BIO
Cheryl B.
Cheryl Burke (aka Cheryl B.) is an award-winning writer, poet and performer.
Her work appears in dozens print and online publications, including; Ping Pong, Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution (Seal Press, 2007), The Guardian, BLOOM, Suspect Thoughts, Reactions 5: New Poetry (Pen & Inc, 2005), Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person (Alyson Books) and Small Spiral Notebook among many others.
She has written articles, book reviews and artist profiles for GO Magazine, Lambda Book Report, AfterEllen.com, Scene360.com, BUST, UntilMonday:BKLN and Velvetpark. Her awards include a 2003 Poetry Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, a residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and an honorable mention in Poetry from the Astraea Writers Fund Awards in 2009.
Cheryl began her performance career winning poetry slams at the famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe while still a college student. She has since become an internationally acclaimed poet, appearing at most major New York City literary evenings and touring throughout the U.S, Canada and the U.K. She has performed at such venues as Apples & Snakes, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Shakespeare & Co. bookstore in Paris. She has been featured in Velvetpark, The High Plains Reader, Gothamist.com, and RainbowNetwork.com, among other publications and websites.
Cheryl was also the creator and producer of PVC: The Poetry vs. Comedy Variety Show, a fast-paced live slam/competition between stand-up comedians and performance poets that ran for over two years in New York City. She also created and curated the popular multi-genre Brooklyn reading series, Atomic, in addition to organizing various other literary events throughout the years.
Cheryl holds a BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and a MFA in Nonfiction Writing from The New School. She teaches Memoir Writing at Gotham Writers’ Workshop in New York City.
Credits
Selected Anthologies (where her work appears)
Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution (Seal Press, 2007)
Reactions 5 (Pen & Inc, 2005)
Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache (Alyson Books, 2004)
The Milk of Almonds: Italian-American Women Writers on Food & Culture (Feminist Press, 2002)
His Hands, His Tools, His Sex, His Dress (Haworth Press, 2001)
The World in Us (St. Martins Press, 2000)
Literary Journals/Magazines (Print and online)
Ping Pong, October Babies, Suspect Thoughts, Small Spiral Notebook, BLOOM,The Guardian, Velvetpark, Tribes, Pop Smear, WV: The Writer’s Voice Magazine, Lungfull!, Excursus Literary Arts Journal, Flirt!, Rising, APE, ThunderSandwich.com, Scene360.com, GO Magazine, BUST, Lambda Book Report
Teaching
Gotham Writers’ Workshop, Memoir Writing Instructor (Advanced and Beginners)
Editing
GO Magazine, Writer/Editor
Blogging/Web Writing
Contributing Editor, UntilMonday:BKLN (Now-defunct Brooklyn arts and entertainment website)
KGB Bar Lit
AfterEllen.com
Lesbianation.com
Chapbooks
Wake Me Up Before You Fargo (Contributor, Plains English Tour Chapbook, 2004)
New York Girl (2000, Vanishing Point Press)
Nameless (1999, BytheSeatofYourPantsPress)
Motor Oil Queen! (1998, BytheSeatofYourPantsPress)
ripe (1997, Night & Day Productions)
Pubic Enemy #1 (1995, BytheSeatofYourPantsPress)
Awards/Honors
Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund Award, Honorable Mention, 2009
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry, 2003
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Writer’s Residency/Fellowship, 2003
The Center’s In Our Own Write Poetry Award, 1998
Royal Fest ‘Zine Festival, Winner Best ‘Zine Name, 1999
LEND U.S./Australia Playwright Exchange, 1996
TV/Video/Radio Appearances
Saltpetre Radio on Resonance FM
BEEF, documentary film
SLAM, Channel 4 video series
North Dakota Public Radio, Fargo, ND
WBAI Radio, NYC
Live Performance (Selected Venues)
New York City
Flea Theater (Composers Collaborative), Comix, KGB Bar, National Arts Club, P.S. 122, St. Marks Poetry Project, Nuyorican Poets Café, Gershwin Hotel, Bowery Poetry Club, Dixon Place, New York Comedy Club, Lady Fest East
National and International
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Elliott Bay Books, Powells, Express Excess (London) ShortFuse (London), Apples & Snakes (London), Shakespeare and Co. (Paris), Lollapalooza Tour
Colleges/Universities
Bucknell , U. North Carolina – Chapel Hill, U. Massachusetts, SUNY Orange, Princeton University, Sarah Lawrence College, Hunter College, New Jersey City University
Lectures/Panels
Sarah Lawrence College, Outwrite Literary Conference, Lambda Literary Conference, Behind Our Masks Conference
Tours
Edinburgh International Fringe Festival – 2004
Plains English: A Transatlantic Poetic Experiment – Spring 2004
Jezebelle2000: The Glam Lit Tour- Summer 2000
ripe tour with Ducky Doolittle – Spring 1997
Producing/Curating
Creator – PVC: The Poetry Vs. Comedy Variety Show – 2006-2008
Curator – Atomic Reading Series – 2004-2006
Education
MFA, Nonfiction Writing (Scholarship) – The New School, NYC
BFA, with Honors in Dramatic Writing (Scholarship) – Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, NYC
