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Rodriguez, Linda M.

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• Professor, Department of English , College of Arts and Sciences

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Affiliation

head of

• Committee of Readings & Workshops-3ra Feria Internacional del Libro de Mayaguez: Eugenio Maria de Hostos Director

member of

• Board of Advisors to Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century (St.James Press, Ann Arbor, MI) Member
• Board of Advisors to Gale's International Authors Advisory Board for the Series Contemporary Authors Member
• Board of Directors Member

attended event

• Creating Fictional Art - 2006
• Culture, Language, Fact, Fiction, Media - 2006
• Curso de Redaccion para el Guion de Cortometraje - 2009
• Mas alla de la Estructura del Guion Cinematografico: Taller Intermedio - 2009
• Norton Island Residency Program for Writers, Artists and Composers (Eastern Frontier Educational Foundation)
• Principios y Tecnicas para la Redaccion de un Guion Cinematografico - 2009
• Revising the Short Story - 2008

Publications

selected publications

• academic article

  • Puerto Rican Woman Writer as Scholar & Creator: Beyond lo Real Maravilloso?.  Caribbean Studies Press.  97-110. 2009
  • Rosario Ferre's Maldito Amor: Destroying the Trap of History.  Mango Season: A Journal of Caribbean Women’s .  1:167-182. 2008
  • Rosario Ferre's Maldito Amor: Destroying the Trap of History.  Mango Season: A Journal of Caribbean Womena's .  1:167-182. 2008
  • International Affairs and the Sugar Industry: Enslaved Body in Colonial Cuba.  The Edwin Mellen Press .  2006
  • Cultural/Linguistic (Con)fusion in Puerto Rican Literature.  UNISA (University of South Africa) Press .  367-376. 2004

• chapter

  • Poem: The Coconut Man.  The Caribbean Writer. University of the Virgin Islands. 2012
  • Poem: WANTING and O-ne BECOMING and Two Sand Dollars.  Caribbean Erotic: Poetry, Prose & Essays. Ed. Opal Palmer Adisa.  Leeds, England: Peepal Tree Press . 90-91. 2010
  • Critical introduction for anthology of 20th C. Dominican women poets.  Praises & Offenses: Three Women Poets from the Dominican Republic. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions . 9-17. 2009
  • Poems: Birthday Cake, Winged Doors II: Late Afternoon in La Tienda/Puertas Aladas II: Tarde al mediodia en La Tienda, Fumo/Fumo, Kites/Chiringas.  Cornelia Nights: Contemporary Poetry. Ed. Millan, Madeline.  Buenos Aires: Ediciones Godoy . 112-123. 2008
  • Poems: Speaking in Tongues, Oscillations: Cowgirl & Paper Boats, Advoate P. Americana, Spanish Olive Oil, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico: A Short History, Cartographies, Third Stop: The Medina, Fez, Mosquito Bay, Dancing Drums: Song to the Mayaguez Bomba, Great Spaces, OFF AXIS ANGLES 1 & 2.  When Divas Howl at the Moon. Ed. Cager, Chezia T..  XLibris Publications. 2008
  • Excerpt from work-in-progress: Kites/Chiringas: A Memoir.  Mancha: Revista de Arte y Literatura bilingue. Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico: Estudio Casa Bohemia. 91-94. 2007
  • The Galician.  Concordia U: Critica Canadiense Literaria Sobre Escritoras Hispanoamericanas. Editorial Letra Grafica . 2007
  • Three poems: "El animal", "We Gathered por costumbre", and "Hurakan: A Two Way Poem".  Anthology Poesia en el Tiempo: Homenaje a la Poesia Latinoamericana . University of Puerto Rico Aguadilla Colectivo Identidad. 2006
  • Visual poems: “We Gathered por costumbre” and “100pede".  The Caribbean Writer 20th Anniversary Issue. Research Publications Center, University of the Virgin Islands. 33-35. 2006
  • Visual poems: “We Gathered por costumbre” and “100pede”.  The Caribbean Writer 20th Anniversary Issue. University of the Virgin Islands2. 33-35. 2006
  • Poem: "Advocate P. Americana".  Itinerant International Poetry and Art Exhibition: OUTSPOKEN ART/ARTE CLARO. University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. 2005
  • Poem: "Arenas".  Revista Texturas: Nuevas Dimensiones del Texto y de la Imagen. Spain . 2005
  • Short story: Nena se va de paseo con sus amigos.  Sociedad Dominicana de Micologia of the Dominican Republic as a children's coloring book. Dominican Republic. 2005
  • Puerto Rican Women Writers.  Encyclopedia of State and Local Women's History. The Moschovitis Group. 2004
  • Poem: Hurakan: A Two Way Poem.  Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas. Ed. Reed, Ishmael.  New York: Thunder's Mouth Press. 26-27. 2003
  • Visual Poetry Book: Metropolitan Fantasies Btextos errantesB.  Concordia University: Critica Canadiense Literaria Sobre Escritoras Hispanoamericanas. Coleccion Cotidianas de Estival . 2002
  • Spanish-Caribbean Literature.  Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century. Ed. Serafin, Steven.  St. James Publishing. 199-202. 1999
  • Dominican Republic: A History of 19th- and 20th-Century Prose and Poetry.  Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Ed. Smith, Verity.  London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. 263-267. 1997
  • Memoir: Kites.  Esta Vida Boricua: A Life Narrative Installation. Ed. Mongar, Sonja S.. 
  • Short Story and other educational materials:Nena Goes On a Walk with Her xFriends..  Ed. Perez, Isael .  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
  • Short Story: Cronos Centipede: To Guillermo del Toro.  Anthology of Caribbean flash fiction. Ed. Opal Palmer Adisa. 
  • Short Story: The Man Who Knew Too Much About Coconuts.  Anthology of Caribbean flash fiction. Ed. Opal Palmer Adisa. 

presentations

• invited talk

  • Geographies of Language: Creative Writing, Crossings and (Con)fusions on Multicultural Caribbean Stage, Speaker, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  • The Creative/Theoretical Beyond lo Real Maravilloso, Speaker, 10th International Conference of the Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars:The Caribbean Woman Writer as Scholar, Miami

• presentation

  • Book presentation: Caribbean Erotic: Poetry, Prose & Essays, Collaborator, College English Association Caribbean Chapter Annual Conference, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
  • Book presentation: Praises & Offenses: Women Poets from the Dominican Republic , Collaborator, Poet's House, Lower Manhattan
  • Book presentation: Praises & Offenses: Women Poets from the Dominican Republic , Collaborator, Poet's House, Lower Manhattan
  • Contrapunto, Desconcierto y Territorios Afectivos de Mujer-Creacion Vuelo Profundo Verde Amazonico, Speaker, XIII Conferencia Asociacion Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispanica, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Cultural/Linguistic Crossings and (Con)fusion in Puerto Rican-Dominican/Haitian-Diaspora Literature, Collaborator, 9th International Conference on the Short Story in English, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Overcoming Geographies of Language: Creative Writing and Translation as Interpretation and Transformation, Speaker, University of California, San Marcos
  • Presentation of De El Fanguito a la loza, Speaker, Segundo Congreso Internacional Escritura, Individuo y Sociedad en Espana, Las Americas y Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico, Arecibo
  • Re-encuentro de una identidad afro-antillana- Culturas Africanas: Rebeldes con causa y Escalera para Electra de Aida Cartagena Portalatin, Speaker, IV Feria Internacional del Libro, Santo Domingo
  • Re-encuentro de una identidad afro-antillana- Culturas Africanas: Rebeldes con causa y Escalera para Electra de Aida Cartagena Portalatin, Speaker, IV Feria Internacional del Libro, Santo Domingo
  • Rosario Ferre o la subversion del Puerto Rico edenico, Speaker, Beyond the Nation: Reading Spanish Caribbean Culture in the 21st Century International Conference, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Rosario Ferre o la subversion del Puerto Rico edenico, Speaker, Beyond the Nation: Reading Spanish Caribbean Culture in the 21st Century International Conference, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Violento Placer de Antonieta Villamil: Una lenta y suave provocacion, Speaker, Eco Station, Culver City, California
  • Women Writing in the Dominican Republic: Aida Cartagena Portalatin, Speaker, Conference Legitimizing Power: Sexual Identity Gender and Authority, West Chester University, Pennsylvania

Research

research overview

• Caribbean and African/Caribbean Diaspora Literature, Culture, History, Women's Literature, US Latino, Creative Writing, Poetry, Drama and Performance, and Film Studies.

other research activities

• Attend Norton Island Residency Program for Writers, Artists and Composers Collaborator - 2009
• Beyond the Screenplay Structure Collaborator - 2009
• Bilingual anthology of Dominican women poets Collaborator - 2009
• Incentives for Publication in Peer-Reviewed Journal Collaborator - 2009
• Writing the Short Film/Curso de Redaccion para el Guion de Cortometraje Collaborator - 2009
• When Divas Howl at the Moon book Collaborator - 2008
• National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborator - 2000

Teaching

teaching activities

• Building the Poetry Collection with Willie Perdomo Instructor - 2012
• Popular Culture in the Caribbean and the Caribbean in Popular Culture Collaborator - 2011
• Golf Clubs, Fancy Cars, Nail Polish, and other Paraphernalia: Fictions of Development and Prosperity in Merle Hodge's Limbo Island, Hazel D. Campbell's See Me in My Benz and Things and Shayla Hawkins Grandma Iguana Instructor - 2008
• Poetry and Performance Instructor - 2008
• Poetry-Sculpture Instructor - 2008
• Revising: Creative Writing and Painting Instructor - 2008
• The Art of Monologue: Advocate P. Americana Performance Instructor - 2008
• Creating Reflection Journals Instructor - 2005
• Spectrum of Poetic Fire Master Class Instructor - 2003
• Spectrum of Poetic Fire Master Class Instructor - 2003
• El Caribe y su Diaspora- Lengua, Literatura y Cultura en los Albores del Siglo XXI and reading from Metropolitan Fantasies Instructor - 2001

Service

professional service activities

• Marionetas-Actores-Cuento ¡Crear un Personaje es Crear una Historia Instructor - 2014
• Marionetas-Actores-Cuento ¡Crear un Personaje es Crear una Historia Instructor - 2011

Background

education and training

• Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , Dissertation title: "Historical Narratives in the Caribbean: Women Giving Voice to History." 1994
• M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , Thesis title: "Don Quixote's Influence on the British Drama of the 17th and 18th Centuries." 1986
• B.A. in English Literature, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 1984

awards and honors

• David Hough Literary Prize, conferred by The Caribbean Writer, University of the Virgin Islands, 2013
• Short Screenplay: "La Mejor Tumba/The Best Grave", listed as Semi-Finalist as part of Puerto Rico's 8th International Short Film Festival Screenplay Competition, conferred by CINEFIESTA, 2010
• Raymond Carver Best Story Award, conferred by Non-North American Author, 2006
• The Galician, awarded third place , conferred by Judge Clark Blaise at the 9th International Conference on the Short Story in English, 2006

Contact

full name

• Linda M. Rodriguez