Angela M. Carter
Angela M. Carter is an author, poet, novelist, blogger, motivational speaker, spoken word performer, visual artist, and advocate/activist. She is the owner of 2nd Avenue Press (www.2ndavenuepress.com). She is the author of Memory Chose a Woman’s Body (unbound CONTENT, 2014) and a forthcoming book, Love is the Dying Dog (2023). Angela is a 2014 Pushcart Prize nominee, nominee for the 2015 Virginia Library Literary Award (poetry), and has been featured in a multitude of venues, including The KGB Club in Manhattan and Busboys and Poets. Her publications include Silver Birch Press, Deep Water Literary Journal, Whurk, Vox Poetica, the Plath Poetry Project, Premiere Generation Ink, City Lit Rag, The Word Ocean, Worst Week Ever, Our Stories Untold, Gutsy Living, and several anthology publications. Angela is a programs and initiatives manager at James Madison University. Contact: amhcarter@gmail.com
Poetry Collections
Memory Chose a Woman's Body
2014 / Unbound Content
Can be found at all major book stores/retailers online
Publications
ANGELA M CARTER has been a writer since the age of eight. What began as an escape from the events of her childhood became a way of life. Angela writes about subjects many people are uncomfortable talking about. Each of her poems is its own story, yet they all carry the same message: silence is not golden. Born and raised in a Virginia farming town with a population of fewer than 280 souls, Angela moved to England for several years only to find her memories followed her. She returned to Virginia with new-found confidence and a voice. She has been speaking with that voice ever since. She believes that poetry saved her life.
Poem. One Week Out. Life in 10 Minutes. November 2021.
Poem. Love Isn't About Saving. The Whiskey Rye Review. June 2020.
Poem. The Departed. The Whiskey Rye Review. May 2020.
A personal essay, Rain Ghosts & Freshwater Eels. Life in 10 MInutes. June 2019.
Two poems: Poetica Review. April 2019.
Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance: Elk Run Mining Company: blog
Harrisonburg, Downtown Renaissance: Gitchell’s Photography: blog
The Plath Poetry Project. October 2018.
When Depression Stalks Your Mind. The Mighty. August 29, 2016.
Scratching Against the Fabric: anthology. Two poems: Splinter, Woman at Auction House. September 2015.
Trajectory Path: Silver Birch Press. Me, As a Child series. May 2015.
Their Own Bare Hands: June 2015. Anthology. Poems: I Suppose and Woman Child.
Deep Water Literary Journal: Ireland. February 2015. Poem publication: The Difference Between Waking Up and Living
Gutsy Story Anthology: Inspirational Short Stories About Taking Chances and Changing Your Life (Volume 2): Poetry Saved My Life: A story about how the arts can help save our lives.
City Lit Rag. Fall Issue, 2014. Poem publication: Point This Out.
Whurk: Issue 20. October 2014 issue. Page 4. Poem, photo and book information.
Scratching Against the Fabric: (print), an anthology of poems, Fall 2014
Vox Poetica: Circle of Hope (July 31, 2014)
Unbound Content: Memory Chose A Woman’s Body
Gutsy Living Fall 2014 Anthology (print): Sometimes we Have to Save Ourselves: How Poetry Saved my Life
Our Stories Untold: It’s Never Too Late : April 21, 2014 (article and poem)
At the Inkwell-NYC Blog: April 21, 2014 (Interview and video)
Premiere Generation Ink: Silence
Eastern Mennonite University (2011) The Phoenix-Poetry Chapbook
The Word Ocean Southern Drought and Hunting Season
Worst Week Ever Edition 2: Rubbish” and To Heathrow, or Bust – pages 41-43
Worst Week Ever Edition 3: Thanks for Not Understanding and Internal Compass in the Night