
She has presented in forums such as the United Nations, the PBS series The United States of Poetry and National Public Radio. She has received the Barnard New Women Poets Prize, The Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award, The Durfee Artist Fellowship, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship, the National Council of Teachers of English Notable Book Award, and recognition by The American Library Association. She is an award-winning author of the poetry collections Prayers Like Shoes (2009), Renaissance (1997), and We Are the Young Magicians (1992) as well as the children’s book Young Cornrows Callin’ Out the Moon (2009).


Ruth Forman is the author of the board books Curls, Glow, Bloomand Ours (Simon & Schuster, 2020, 2021 & 2022).
