Faith Gómez Clark

Poet, Educator

"I need a [...] language
as large as longing."
-Rumi, from The Fragile Vile (trans. Coleman Barks)

© Faith Gomez Clark. All rights reserved.

Work

Fellowships

Vermont Studio Center Fellow, Oct. 2023.
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellow, Apr. 2024

Publications

"...What It's Like to be a Mother with Dissociative Identity Disorder." CALYX: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women. Print. Forthcoming.
"The Seance." Shō Poetry Journal. Print. Issue 4. January 2024.
"Caretaker." Shō Poetry Journal. Print. Issue 4. January 2024.
"Welcome to the Locked Unit." The North Meridian Review. Print. Volume 4, Issue 1. December 2023.
"Fight." The North Meridian Review. Print. Volume 4, Issue 1. December 2023.
"Flashback." Rogue Agent Journal. link
"After Your Birth." LEON Literary Review. link
"Reflection." Salt Hill Journal. Print. Issue 49. July 2023.
"Dream After Watching a Unicorn Movie On Netflix." Broken Lens Journal. link
"Intruder." Broken Lens Journal. link
"After Abuela is Gone." Papeachu Press. Print. Issue 5. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
"The Prodigal Mother." How to Heal a Bloodline: A Mental Health Awareness Anthology. Print. July 2022.
"Delirium." How to Heal a Bloodline: A Mental Health Awareness Anthology. Print. July 2022.
"Post-Partum: The Mother's Vision." Huizache Magazine. Print. Issue 10. November 2023.
"California 5150: Marsiela." Huizache Magazine. Print. Issue 10. November 2023.
"El Mano." Husk Zine. link
"Full-Time Mom Post-Break." Husk Zine. link
"California 5250: Maria." Mulberry Literary. link
"Antepartum: Girl." Zocalo Public Square. link
"Grocery Store." The Acentos Review. link
"First Camping Trip." Scoundrel Time. link
"La Llorona." Scoundrel Time. link

About

Faith Gómez Clark (she/they) is a PhD candidate in Indiana University of Pennsylvania's English/Literature and Criticism Program. She earned an MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson College and a BA in English from University of the Incarnate Word. She has received fellowships from Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Vermont Studio Center. Their chapbook Unlock the Body was a semi-finalist in the Iron Horse Literary Review Chapbook Competition. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee. She teaches English courses at UIW and lives in Austin, Texas with their spouse, two children, two cats, two dogs, five chickens, and bearded dragon.