James Schwartz
James Schwartz is a Detroit based poet and author of various poetry collections including the Lambda Literary Award nominated The Literary Party: Growing Up Gay and Amish in America (Kindle, 2011) and most recently Big Island Beatnik: Poetry & Photography from the Lower East Rift Zone (Alien Buddha Press, 2025).
Schwartz's poetry has been published in various Alien Buddha Press anthologies, Silver Birch Press, The New Verse News, Fevers of the Mind, Roi Faineant Press, Icefloe Press and Beatlife Magazine. His play The Third Baptism was recently published in SHHH! BREATHE SLOW! 4anthology (Fresh Words International Literary Magazine). Schwartz resides in Detroit.
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