Ruth L. Schwartz
Introduction '''Ruth L. Schwartz''' (born 1962 Geneva, New York) is an American poet. Her most recent poetry collection is ''Dear Good Naked Morning'' (Autumn House Press, 2005).She graduated with a B.A. from Wesleyan University; an M.F.A. from the University of Michigan; and, a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology from the University of Integrative Learning. The San Francisco Bay Area has been Ruth's chosen home since 1985; she has also traveled extensively in Latin America, and speaks fluent Spanish.She has taught at Cleveland State University, Goddard College, Mills College, California State University-Fresno, California College of the Arts. She teaches at Ashland University, and offers workshops and one-on-one mentoring on the theme of The Writer As Shaman nationwide. She lives in Oakland, California.
Awards * NEA Fellowship* Ohio Arts Council Fellowship* Astraea Foundation Fellowship* two Nimrod/Neruda awards* 2000 Chelsea Magazine Editor's awards* a Reader's Choice award from ''Prairie Schooner''* New Letters Literary Award* Randall Jarrell Award from the North Carolina Writer's Network* Sue Saniel Elkin award from ''Kalliope Magazine''* AWP award* 2000 Anhinga Prize for Poetry* 2001 National Poetry Series, for ''Edgewater''* 2005 Autumn House Press Prize for Dear Good Naked Morning
Published works '''Full-Length Poetry Collections'''* * * * * '''Anthology Publications'''* * *
References
External links *  "Author's website"*  The Writer as Shaman*  ""Ruth Schwartz", ''The Writer's Almanac''*  "Fetch"; "Important Thing"; "In India", ''Poetry Magazine''*  "Can Pigeons be Heros? ", ''The Marlboro Review''*  "Tangerine", ''Poetry Foundation''*  "To Look and Look and Look", Ruth L. Schwartz interviewed by Stacey Waite, March 2003*  "Gravity",  Kalliope, a journal of women's art and literature