Pearl L. Karrer

Poet

Palo Alto, CA
California US

Author's Bio

A former microbiologist from Cornell working on cancer research in California, I now teach piano, exhibit art in juried shows and write poetry. I am an editor and proof reader for the California Quarterly, a poetry journal in its 40th year.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Child of my Child (Gelles-Cole Literary Enterprises, 2010)
,
Tree Magic: Nature's Antennas (SunShine Press Publications, 2005)
,
Hello, Goodbye (July Literary Press, 2004)
,
Knowing Stones: Poems of Exotic Places (John Gordon Burke Publications, 2000)
Book:
Weathering (Slapering Hol Press, 1993)
Journals:
Artword Quarterly
,
Bayou Magazine
,
Berkeley Poetry Review
,
Black Buzzard Review
,
Buckle &
,
Burning Cloud Review
,
Caesura
,
California Quarterly
,
Clackamas Literary Review
,
Coffee & Chicory
,
Concrete Wolf
,
Devil's Millhopper
,
Dexter Review
,
GAIA
,
Green Fuse
,
Ibis
,
International Poetry Review
,
Into the Teeth of the Wind
,
Jabberwock Review
,
Liberty Hill Poetry Review
,
MacGuffin
,
Manzanita Quarterly
,
New Voices
,
Northern Contours
,
Pacific Coast Journal
,
Poets On
,
Red Owl
,
Red Wheelbarrow
,
Runes: A Review of Poetry
,
Slant
,
Steam Ticket
,
Sunrust
,
The Lucid Stone
,
Visions International
,
Whetstone
,
White Pelican Review
Prizes won: 

The Thorn Fence (poems of Africa) published by Finishing Line Press 2008

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Jacobson's Organ & the Remarkable Nature of Smell by Lyall Watson, A Natural History of Seeing by Simon Ings, Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks, Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer, In the Body of Our Lives by Jeanne Wagner

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
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Last update: Jul 07, 2011