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, ROI FAINEANT &
MILK & HONEY SIREN (2013)
DANGEROUS SUBMISSIONS (2017)
CHALLENGING SUBMISSIONS (2017)
#R E S I S T (2017)
GRAND SHOWCASE 2018 (2018)
HESSLER STREET POETRY ANTHOLOGY (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
POETRY IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS (2020)
MARCH 2020: A COVID-19 ANTHOLOGY
GOOD COP/BAD COP: AN ANTHOLOGY (2021)
ALIEN BUDDHA ZINE #38 (2022)
PSALMS OF THE ALIEN BUDDHA 2 (2022)
HARD RAIN POETRY: FOREVER DYLAN ANTHOLOGY (2022)
ALIEN BUDDHA SKIPS THE PARTY 2 (2022)
THE ALIEN BUDDHA'S MICRODOSES (2022)
THE ALIEN BUDDHA: BEST OF 2022
THE ALIEN BUDDHA GETS A REAL JOB 2 (2023)
FEVERS OF THE MIND POETRY & ART ISSUE 6: THE EMPATH DIES IN THE END (2023)
ON THE HIGHWAYS WITH MANY MILES... TO GO (2023)
WALTZIN' THROUGH RUSTY CAGES (2023)
FEVERS OF THE MIND POETRY AND ART ISSUE 8: INSPIRE ME (2023)
ALIEN BUDDHA ZINE #56 (2023)
THE ALIEN BUDDHA LOVES YOU (2023)
THE ALIEN BUDDHA'S BEST OF 2023
FEVERS OF THE MIND POETRY, ART & MUSIC ISSUE 11: THE LONE ROAD (2024)
THEY'RE CONSPIRING AGAINST THE ALIEN BUDDHA TOO (2024)
ALIEN BUDDHA ZINE #65 (2024)
PSALMS OF THE ALIEN BUDDHA 3: THE FINAL TRACK (2024)
ECCENTRIC ORBITS 5 (2024)
THE ALIEN BUDDHA'S BEST OF 2024
ALIEN BUDDHA ZINE #72 (March, 2025)
THE ALIEN BUDDHA'S BIG BACKPACK FULL OF SOUP CANS (2025)
SUMMER SUCKS!!!(Alien Buddha Press, 2025)
+ 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), MOTOR CITY MIX (2022) SUNSET IN ROME (2022) LONG LOST FRIEND (2023) SOME ARE AND MOST AREN'T AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT (2024) 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
He currently resides in Detroit.
EMAIL: QUEERASPOETRY AT GMAIL DOT COM
