Beatriz Badikian-Gartler Mailing Address: 200 South Michigan Ave Suite 240 Chicago, IL 60604 County: Cook E-mail: bbgartler@aol.com Phone: 312-461-9277 Genre: Poetry / Non-Fiction / Fiction

 

Periodical Publications:

• "Cajas de zapatos" ("Shoeboxes"), "I have been painting on leaves," "Neither Here Nor There," "Our Work." Entre el corazon y la tierra (Between the heart and the land). Chicago: March/Abrazo Press, 2001.

• "Terra Mater," "In the Garden." Seeding the Snow. Chicago, 2000.

• "We are Penelope." Her Mark calendar. Woman Made Gallery, 2000.

• "The writer at her work." Powerlines. Chicago: Tia Chucha Press, 1999.

• "New Year's Eve" / "Fin de aìo." Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. New York: Prentice Hall, 1999.

• "New Year's Eve," "This is not Calcutta." Shards of Light. Chicago: Tia Chucha Press, 1998.

• "The Butterfly." Pleiades. Missouri: Central Missouri State University, 1994

• "Ragdale Evenings." Borderlands and Barrios. New Jersey: Routledge Press, 1994.

• "elements for an autobiographical poem." People Profiles. Toronto: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1993.

• "We are what we dream." Ruptures: la revue de trois Ameriques. Montreal: Ruptures Press, 1993 (in translation).

• "Martha reads." Hammers. Evanston: Doublestar Press, 1993.

• "elements for an autobiographical poem." Hammers. Evanston: Doublestar Press, 1992.

• "Un Poema Argentino." The Poetry Connection: Dial-a-Poem Tenth Anniversary Anthology. Chicago: The Chicago Office of Fine Arts, 1991.

• "The night of the pencils." Hammers. Evanston: Doublestar Press, 1991.

• "Cafe." Hammers. Evanston: Doublestar Press, 1992.

• "Reading Denise Levertov," "At the exhibit." Spoon River Quarterly. Normal: Spoon River Press, 1989.

• "Calendario," "Ragdale evenings," "My daughter," "Water Creatures." Emergency Tacos. Chicago: MARCH/Abrazo Press, 1989.

• "elements for an autobiographical poem." Elements of Literature. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.

• "Two husbands," "Ragdale days." Lucky Star. Oak Park: Erie Street Press, 1987.

• "Words," "Rituals at Bennington," "Mapmaker." The Americas Review. Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1987.

• "Ydra." Iowa Woman International Issue. Iowa City: Iowa Woman, 1986. "Everyone will make love," "Sometimes." Love in Many Tunes. New Delhi, India, 1985 (in translation).

• "Marching for peace in Roma." The beast in a cage of words. Belchertown, Mass: Physicians for Social Responsibility, 1985.

• "Rosas marchitas," "Things to do while waiting for a lover." Imagine. Boston: Imagine, 1985.

• "A night in the village." Haymarket. Chicago: Haymarket Press, 1985.

• "De que sirve?" International Poetry Letter. Buenos Aires: International Poetry Press, 1984.

• "Diosas de Aztlan," "Huitaca." Tonantzin. San Antonio: Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, 1984.

• "Sometimes." Third Woman: Third Woman Press, 1984.

• "Womanscapes," "Paris, 24 de diciembre," "elements for an autobiographical poem." Imagine. Boston: Imagine, 1984.

• "Akewa is a woman." City of Women. Athens, Greece: Women's Press, 1983 (in translation).

• "Gypsy." Haymarket. Chicago: Haymarket Press, 1982.

• "Una excusa," "Cielo proletario," "Untitled." ECOS. Chicago: University of Illinois, 1980.

• "Love hurts." The National Poetry Anthology. Fitchburg, Mass: The Poetry Anthology Press, 1975.

• "Loneliness of love." The Inditer. Chicago: Daley College, 1974.

• "Te acordas?" Anahi. Buenos Aires, 1971.

• Fiction:

• "The Wedding." The Ararat Quarterly. AGBU, New York, 2000.

• "Calm Down Lady!" Short Story. Cedar Falls: University of Northern Iowa, 1997.

• "You & Me." Emergence. Chicago: Columbia College, 1995.

• "De la lluvia con ausencia." Anahi. Buenos Aires, 1971.

Book Publications:

• OLD GLOVES - A 20TH CENTURY SAGA
  a novel published by Fractal Edge Press, Chicago, 2005

• Mapmaker Revisited: New and Selected Poems. Chicago: Gladsome Books, 1999.

• Mapmaker. Chicago: Red Triangle Books, 1994.

• Akewa is a Woman and other poems. Chicago: MARCH/Abrazo Press, 1989.

• Akewa is a Woman. Chicago: MARCH/Abrazo Press, 1983.

Forthcoming Publications:

• "I Hear You Sister: African-American and Latina Women Speak (to each other)." This Bridge Called My Back, Twenty Years Later. Fall, 2002.

• "Nothing (N)Ever Changes: Chronicle of a return." Travel Culture anthology. Popular Press. Fall, 2002.

• "Neither Here Nor There: Multiplicity in the Borderlands." Multiple Identities. Francois-Pierre Gingras, editor. Fall, 2002.

• "Sisters of the Road: American Women Travel Writers." Our Journey. Anthology of travel writing edited by Kristi Siegel. Fall, 2002

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Illinois Humanities Council Road Scholar, 2001-02

• Nomination for Pushcart Prize XVIII, 1993

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1989

• Time Inc. Fellowship, Bennington College, 1986

• Special Assistance Grant, Illinois Arts Council, 1986

• Fanny Butcher Fellowship, The Ragdale Foundation, 1986

• Neighborhood Arts Program, Chicago Office of Fine Arts, 1984

• Chairman's Grant, Illinois Arts Council, 1984

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• 2002 Chicago Guild Complex

• 2001 Chicago Bucktown Art Fest, Guild Complex, Caf~ Gourmand, Wright College, Sulzer Library Flagstaff ASLE conference Philadelphia Centro Cultural Puertorriqueìo

• 2000 Chicago Barnes&Noble, Guild Complex, Harold Washington College, Women & Children First Bookstore, BailiwickTheatre , Poetry House (ALA convention) New York Gathering of the Tribes, Bluestockings Bookstore Milwaukee Que Pasa Coffeehouse and Bookstore Tucson Reforma (ALA group)

• 1999 Chicago The Guild Complex, Harold Washington College, Roosevelt University, 5th Women Writers Conference, The Art Institute of Chicago, Printers Row Book Fair Ohio Wittenberg University

• 1998 Chicago Back of the Yards Branch Library, Chicago Lawn Branch Library, Harold Washington Public Library Center The Netherlands University of Groningen

• 1997 Chicago Truman College, Chicago Public Library

• 1996 Arlington Heights Prairie Moon Bookstore Chicago The Hellenic Museum, Harold Washington College

• 1995 Chicago Chicago Office of Fine Arts, Cultural Center, Women and Children First Bookstore, Roosevelt University, The Guild Complex Madison, WI Second Annual Madison Book Fair

• 1994 Chicago Harold Washington College, Columbia College, Ethical Humanist Society, Cafe Voltaire, Quaker Oats Corporate Headquarters, Caffe Trevi, Logan Square Public Library

• 1993 Chicago The Guild Complex, Field Museum of Natural History, Caffe Trevi, Chicago Cultural Center, Printers Row Book Fair, Q Quaker Oats Corporate Headquarters Lake Geneva AIDS Caregivers Retreat

• 1992 Chicago Chicago Cultural Center, Harold Washington Library, Rafael Cintron Ortiz Cultural Center Detroit Detroit Institute of the Arts, Bowen Branch Library

• 1991 Chicago The Peace Museum, St. Xavier University, Columbia College Harold Washington Library, Chicago Cultural Center

• 1990 Chicago University of Illinois, The Blue Rider Theatre, Rudy Lozano Branch Library

• 1989 Chicago Columbia College, Chicago Cultural Center, Toman Branch Library, Humboldt Park Branch Library, North Avenue Branch Library, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Navy Pier, Printers Row Book Fair, DePaul University

• 1988 Lake Forest The Ragdale Foundation Chicago Randolph Street Gallery, Humboldt Park Branch Library, Gage Park Branch Library

• 1987 Chicago Guild Books, Northeastern Illinois University, University of to Illinois, Universidad Popular, Jane Addams Bookstore,

• 1980 Loyola University, Hull House, North Park Village Nature Center, Galeria Kiki Reading Series, Crosscurrents, Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, Northwestern University, Crossroads, Logan Square Community Arts Gallery Ohio Denison University Kenyon College San Antonio Kenwood Community Center Instituto Cultural Mejicano

Recent Workshops:

• 2002 Chicago Guild Complex: Writer's Block

• 2001 Chicago Guild Complex: Poetry Writing Roosevelt University: Fiction, Poetry

Present Employment:

• Writer and Educator

Preferred Audience:

• Adults

Willing to travel:

• yes