Linda Ravenswood

Poet

Author's Bio

Linda Ravenswood (BFA, MA, MA, PhD abd) is a poet and performance artist from Los Angeles. Founder and Editor in Chief of The Los Angeles Press. @thelosangelespress and @bespokepoets

Education: 
California Institute of the Arts MFA
Mount St. Mary’s University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Cantadora -- letters from California (Black Spring Press, 2023)
,
The Stan Poems (Pedestrian Press, 2022)
,
Tlacuilx (Hinchas Press, 2021)
,
X LA Poets (Hinchas Press, 2021)
,
Hymnal (Mouthfeel Press, 2012)
Prizes won: 

UK

Oxford Prize in Poetry 2022 judge Emily Berry  Gloucestershire Prize in Poetry 2023 

USA 

The Edwin Markham Prize in Poetry 2022/2023 judge Juan Felipe Herrera Poet Laureate of The United States (emeritus) 

The Arthur Smith Prize from Madville Press, Dallas, Texas 

 

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Galway Kinnell, Patricia Smith, Danez Smith, Art Speigelman, Lewis Hyde, Donald Hall, Sylvia Plath, William Shakespeare, Ted Hughes, Gloria Anzaldua, Fatimah Asghar, Charles Dickman, Sue Townsend
What I'm reading now: 
Codex Fray Bernardino by Delicada Fernandes , Memories of Opatow by Mayer July / Mayer Kirshenblatt, 100 Deamons by Lynda Barry

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish
Born in: 
Los Angeles , CA
California
Raised in: 
Los Angeles, London, Haifa
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Last update: Jan 25, 2024