Jose Antonio Villaran
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Biography
I’m the author of three books: la distancia es siempre la misma (2006, Editorial Matalamanga), el cerrajero (2012, Álbum del Universo Bakterial), open pit (2022, Counterpath Press); and two books of translations, Album of Fences (2018, Cardboard House Press), tajo abierto (Álbum del Universo Bakterial, 2023). I’m also the creator of the AMLT project (http://amlt-elcomienzo.blogspot.pe). I hold an MFA in Writing from the University of California San Diego, and a PhD in Literature (Creative/Critical Concentration) from the University of California Santa Cruz. Dear Excelsior, is forthcoming from Álbum del Universo Bakterial (Peru) in May 2027. I’m currently an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing in the English Department at Illinois State University, where I teach Creative Nonfiction and Documentary Poetics.
Current Courses
ENG 347.001 Creative Writing Seminar: Creative Nonfiction
ENG 447.001 Creative Writing Seminar: Creative Nonfiction
ENG 247.001 Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction
Teaching Interests & Areas
Anti-Racist and Anti-Colonial Pedagogies, Labor-Based Grading, Ungrading.
Research Interests & Areas
Creative Writing, Creative Nonfiction, Latina/o/x Studies, Documentary Poetics, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Translation Studies, Cross-Genre Literature, US Latina/o/x Literature, Environmental History, Public and Digital Humanities,.