James Schwartz

James Schwartz is a poet, writer, slam performer, speaker & author.

His book THE LITERARY PARTY: GROWING UP GAY AND AMISH IN AMERICA was published by inGroup Press in 2011 + nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. Schwartz has also been a PUSHCART PRIZE nominee.

Poetry by Schwartz has been published in various journals (SILVER BIRCH PRESS, THE NEW VERSE NEWS, WRITERSRESIST.COM, RIC JOURNAL, HEADLINE POETRY & PRESS, ACROSS THE SOCIAL DISTANCES, TRAIN: A POETRY JOURNAL, OVERGROUND / UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE, ICEFLOE PRESS, FEVERS OF THE MIND) + the anthologies:

AMONG THE LEAVES: QUEER MALE POETS ON THE MIDWESTERN EXPERIENCE (2012)

MILK & HONEY SIREN (2013)

WRITING KNIGHTS PRESS 2014 ANTHOLOGY

PAGE-A-DAY POETRY ANTHOLOGY 2015

QDA: A QUEER DISABILITY ANTHOLOGY (2015)

DANGEROUS SUBMISSIONS (2017)

CHALLENGING SUBMISSIONS (2017)

#R E S I S T (2017)

GRAND SHOWCASE 2018 (2018)

HESSLER STREET POETRY ANTHOLOGY (2017)

NOT MY PRESIDENT: THE ANTHOLOGY OF DISSENT (2017)

LOVEJETS: QUEER MALE POETS ON 200 YEARS OF WALT WHITMAN (2019)

POETRY IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS (2020)

MARCH 2020: A COVID-19 ANTHOLOGY

JUNE 2020: A PANDEMIC ANTHOLOGY

SWEETER VOICES STILL: AN LGBTQ ANTHOLOGY FROM MIDDLE AMERICA (2021)

GOOD COP/BAD COP: AN ANTHOLOGY (2021)

+ ALPINE SUITE (2013), POETRY 4 FOOD 2 (2013), POETRY 4 FOOD 3 (2014), ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE (2014), SECULAR, SATIRICAL & SACRED MEDITATIONS (2016), MICHIGAN MEDITATIONS (2016), PUNATIC (2019), SELECTED POEMS (2019), IN THE FAR DISTANCE SO MUCH IS BURNING (2021), #MARTYRMIRRORS (2021) chapbooks.

In 2011 Schwartz joined the Three Rivers Community Players for a production of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, playing a Phantom.
He appears in the documentary films THE SEAHORSE + FROM PAHOA WITH LAVA 4.

A slam performer, Schwartz has read at various venues including The Zoo Bar, This is Fire! Kukuau Studio, La Hiki Ola kava bar + speaking at EAST HAWAII CSL.

Most recently, essays by Schwartz have appeared in RFD MAGAZINE, THE GOOD MEN PROJECT, OUR HAPPY HOURS: LGBT VOICES FROM THE GAY BARS anthology (winner of a Goldie Award) + short story AMISH ROAD TRIP (2014) in JONATHAN: A JOURNAL OF QUEER MALE FICTION & several Amazon Kindle eBook essays / singles (VOLCANO SUITE).

He resides in Detroit.


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