Gerard Sarnat

Eighty-year-old late-phase often graphic chronicler arrived in seventh decade, aphorist, humorist or sometimes meanderist, Gerard Sarnat’s a multiple prize winner plus Pushcart/Best of Net Award nominee who has been invited to serve as judge for competitions. Activism Through Poetry: How Gerard Sarnat Uses Verse as a Form of Protest is a retrospective: https://culterateblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/activism-through-poetry-how-gerard-sarnat-uses-verse-as-a-form-of-protest/. His words have been widely published in four collections (Homeless Chronicles: from Abraham to Burning Man, Disputes, 17s, Melting the Ice King) and included in Paris Lit Up, Rattle, Gargoyle, Main Street Rag, New Delta Review, Brooklyn Review, LA Review, Monterey Review, Tokyo Poetry Journal,  Hong Kong Review, Cordite, Deronda Review, Buddhist Review, New York Times, The Write Launch, The Opiate, Poetry Lighthouse, and elsewhere. He’s a Harvard College and Medical School-trained physician, Stanford professor, healthcare CEO. Currently, he’s devoting energy and resources dealing with climate justice, serving on Climate Action Now’s board. Sarnat’s belonged to the longest-running U.S. Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue Group. Gerry’s been married since 1969 and has three kids, seven grandsons — and looks forward to future granddaughters. gerardsarnat.com