Duriel E Harris
Professor
English
Office
STV Stevenson Hall 342
Office Hours
Wednesdays 3.30 - 5.30pm
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Biography
Poet/performer and sound artist, Duriel E. Harris is: author three books including, No Dictionary of a Living Tongue (Nightboat 2017); Editor of Obsidian: and creator of Thingification—a one-woman show.
Current Courses
347.001Creative Writing Seminar: Poetry
447.001Creative Writing Seminar: Poetry
591.002Practicum (Internship) In College Teaching
599.004Research And Dissertation
Teaching Interests & Areas
Poetry Writing
Poetics
African American Literature
Research Interests & Areas
Improvisation and Black aesthetics, Memory and Trauma Studies, WOC Feminisms, Digital Technologies and the African Diaspora, 18th and 19th century African American Literature, Oppositional/Experimental poetics, Performance Studies
BA Literature
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
MA English and American Literature
New York University
New York , New York
Ph D English, Programs for Writiters
University of Illinois
Speleology (poetry video with Scott Rankin). 2011
Speleology
2011
Other
Harris, D. The Feast of Now Town Sound,”. Dana Teen Lomax, (EDs), Kindergarde,. Kindergarde, Small Press Traffic (2011)
Harris, D. Villanelle for the dead white fathers. Annie Finch and Marie-Elizabeth Mali (EDs), Villanelles,. Villanelles, (2011)
Harris, D. how many languages do you speak. Black Magic. Asian Improv Records. (2011)
Presentations
Presenting Amnesiac: Poems. Illinois State University, English 284: Poetry, Kirstin Hotelling Zona, Professor. Illinois State University,. (2011)
Presenting Black Took Collective. Pomona College, Contemporary Writers Series,. Pomona College, Contemporary Writers Series,. (2011)
Reading Live Feed: Writing Race & Subjectivity. Black Took Collective (BTC). (2011)