Rachel Cloud Adams is a poet, editor, journalist, and collage artist from Baltimore, Maryland. She writes about cities, historic places, art and design, education, and the social sciences. She is the founder and editor of the literary journals Lines + Stars and GROUND. At the Child Welfare League of America, she is the editor of several publications, including a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on child welfare policy, practice, and program development. She received her MA in writing from the Johns Hopkins University.
POETRY
Collections
Space and Road, Semiperfect Press, 2019
Sleeper, Flutter Press, 2015
What is Heard, Red Bird Chapbooks, 2013
Poems
“Seeds,” Quail Bell Magazine, September 2023
“Hum,” Quail Bell Magazine, September 2023
“Spirit Object,” Quail Bell Magazine, September 2023
“Pisces Season,” Cagibi, January 2023
“Waxing Phase,” HOBART, August 2022
“Night Coming in Amish Country,” HOBART, August 2022
“September as Afterthought,” Tiger Moth Review, July 2021
“Vision West,” Adelaide Magazine, May 2021
“Itinerary: Color,” Adelaide Magazine, May 2021
“Fire Weather,” Adelaide Magazine, May 2021
“Distancing,” Adelaide Magazine, May 2021
“Red Language of Sleep,” Stirring, April 2021
“For James Turrell and Roden Crater,” DIALOGIST, January 2021
“Sounding,” Rogue Agent, April 2020
“Later Elegy,” CAROUSEL, Winter 2019/2020
“Giacometti,” NOON: An Anthology of Short Poems, Isobar Press, May 2019
“On Moving,” Big Muddy, April 2018
“When We Were Here,” Big Muddy, April 2018
“Leonardtown,” saltfront, January 2018
“Anchor and Cave,” Salamander, November 2017
“Tectonic,” Public Pool, August 2017
“At Midday,” Hummingbird, June 2017
“Wednesday, in Transit,” The Museum of Americana, September 2016
“On a Night Spent in Hazleton, Pennsylvania,” Easy Street, August 2016
“Above-Ground,” Typehouse, May 2016
“Habitation,” Elsewhere Lit, October 2015
“Dog and Shadow,” Elsewhere Lit, October 2015
“Late on Irving Street,” Driftwood Press, July 2015
“After the Hospital, Breakfast,” Ohio Vintage Matchbook Company, March 2015
“Keep On,” Ohio Vintage Matchbook Company, March 2015
“Sleeper,” Ohio Vintage Matchbook Company, March 2015
“Croatoan,” Free State Review, Fall 2014
“Life’s Work,” Boog City, Spring 2014
“Midnight Animals,” The Summerset Review, Fall 2013
“Solstice,” The Pink Line Project, September 2013
“Cooper River, Midwinter,” The Wayfarer, Spring 2013
“Shark Message,” The North American Review, Spring 2013
“Up, Out, Solid, Round," Kudzu Review, Winter 2013
"Spring Remodeling on Buena Vista Avenue," Memoir, December 2012
“Sleepwalking,“ The Conium Review, Fall 2012
“Harvey Mountain Sound Walk,“ Melusine, Spring/Summer 2012
“What You Bring Along,“ Crack the Spine, June 2012 & Winter 2013 anthology
"Sedimentary," The Penwood Review, Spring 2012
“Northerly,“ Fjords, December 2011
“Arabica Coffee Spill,“ Four and Twenty, July 2011
"Deer Dream," Barrier Islands Review, November 2010
"The Movement," Blueline, Volume XXXI, 2010
“Imagine Seahorses,“ Ophelia Street, September 2009
“Little Kingdom,“ Ophelia Street, July 2009
“Day’s End in the Shenandoah,“ Town Creek Poetry, Spring 2009
"Sounds From a Brick House," Blue Unicorn, October 2008
”July," PennUnion Review, Spring 2007
"The Burden," PennUnion Review, Spring 2007
"Swimming," PennUnion Review, Spring 2007
ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS, ET CETERA
“Keep it Simple,” podcast episode, The Inner Loop: A Creative Writing Podcast, December 2020
“The Nature of Writing,” interview, The Inner Loop: A Creative Writing Podcast, May 2019
“Alone, Together,” The American Scholar, Spring 2019
“License to Thrive?,” The American Scholar, Winter 2019
“Park Harvest,” The American Scholar, Winter 2018
“Editor’s Note: Lines + Stars,” Summer 2017
“Review: Face Painting in the Dark,” Lines + Stars, Winter/Spring 2015
“Kinship Care is On the Rise,” GRAND Magazine, March 2015
“Contraception ≠ Abortion: How Birth Control Works,” Outlook Magazine (American Association of University Women), Fall 2014
“Renoir — Lost and Found,” Lady Charlotte Magazine, February 2014
“Q+A With Lines + Stars Editor,” Frostburg State University, October 2010
“Saved on Film,” Preservation Online, June 2009
“It’s Easy Being Green,” Maryland Life, March/April 2008
“No Trespassing: Copper Boom Takes its Toll on Historic Buildings,” Preservation Online, January 2008
“The Comfort Zone: How Small Can it Be? Homebuilders in Search of Doing More With Less,” Science & Spirit, March/April 2008
“Life in Steps and Stages: Why Doing Good Means Doing Well,” Science & Spirit, December 2007
“Stolen Antiquities: Should Museums Return Relics to Their Countries of Origin,” CQ Researcher/Congressional Quarterly, April 2007
“A New Brew,” Urbanite Baltimore, February 2006
“On the Hunt,” DC Style, Fall 2006
“Pleasantville,” DC Style, Spring 2006
“The Long Journey,” Preservation Online, December 2005
“Wright Living,” Preservation, September/October 2005
“Working for Old New Mexico,” Preservation, November/December 2004
“Best Addresses,” Preservation, November/December 2003
“Watching Out for Old N.Y.,” Preservation, September/October 2003
“Eagle Eye,” Preservation Online, August 2003
“Going to Bat,” Preservation, May/June 2003
“Landmark Decisions?,” Baltimore Magazine, September 2001
VISUAL ART
The Lingerers, an ongoing ephemeral collage project in Baltimore
“Graft,” paper collage, Arkana, December 2020
“Woods Home,” paper collage, The A3 Review, November 2020
“Rose Sun,” paper and cardboard collage, Gulf Stream, October 2020
Me:
Editor, Child Welfare League of America/CWLA Press
Founder + Editor, Lines + Stars/L+S Press
MA, Writing, The Johns Hopkins University, 2007
BA, cum laude, English Literature, The Catholic University of America, 2002
Hello:
editor@linesandstars.com