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Sunday, November 9, 2008
another goodbye
Cleveland--and the wider world of writing--has lost a bright light: fiction writer, beloved teacher, mother, wife, and friend to many, Sheila Schwartz, whose sardonic wit was always a pleasure. Blessings to her family, friends, and students.
Maureen, sorry you had to hear it from this blog.... I don't have many details. There is no funeral. There will be a memorial/celebration in February when her novel is published.
Author of poetry collection serious red (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1996) and a limited edition called queen of cups (Burning Press, 1993). Essays in Ordering the Storm (CSU Poetry Center) and elsewhere. Poems published in American Poetry Review, Barn Owl Review, Hobble Creek Review, Whiskey Island, DMQ Review, Nimrod, Southern Poetry Review, Denver Quarterly, wicked alice, ArtCrimes, Harpur Palate, Gargoyle (#53), mirage period(ical), Taproot, Cleveland Slam Anthology, and others I can't remember or lost track of. Published in several Cleveland anthologies. Received two Ohio Arts Council individual fellowships and a memorable residency at Headlands Center for the Arts. Used to slam with the big boys. Live on a great lake, held in abeyance.
4 comments:
Oh no!
Maureen, sorry you had to hear it from this blog.... I don't have many details. There is no funeral. There will be a memorial/celebration in February when her novel is published.
At least I heard--thank you Amy. Sarah emailed me. I'm going to try to come back in February.
Is it just me or for the last couple of years do these feel like haunted days?
I didn't know her but I've read several tributes like yours. It would be wonderful to know that we are thought of that way when we're gone.
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