RESUME

Ama Birch

Brooklyn, New York 11211

www.amabirch.com

Degrees:

M.F.A. in Creative Writing, 2009, California Institute of the Arts

B.A. in Theatre Arts Performance, 2000, State University of New York at New Paltz

In-Print Published Writings:

"Everyday," "What Good Does Anxiousness Do You?," 2024, Hanging Loose, New York, New York

"Adonias Hears Voices on the Path," 2024, Lonesome Vol. 1, New York, New York

"David Henderson," 2024, Fordham University Lincoln Center, New York, New York                    

"Om," "Woman Lift Voice, "Working the Clay Potter's Wheel Then All is Darkness and Silence," 2024, Poetry Project Newsletter #275, New York, New York

"Lake Tear of the Clouds," 2024, Map of the Exchange, Box Gallery, Buffalo, New York

"Excerpts from Fresh Pond Road,” 2023, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York

“Blink” and “The Grease on Your Lips,” 2023, Columbia Issue 60, New York, New York

“10 Signs,” 2023, LUIGI TEN CO, Colorado, USA

“The Bird Trade,” 2023, Spiral Editions, Lawrence, Kansas

“Yesterday I Was,” 2022, Grove Atlantic, New York, New York

“(Spirit),” 2022, Belladonna* Collaborative, Brooklyn, New York

“Owl,” 2022, Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York

“Greenhouse,” 2021, Paper Teller Diorama, Great Weather for Media, New York, New York

“The Big Fake Gentrification on the Hudson Public Art or Public Fart,” 2021, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York

“ab020577,” 2019, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York

“St. Ann’s Parade," "They Called Him Bill,” “An American Speaks,” 2019, Live Mag! 16, New York, New York

“They Called Him Bill,” “An American Speaks,” “St. Ann’s Parade,” “The Trees Think It is Autumn in August,” 2019, Fellswoop 160, New Orleans, Louisiana

“Who is the Bad Guy?,” 2017, From Somewhere To Nowhere: The End of the American Dream, Autonomedia, New York, New York

“Picasso,” 2013, Vincent Van Go-Gogh: A Collection of Art and Writing, Los Angeles, California “Goat Song,” 2012, Tribes, New York, New York

“Eight Moons,” 2012, Catweazle, New York, New York

“The Fall of Religion,” 2012, Vitrine, New York, New York

“Note to the Person in Charge,” 2012, Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology, New York, New York

“Fall of Religion,” “In Consciousness,” “Six,” “Summer Interior,” 2011, Compost, Nashville, Tennessee

Online Published Writings:

“2:55," 2024, Copenhagen, New York, New York

“Om," "Woman Lift Voice, "Working the Clay Potter's Wheel Then All is Darkness and Silence," 2024, Poetry Project Newsletter #275, New York, New York "

Excerpts from Fresh Pond Road,” 2023, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York

”The Big Fake Gentrification on the Hudson Public Art or Public Fart,” 2021, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York

“Perennial Plant,” Flowers Series, 2020, Eteam, New York, New York

“‘Poetry is Like Bread’ Ghazal #3,” 2020, Bowery Poetry Club, New York, New York

“ab020577,” 2019, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York

“St. Ann’s Parade," "They Called Him Bill," “An American Speaks,” 2019, Live Mag! 16, New York, New York

”Bottom Drops,” 2019, dObAlly, Bristol, United Kingdom

”Donkey Breast,” 2019, Apricity Press, New York, New York

“Space Quake by Ama Birch,” 2017, Orlando, Florida

“Performance Art: What Would Lady Gaga Do?,” 2012, Gaga Stigmata, Los Angeles, California

“Little Women,” 2012, valeveil, Stockholm, Sweden

“Autumn in California,” 2010, A Gathering of the Tribes, New York, New York

Self-published Books and Chapbooks:

“Faces in the Clouds,” 2019, Lulu Publishing, Morrisville, North Carolina

“Space Quake by Ama Birch,” 2017, Orlando, Florida

”Sonnet Boom!,” 2017, Lulu Publishing, Morrisville, North Carolina

Ferguson Interview Project, 2015, Lulu Publishing, Morrisville, North Carolina

“Faces in the Clouds,” 2009, Los Angeles, California

“Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Today,” 2006, Seoul, South Korea

“Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Today,” 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana 

Poetry Readings:

2024, Roosevelt House at Hunter College, New York, New York

2024, Opening Gallery, New York, New York

2024, NSE #1081, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York, Online

2024, Foreign and Domestic, New York, New York

2024, Poetry Walk, Miriam Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2024, Fordham University Lincoln Center School of Visual Arts, New York, New York

2024, Woodland Pattern Benefit Reading, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Online

2024, New Year's Day Marathon, Poetry Project, New York, New York

2023, Pathetic Literature, McNally Jackson Seaport, New York, New York

2023, Wendy’s Subway, Brooklyn, New York

2023, Hoboken Historical Museum, Hoboken, New Jersey

2022, Harvard Bookstore, Boston, Massachusetts

2022, New Social Environment #682, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York, Online 

2022, Karma Gallery, New York, New York 

2022, Sweven, Hoboken, New Jersey                                                                                                    

2022, Fox and Crow, Jersey City, New Jersey                                                                                            

2022, The Boiler, Brooklyn, New York                                                                                                  

2022, Below Grand, New York, New York                                                                                                      

2022, Live Mag! Reading at Howl! Arts, Inc., New York, New York    

2022, Fort Greene Park Conservancy, Brooklyn, New York                                                                                      

2022, Astoria Historical Society National Poetry Month Reading, Astoria, New York, Online          

2022, New Social Environment #468, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York, Online                        

2022, 48th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon, Poetry Project, New York, New York, Online           

2021, Atlantic Center of the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

2021, Rosemary’s Playground, Ridgewood, New York

2021, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, New York

2021, Howl! Arts, Inc., New York, New York, Online

2021, New Social Environment #360, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York, Online 

2021, New York Poetry Festival, Governors Island, New York

2021, Poets of Queens, Ridgewood, New York, Online

2021, Backroom Broadsides, New York, New York, Online

2021, Great Weather for the Media, New York, New York, Online

2020, Crush #19 FKA City Hall Park, New York, New York

2020, Friends of Maple Grove, Kew Gardens, New York, Online

2020, Underground Slam Academy, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, Online

2020, New Social Environment #156, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, New York, Online

2020, Live Mag! Awards Ceremony, New York, New York, Online

2020, John Giorno: NY Poets Respond, Cashiers d’Art, Paris, France, Online

2020, Die Jim Crow, Online 2020, Early Light The Alternative New Year’s Day Spoken Word/ Performance Extravaganza, New York, New York

2019, Poets Speak Out, Bullet Space, New York, New York

2019, The Brooklyn Rail Winter Poetry Reading, Brooklyn, New York

2019, Mimeo Microphone, Poetry Project, New York, New York

2019, Steve Cannon’s Memorial Poets Choir, St. Mark’s Church, New York, New York

2019, Crush #13, Woodbine, Ridgewood, New York

2019, Histories Black and White presents Sonnet Boom!, NYPL, New York, New York

2019, Before the Dawn The Alternative New Year’s Day Spoken Word/ Performance Extravaganza, New York, New York

2018, CUNY-York College, LGBTQI+ Poetry Slam, Jamaica, New York

2018, Harvest Arts Festival, Sage’s Garden, New York, New York

2016, La Mama, New York, New York

Art Exhibitions:

2015, “Let the Choir Sing,” Print, Queer Art Show NOLA, New Orleans, Louisiana

2013, Still from “Black Sheep Speak,” Print, Your Body is a Battleground, Monterrey, Mexico

2012, “We Never Talked About It,” Performance/ Video, White Box, New York, New York

2012, “Black Sheep Speak,” Performance/ Video, White Box, New York, New York  

2012, “Business Card,” Print/ Performance, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, New York

2012, “This Is Not A Sonnet,” Print, A Gathering of the Tribes, New York, New York

2012, “U,” Print, A Gathering of the Tribes, New York, New York

2012, “The Gift,” Video, NYFA Bootstrap Arts Festival, Clemente Soto Velez: Abrazo Interno Gallery, New York, New York

2012, “Visibility,” Video Stills, Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School, New York, New York

2012, “And The Choir Sings,” Print, UNCENSORED:Queer Art and the Church, Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York, New York

1987, “Lady Liberty,” Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York, New York

1984, “Untitled,” World Trade Center, New York, New York

Film Screenings:  

2012, “A Plumber’s Tale,” Occupy Wall Street at Paper Tiger, New York, New York

2012, “WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST,” Occupy Wall Street at Paper Tiger, New York, New York

2012, “WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST,” UnionDocs, Brooklyn, New York

2012, “WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST,” Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, California

2012, “A Plumber’s Tale,” NYFA Bootstrap Arts Festival, New York, New York

2011, “A Plumber’s Tale,” International Film Festival, New York, New York

2011, “A Plumber’s Tale,” Cinema Night, Brooklyn, New York

2011, “A Plumber’s Tale,” Universal Studios, New Filmmakers, Los Angeles, California

2011, “A Plumber’s Tale,” Anthology Archives, New Filmmakers, New York, New York

Residencies and Awards:

2022, Creatives Rebuild New York’s Guaranteed Income for Artists, Albany, New York 

2022, MAP Foundation Micrograntee, New York, New York

2021, Foundation of Contemporary Arts Grant, New York, New York         

2021, Atlantic Center of the Arts, New Symrna Beach, Florida

2021, City Arts Corps Grant, New York, New York

2011, NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Fellowship, Brookyn, New York

Creative Writing Teaching:

2024, Poetry Project, Zoom

2022, Columbia University, New York, New York                                                                                 

2022 Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York                                                                  

2020, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York

2020, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

2020, Pratt University, Brooklyn, New York