Sarah Schwartz

sarahschw@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Brown UniversityProvidence, RI
Master of Fine Arts in Poetry: May 2012

Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA
Bachelor of Arts in English: May 2010

EXPERIENCE

Intern January 2015May 2015
Copper Canyon Press: Port Townsend, WA
Will participate in all aspects of the publication process, including editorial work,
development, and public relations.

Instructor June 2014August 2014
UC Berkeley Academic Talent Development Program: Berkeley, CA
Designed and taught an intensive literature course (Reading for Creative Writing) for
gifted high school students

Humanities Tutor October 2013May 2014
Classroom Matters: Berkeley, CA
Tutored students aged 11-18 in English, Language Arts, and Writing

Application Reader October 2013; October 2014
QuestBridge College Match: Palo Alto, CA
Evaluated applications of high achieving, low income students competing for admission to
top tier partner schools

Instructor June 2013August 2013
Northwestern University Center for Talent Development: Evanston, IL
Designed and taught an intensive summer creative writing course for gifted high school
students

Private Tutor January 2013March 3013
Eighth Grade Language Arts: Guanajuato, Mexico
Utilized Common Core curriculum to tutor American students living abroad

Instructor September 2011May 2012
Brown University Literary Arts Department: Providence, RI
Designed and taught an introductory poetry class for undergraduates


CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Off-Site reading. AWP Conference, February 2011,Washington, D.C.
Page 2 of 2
Off-Site reading. AWP Conference, February 2012, Chicago, IL
I Am Not Sufficiently Awake. The Human as Catastrophic Seminar. ACLA Conference, March 2012,
Providence, RI
In Memory: Rabat Les Trois Seigneurs, France. The Historiographic Ghost. BABEL Conference,
September 2012, Boston, MA

PUBLICATIONS

Arrivals, Passwords, Vol. 35 No. 2 (Summer 2008): 91
Browntown, Masons Road, Vol. 1 No.2 (online journal)
Words Have Always Taken Over: Foraging Among the Memories of Sylvia Plath, The Straddler,
Spring/Summer 2011 (online journal)
Argument, Gambling the Aisle, Vol. 1 (Winter 2011)
Columbus Day, Catch Up (Winter 2012)
The Art of Producing Seemingly Marvelous and Inexplicable Phenomena, Sandra Santana
(Translation from the Spanish), Catch Up (Winter 2012)
Technopastoral, Everyday Genius (January 10, 2012)
A Sentimental Tale of Becoming Strong Enough to Be Weak, Bizarre Consequence of
Democracy, Suns Skeleton, Issue 3 (March 2012)
Daughter, The Golden Shovel Poetry Anthology, eds. Peter Kahn, Ravi Shankar, and Patricia Smith,
forthcoming

GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, AWARDS, AND HONORS

Writing Residency, Snaggy Mountain, 2014
International Merit Award Winner, Atlanta Reviews Poetry 2014 International Poetry Competition, 2014
Symbolic Masters Degree Recipient, Brown University, 2012
Weston Arts Award, Brown University, 2012
Summer Travel Grant to Naropa University, Brown University, 2011
English Thesis Prize, Pomona College, 2010
Kinney Prize in Creative Writing, Pomona College, 2010
Presidents Prize in Gender and Womens Studies, Pomona College, 2009 & 2010
Summer Research Project Grant, Pomona College, 2010
David L. Edwards Memorial Scholarship, Pomona College, 2009-2010
F.S. Jennings Prize in Critical Writing, Pomona College, 2009

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

English Department Search Committee, Pomona College, 2009

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Creative Writing Group Leader, Tockwotton Nursing Home (Providence, RI), 2012
Chief Financial Officer, Brown Association for Cooperative Housing, 2011-2012
UpRoot! Public Affairs Team, KSPC Radio Station, Pomona College, 2007-2010
ESL Volunteer, Kfar Manda High School (Kfar Manda, Israel), 2006