Carla Rachel SamethWriter. Teacher. Mother. As a writer, Carla hopes to help readers feel less alone and more resilient. As a teacher, she strives to help others tell their stories and hone their craft while experimenting with new forms. The journey of motherhood infors much of her writing. Her chapbook What Is Left was published in 2021 by dancing girl press.Carla's work on blended/unblended, queer, biracial, and single parent families has appeared in a variety of literary journals and anthologies, including Narratively, Longreads, Brevity Blog, Mutha Magazine, Brain, Child, Entropy, The Rumpus, and The Nervous Breakdown. Carla's essay "Mother's Day Triptych" was selected as a Notable for The Best American Essays 2020. A Pasadena Rose Poet, a Pride Poet with West Hollywood, and a former PEN in the Community Teaching Artist, Carla teaches creative writing to high school and university students and has taught incarcerated youth. She lives in Pasadena with her beloved partner, Milo. To learn more, see carlasameth.com. Read More Read Less