Jane Berger Herschlag

When The Mouth Can't Speak The Body Will—#MeToo—finding form for the unspeakable, a full length collection of poems and art, published by Finishing Line Press.  Bully In The Spotlight, my 40 page docu-poetry chapbook is published by Pudding House Publications.   My poems are also published in four anthologies and many university presses.  I was a semi-finalist in Elixir’s2006 ms. Awards, and in Radcliffe’s2000 Bunting Fellowship.  I won the 1999 Geraldine Griffin Moore award, and the 1998 Jerome Lowell DeJur Manuscript Award/2nd place from City College.  From Hunter College I won poetry manuscript awards: The 1998 Blanche Colton Williams Fellowship, The Sylvia Faulkner Award, The 1998 Poet In New York Prize/Honorable Mention,  The 1998 Audre Lorde Award/2nd Place.  From the N.O.W. I won 2nd place in their 1998 non-fiction essay contest.  

I taught creative writing/poetry at a New York City public school and high school, and to children and adults at ESCAPE To The Arts—the Writer’s Voice at the Regional YMCA of Western Connecticut.  I curated the open mic reading series for the Writer’s Voice at ESCAPE, and prior to that, for seven years at The West Side YMCA in NYC. I was a featured reader at cafes and libraries throughout NYC, on the radio and Manhattan Cable TV.  I ran a poetry peer group from 1996-2002 in NYC, and from 2003-2012 in Connecticut. I am an award-winning photographer.  In 2014 I won three scholarships to: Wesleyan Writers Conference; Juniper Summer Writing Institute; and Fine Arts Work Center for my memoir.  You can view my poetry at:  poetryjane.com.  A link brings you to Photographyjane.com.  Early poems are published under the pen name Lynn Gerber.

My book promo for my memoirTearing Off The Covers can be viewed on Youtube; after the title in quotes, add Jane Berger Herschlag, then click on the black & white photo of 3-year-old twins.