry (P&Q Press, 2012)
,
Breadline Press Anthology of West Coast Writers: Madroad (Breadline Press, 2011)
,
No Place For A Puritan (Heyday Books, 2009)
,
Honoring Motherhood (Skylight Paths Publishing, 2008)
,
Still Going Strong (Haworth Press, 2006)
Book:
A Palette of Leaves (Mayapple Press, 2012)
Chapbook:
Exposure (Finishing Line Press, 2007)
Journals:
Amoskeag
,
Angel Face
,
Blueline
,
California Quarterly
,
Calyx, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women
,
Cave Wall
,
Cider Press Review
,
Earth's Daughters
,
Faultline
,
Friends of Acadia Journal
,
Hawaii Pacific Review
,
J Journal: New Writing on Justice
,
Jewish Women's Literary Annual
,
Journal of the American Medical Association
,
Kaleidoscope
,
Lilliput Review
,
Natural Bridge
,
Passager
,
Pearl Magazine
,
Persimmon Tree
,
PMS: poemmemoirstory
,
Poet Lore
,
Poetica Magazine
,
Potomac Review
,
Runes: A Review of Poetry
,
The Sierra Nevada Review
,
Society of Classical Poets
,
Spillway
,
Spire
,
Suisun Valley Review
,
The Potomac Review
,
The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine
,
THEMA
,
Vermont Literary Review
,
Water~Stone Review
Prizes won: 

Pushcart Prize Nomination, December, 2014.

Judge,Quinton Duval Poetry Competition, Solano College,May 2014.

Featured Poet, California State University Festival of the Arts, April 15,2013.
Finalist,Eric Hoffer daVinci Eye Award for "A Palette of Leaves," 2013.

Friends of Acadia 2012 Poetry Competition, 1st prize for “A Natural Phenomenon.”

Poetry from the Western States award winner, Persimmon Tree Competition, Fall 2011 for “Resist.”

Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards for Poems on the Jewish Experience, 2007;Honorable Mention for “Exposure,” first published on the website, www.JCCSF.org, 2007-2008.

Residency, Writer’s Award, Vermont Studio Center, September 13-26, 2008.

Finalist, New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition, Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY, 2007.

Nominee, California Book Award, 2007, for “Exposure,” Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY, 2007.

Residency, Writer’s Award, Vermont Studio Center, September 15-29, 2006.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
New York
Raised in: 
New York, NY
New York
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Last update: Aug 09, 2016