Ruth Forman

Ruth Forman is an American poet and a former voice-actor.

She graduated from University of California, Berkeley and University of Southern California film school.

She lives in Los Angeles.

Voice on Super Friends

 * As the voice of Giganta for the entire 3rd season (1978) and in the 1983 Short, Two Gleeks Are Deadlier Than One.

Documentary

 * Do Not Go Gently (2007) .... Herself

Poetry

 * "Poetry Should Ride the Bus," by Ruth Forman, found at David Knecht's Electronic Portfolio
 * "Callin out the Moon," at NPR
 * "Prayers Like Shoes," at NPR
 * "National Treasures," at NPR
 * Renaissance. Beacon Press. 1998. ISBN 9780807068403.
 * We Are the Young Magicians. Beacon Press. 1993. ISBN 9780807068205.

Videos

 * 'Layin On Hands Woman,' by Ruth Forman (2009)
 * 'Prayers Like Shoes,' by Ruth Forman (2009)

Children's Book

 * Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon. Illustrator Cbabi Bayoc. Children's Book Press. 2007. ISBN 9780892392186.

Anthologies

 * Kalamu ya Salaam, ed (1998). 360, a revolution of Black poets. Black Words. ISBN 9780739415856.
 * Gerald Costanzo, Jim Daniels, ed (2000). American poetry: the next generation. Carnegie Mellon University Press. ISBN 9780887483431.
 * Norman Minnick, ed. Between Water and Song: New Poets for the Twenty-First Century. White Pine Press. ISBN 9781935210078.

Awards

 * 2001 Durfee Artist Fellowship to continue work on Mama John, her first novel
 * 1999 Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Poetry.
 * 1992 Barnard Women Poets Prize