Sebastian H. Péramo (He/Him) Southern Methodist University [Link] English Department Dallas Hall Gi7E PO Box 750199 Dallas, Texas 75275 EDUCATION: Ph.D. in English-CW — University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 2020 Dissertation: “Where We Split: Poems” Advisor: Bruce Bond Committee: Jehanne Dubrow, Corey Marks [Link]. in Poetry-CW — Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, 2012 ‘Thesis: “Dicing Stars: Poems" Advisor: Thomas Lux Second Readers: Victoria Redel, D. Nurkse B.A. in English & Minor in Spanish — University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 2008 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS- ‘Aug. 2024 - May 2025 Lecturer for Writing and Reasoning Program in the English Department at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX ‘Aug. 2021 - May 2024 Visiting Assistant Professor for English Department at Austin College in Sherman, TX Jan. 2021 - May 2021 University Affiliate, Visiting Scholar in the Office of Graduate Studies, Dobie Paisano Program at UT-Austin in Austin, TX ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE. Lecturer and Visiting Lecturer — Writing and Reasoning Program in English Department, Fall Paramo, 1/192024 - Spring 2025; English and the Graduate Liberal Studies Departments, Fall 2019, Spring 2023 Southern Methodist University WRTR 1312, Introduction to Academic Writing WRTR 1313, Writing and Critical Reasoning ENGL 3390, Hybrid Forms Creative Writing Workshop FNAR 7381, 21st Century Storytelling: Writers on Writing Visiting Assistant Professor — English Department, Fall 2021 - Spring -2024 Austin College ENGL 100, Poets Writing Texas ENGL 100, Documentary Poetics ENGL 136, Intro to Creative Writing ENGL 114, Expository Writing ENGL 121, Interpreting Literature IGL.250/300, Tejanx Literature ENGL 250, Literature of Place ENGL 250/300, Poetry, Climate, and the Apocalypse Adjunct Faculty — English Department, Fall 2019 - Winter 2020 ‘Texas Christian University ENGL 10803, Writing as Inquiry ENGL 20803, Intermediate Composition: Writing Argument ‘Teaching Fellow — English Department, Fall 2015 - Spring 2020 University of North Texas ENGL 1310, College Writing I ENGL 1320, College Writing II ENGL 2100, Intro to Creative Writing Workshop ENGL 2220, World Literature I ENGL 3150, Intermediate Poetry Workshop Adjunct Faculty — English Department, Summer 2019 El Centro College - Dallas County Community College District ENGL 1301, Composition I Graduate Teaching Assistant — English Department, Summer 2016 University of North Texas ENGL 3450, The Short Story Paramo, 2/19Adjunct Professor — English Department, Spring-Fall 2013 College of Mount Saint Vincent ENGL u10, College Writing I Graduate Teaching Assistant — English Department, Fall 2011 Purchase College LWR 10, College Writing PUBLICATIONS: Book Portrait of Us Burning (Northwestern University Press/Curbstone, Oct. 2023) Journals Poetry 2024. 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 2022, 2022 2022, 2022 2022, 2021 2021 2021 2021 “Dying Tejano.” AGNI. (Issue 99): Web “Provisional.” Poetry Northwest (Volume XVIII | Issue 2): Print: 52 “What I Miss About Texas.” The Spectacle's Revue (Issue 13): Web “When My Mother's Portrait Sings.” Literary Hub (Nov. 17): Web “The Cosmic Machine.” The Journal: Web “Everyone Said Nature was Healing.” Poetry Northwest (May 22, 2023): Web “The Lost Portrait.” The Arkansas International (Issue 14: Places): Print: 99 “Lone Star.” The Los Angeles Review (April 3, 2023): Web “The Tejano Was Icarus.” Tyger Quarterly (Issue 4: Winter 2023): Web “On the Nature of Things.” Prairie Schooner (66.4): Print: 169 “The Tejano Finds a River.” Prairie Schooner (66.4): Print: 168 “The Tejano Considers Seeds.” Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-day (Nov. 23, 2022): Web “Mars in Aries.” Split Lip June 2022): Web “Sobbing in a U-Haul.” The South Carolina Review (Volume 54.2): Print: 7 “Forgive Me, Brother.” Bennington Review (Issue 10): Print: 57 “Erasing Tejas.” Protean Magazine (Dec. 17, 2021): Web “Dear Father.” New South (Vol. 14, Issue 1): Print: 18 “The Great Bear.” The Cincinnati Review (miCRo series, Dec. 1, 2021): Web “Octavio Paz Tells The Tejano About No One.” Changes: Web Paramo, 3/192021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2018 2016 2015, 2015 2015 201s 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 “Everything is on Fite.” Southern Indiana Review (Fall 2021): Print: 19 “Studying Abroad in Mexico Looking at Man of Fire by Jose Clemente Orozco. Southeast Review (39.2): Print: 13 “Cajeta.” The Cortland Review (issue 88): Web “My Father’s Workshirt.” Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review (Issue 53): Print: 34 “Still-Life with Salt on Fruit.” Waxwing (Issue XXIV, Summer 2021): Web “My Mother's Blessing,” Waxwing (Issue XXIV, Summer 2021): Web “Portrait of a Boy With Guitar.” Blackbird (Vol. 19, No. 2): Web “Self-Portrait with Thunder & Exhaustion. "Blackbird (Vol. 19, No. 2): Web “After El Hombre by Rufino Tamayo.” Blackbird (Vol. 19, No. 2): Web “Portrait of Us Playing.” Crazyhorse (No. 98): Print: “Hibiscus.” Crazyhorse (No. 98): Print: 44 “My Father's Advice." 32 Poems (Vol. 18, No. 2): Print: 20 “My Father’s Song.” 32 Poems (Vol. 18, No. 2): Print: 19 “Blood & Breath.” New England Review (41, No. 4): Print: 49 “Portrait of Us Burning.” Salamander (50): Print: 48 “Paths from the First Car.” TriQuarterly (Issue 158): Web “Elegy for My Mother's Country.” Kenyon Review Online (April 2020): Web “Portrait of a Boy Returning to Diet.” Kenyon Review Online (April 2020): Web “The Laundromat Saint.” The Missouri Review (Poem of the Week, Mar. 2. 202 Web “At Seventeen, The Suburbs.” Southwest Review (Vol. 104, No. 1): 4 “The Home Slaughter.” Southwest Review (Vol. 104, No. 1):6. “Portrait of Boy Refusing His Father's Music.” Hobart (Sept. 2019): Web "Portrait of Brothers Wanting To Be Whole.” Hobart (Sept. 2019): Web “Excavation of a Boy.” Cosmonauts Avenue (April 2019): Web “Overnight in Parking Lots.” Salt ill (41):8. “To ‘The Evening.” Pleiades (37.1): 132. “The Ownership of The Night.” Pilgrimage (39.1/2): 134 “Diego Rivera, The Flower Carrier, 1935.” Front Porch Journal (30): Web. “Narrating a Reunion.” Prelude June): Web. “Home Care.” Huizache (4): 139. “Ecology Branding.” Huizache (4): 141, “The Stranger on Burnside Ave.” Storyscape (13): Web. “Going South on I-35.” Storyscape (13): Web. “Do Not Resuscitate.” Storyscape (13): Web. “The Green Man.” Red River Review (May): Web “The Roofers.” upstreet (10): 29. “City Underwater.” Canary, A Literary Journal ofthe Environmental Crisis (25): Web. 2. Paramo, 4/192014 “Your Father.” North American Review (299.2):37 2013 “Dicing Stars.” The McNeese Review (51):29 2013 “Mother.” Lunch Ticket (Winter/Spring): Web 2013. “Beginner's English for Refugees.” Tampa Review Online (April): Web 2012 “Grown Men.” Black Heart Magazine (Sept.): Web 2o1z “There is a Certain.” Black Heart Magazine (Sept.): Web 2012, “Used Bike for Sale.” Black Heart Magazine (Sept.): Web Fiction 2022 “The Field Trip.” D Magazine (online exclusive, August 2022): Web 2021 “The Fire Next Time.” D Magazine (Vol. 48 No 7, July 2021): Print: 207 Nonfiction 2020. “In These Uncertain Times.” Awst Press (2020 Essay Series): Web Invited Blog Posts 2024 “On Where Your Father Was.” Poetry Society of America “In Their Own Words.” an.): Web 2019 “On Joy.” Iron Horse Literary Review (April): Web 2019 “Playing the Game Recklessly.” Iron Horse Literary Review (Feb.) Web 2018 “When Death Haunts the Void, Use It.” Iron Horse Literary Review (Dec.): Web 2018 “Driving or Walking, I'l Write a Poem.” Iron Horse Literary Review (Oct.): Web Book Reviews 2017 Jennifer Givhan's Landscape with Headless Mama; American Literary Review: Web 2015 Octavio Quintanilla’s If Go Missing; American Micro-Reviews & Interviews: Web 2015 Julie Bacock's Autoplay; AMRI: Web 2014 Eugenia Leigh's Blood, Sparrows, and Sparrows; AMRI: Web 2014 Chloe Honum's ‘he Tulip-Flame; AMRI: Web 2014 Karen Skolfield’s Frost in the Low Areas; AMRI: Web 2014 Farnoosh Fathi’s Great Guns; AMRI: Web Int 1s with authors/editors Paramo, 5/192019 2017 2016 2016 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2013 Anthologi N is 2024 2024 2019 2017 2016 2019 2018 Emily Yoon; American Literary Review Jehanne Dubrow; American Literary Review Rick Barot; American Literary Review Natalie Scenters-Zapico; American Literary Review FreezeRay Poetry; Up ‘the Staircase Quarterly ‘Midwestern Gothic; American Micro Reviews & Interviews ‘The Austin Review; AMRI Robin Richardson's Knife Throwing with Self-Hypnosis; AMRI Huizache; AMRI No Tokens; AMRI Joyland; AMRI, 2014 Five Quarterly; AMRI Blas Falconer; Letras Latinas Blog, a weblog for Program of the Institute for Latino Studies “Temperance.” The Virtues, Presented by The Thanks-giving Foundation. Ed. Mag Gabbert, Dallas Poet Laureate: Web “My Mother Who Works in the School Cafeteria.” Praisesong for the People: Poems ‘from the Heart and Soul of Texas. Ed, Amanda Johnston, Texas Poet Laureate: Web “The Roofers.” No Tender Fences: An Anthology of Immigrant & First-Generation American Poetry. Eds. Carla Sofia Ferreira, Kim Sousa, & Marina Carreira (Gumroad): Web Significance Imposed, Jason Lee & Sebastian Paramo (MakeShift PhotoRama): Print “Indigo Lake.” Indigo Lake (White Rock Zine Machine): Print “Curandera.” Brains of Paradise, KUZU LP 92.9 FM: Audio “At Seventeen, The Suburbs.” Brains of Paradise, KUZU LP 92.9 FM: Audio Paramo, 6/19AWARDS /HONO R$? 2024 2023 2023 2023 2022, 2022 2022 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2020 2020 2020 2019 2019 2019 2018 2018 2018 2017 2016 2015 2015 2014 ‘Texas Institute of Letters finalist for the John A. Robertson Award for Best First Book of Poetry for Portrait of Us Burning Nominee, Pushcart Prize, “Ihe Lost Portrait” by The Arkansas International Staff Scholarship in Poetry for Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference ‘The Roy F. Melugin, Jr. Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Humanities from Austin College Nominee, Pushcart Prize, “Mars in Aries” by Split Lip Review Nominee, Best of the Net anthology, “The Great Bear” by The Cincinnati Review Staff Scholarship in Poetry for Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Finalist, XJ Kennedy Book Prize from Texas Review Press for Portrait of Us Burning Finalist, Barrow Street Press Book Prize for Portrait of Us Burning Nominee, Pushcart Prize, “Cajeta’ by The Cortland Review Semifinalist, The Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes from U. of Wisconsin Press in Poetry for Portrait of Us Burning Rath Awad’s Poetry Pick for Southern Indiana Review for Fall 2021 issue Finalist, Raz-Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize for Portrait of Us Burning Nominee, Best New Poets anthology by New England Review Nominee, Best New Poets anthology by Crazyhorse Finalist, Best ofthe Net anthology for “Portrait of a Boy Returning to Dirt” published in Kenyon Review Online Semifinalist, University of Akron Poetry Prize for Where We Split Finalist, Hudson Prize - Black Lawrence Press for Where We Split Semifinalist, Saturnalia Books Prize for Where We Split Staff Scholarship in Poetry for Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Nominee, Pushcart Prize, “Portrait of Boy Refusing His Father's Music,” Hobart ‘the Elizabeth Lomax Memorial Presidential Scholarship Work-Study Scholarship in Poetry for Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Aug. MEA/PhD Scholarship for Sewanee Writers’ Conference Mary Patchell Scholarship, University of North Texas Mary Patchell Scholarship, University of North Texas Mary Patchell Scholarship, University of North Texas Named “Best Poetry Night” for Pegasus Reading Series by The Dallas Observer Nominee, Pushcart Prize, “The Ownership of the Night,” Pilgrimage Magazine Nominated, Pushcart Prize, “The Stranger on Burnside Ave,” Storyscape FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES: Paramo, 7/19Fellowships 2024 2024 2020 Residencies 2014 CantoMundo Fellowship workshop at Arizona State University - Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing Dobie Paisano Fellowship at ‘the University of Texas at Austin CantoMundo Fellowship at the University of Arizona's Poetry Center ‘Writer Residency at Vermont Studio Center, March CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS /INVITED TALK Moderator/Panel Acceptances 2022 2022 2022 2021 2021 2020 2019 2016 2016 Panelist 2025 2024 “The Musicality of Language: Using the Lyrical to Create Propulsive Storytelling.” Hay Festival Forum. Dallas, TX. Sept. 3. “Deep Vellum Presents: First and Second Generation Immigrant Writers.” AWP. Philadelphia, PA. Mar. 26. “Poets Do Dallas.” Dallas Literary Festival. Southern Methodist University. Dallas, TX. Mar. 19. “LitNight: Dallas Debut Authors.” Dallas Literary Festival. Virtual. Mar. 28. “Turbulent Choices: Publishing in 2021.” Dallas Literary Festival. Virtual. Mar. 28. “The Poetics of Anzaldiia in Contemporary Poetry.” Association of Writers & Programs Conference. San Antonio, TX. Mar. 5. “Outside the Classroom: Activities for Non-Traditional CW Workshops.” Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers Conference. Houston, TX. Sept. 26. “Expectations and Assessment: Making the Grade in Creative Writing Workshop.” Creative Writing Studies Conference. Warren Wilson College. Sept. 24. “Writing and Performing in Unconventional Spaces.” Gemini Ink Writers’ Conference. San Antonio, TX. Jul. 22 “Poet Leaders: A Letras Latinas Reading & Discussion.” Association of Writers & Programs Conference. Los Angeles, CA. “Our Souths: Curating Spaces Against BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ Erasure.” Association Paramo, 8/192023 2022 2022. 2020 2016 2016 Guest Talks 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2022. 2022. 2021 2019 2018 2016 of Writers & Programs Conference. Kansas City, MO, Feb. 9. “Is there a Doctor In the Room: How to Apply, Survive and ‘Thrive in a PhD Program.” Association of Writers & Programs Conference. Seattle, WA. Mar. 10. “Getting Crafty: Exercises to engage students from beginner to beyond.” Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers. Ft. Worth, TX. Sept. 16. “Literary Magazines 101 Panel” George Mason University English Department. Virtual. April 14 “Print vs. Online Journals: Editors Navigate a Changing Literary Landscape.” AWP. San Antonio, TX. Mar. 7. “Collecting: Theory & Practice.” Critical Voices Conference. Denton, TX. Apr. 9. “The Senses and Sensibility: Activities for the Creative Writing Classroom.” AWP. Los Angeles, CA. April “Reading and Q&A.” for Trinity Valley High School in Fort Worth, TX. Apr. 5. “Reading and Q & A.” for Prof. Greg Brownderville’s Poetry Workshop, Southern Methodist University. Mar. 4 “Publishing Q & A.” for Prof. Ilana Bean’s CNW 2992: Publishing I1: Adv Literary Publication, U. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Mar. 6. “Memory and Imagination: Visual Poetics of Borderland Poetry.” Center for Southwestern and Mexican Studies at Austin College, Sherman, TX. Feb. 28, “Reading and Q&A.” for Prof, Tarfia Faizullah's CRWT 3351: Poetry Workshop, UT-Dallas, Richardson, TX. Feb. 13. “On Publishing’ for Prof. Lauren Brazeal Garza's CRWT 2301: Introduction to Creative Writing, UT-Dallas, Richardson, 1: “Publishing Q & A.” for Prof. Amanda Scott's Graduate ENG 5312: Editing for Professional Publication, Texas State University, San Marcus, TX. Apr. 28. “Generating New Work.” Sarah Levine's AP English, Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA. Feb. 21 “Publishing in Literary Magazines and Presses.” Dr. Sarah A. Chavez's Literary Editing and Publishing class, University of Washington, Tacoma. Feb. 12. “Day of the Dead Poetry.” Prof. Greg Brownderville’s Poetry Workshop, Southern Methodist University. Nov. 2. “Publishing & Revising Your Work." Jake Arnold's reception for the Anthology . Aug. 1. Paramo, 9/19Project, Prosper High School. May 19. INVITED PUBLIC READINGS /PRESENTATIONS£. $$$ Exhibitions 2023 2019 2019 2017 “Moods and Moments: Poetry Readings with Mag Gabbert and Tarfia Faizullah” part of the Second Saturdays Series with the special exhibition Bonnard's Worlds at Kimbell Art Museum; Ft. Worth, TX, Dec. “Collective Connections.” Spiderweb Salon Showcase at Dallas Museum of Art; Dallas, TX, Sept. - Dec. “Curandero" and “When My Mother Becomes a Ghost.” Art & Words Collaborative Showcase, Art on the Boulevard; Fort Worth, TX, Sept. “MakeShift PhotoRama: Significance Imposed - A Collision of Words and Images;” Kettle Art Gallery; Dallas, TX, May. Featured Readings 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 Reading with Katie Prince at Deep Vellum Books. Dallas, TX. Nov. 29. Reading with Benjamin Garcia, Jake Skeets, and Sail Hernandez at Deep Vellum Books. Dallas, TX. Oct. 19 Reading with Benjamin Garcia, Jake Skeets, and Joaquin Zihuatanejo. at The Wild Detectives. Dallas, TX. Oct. 17 Friday Poetry with Rohan Chhetri, Melissa Cundieff, Tarfia Faizullah, Hannah Smith at Whose Books, Dallas, TX. Feb. 23 Reading at Alienated Majesty w/ El Williams, Lisa Olstein, and Catherine Niu, Austin, TX, Feb. 18. Set Fire to the Plains: An Evening with TriQuarterly and Curbstone, Bristol Seafood + Steak + Social, Kansas City, MO. Feb 9. Poison Pen Reading Series at Poison Girl Bar, Houston, TX, Jan. 25. A Night of Poesia with Juania Suenos, Saal Hernandez, and Cloud Cardona at Poetic Republic Coffee, San Antonio, Dec. 1. Sebastién Péramo and Sebastian Merrill Book Launch at Brooklyn Poets, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 18. ‘Texas Book Festival. Austin, TX, Nov. 11. Roses and Thorns: An Evening with Curbstone Books and The Rumpus with Omar El Akkad, Jennifer Fliss, Elisa Gonzalez, Perry Janes, and Jane Paramo, 10/192023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022. 2022 2022 2022, 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 ‘Wong at Rose City Book Pub. Portland, OR, Nov. 2. Poetry & Poetics Colloquium at Northwestern University. Evanston, IL, Oct. 24, Portrait of Us Burning Book Launch with Dorothy Chan, James Davis, Mag Gabbert, and Jacob Shores-Argiiello at The Wild Detectives. Dallas, TX, Oct. 20. Portrait of Us Burning Book Launch with Stevie Edwards at Deep Vellum Books. Dallas, TX, Oct. 15. Staff Scholar Reading, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Aug. Virtual Reading, opening Reader for Open Mouth Presents: Mag Gabbert. Feb. 12. Poetry Panel. Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers. Ft. Worth, TX. Sept. 1 Staff Scholar Reading, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Aug. Six Foot Love Series presents Retrograde Survivor's Club at The Wild Detectives; Dallas, TX, Aug. 4. Poetry Session at Elmer S. Kelton Writers’ Conference; San Angelo, TX, Mar. 3. Spiderdead Show at Rubber Gloves; Denton, TX, Oct 31. Feature for Open Mike Night at UNT-Dallas; Dallas, TX, Oct. 27. Virtual Reading, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review Issue 53 Launch, Oct. 24. Virtual Reading, Hispanic Heritage Month Poetry, Tarrant County College NE; Oct. 5 Spiderweb Salon Showcase at Rubber Gloves; Denton, TX, Aug. 24. LitNNight: D Magazine Summer Fiction; Zoom, Jl. 13. Virtual Reading, Trinity Valley School; Fort Worth, TX, Apr. 8 Virtual Reading, Williston Northampton School; Easthampton, MA, Feb. 21. Poetry Showcase, UNT-Dallas; Dallas, TX, Oct. 22. Latin-X Showcase, Mountain View College; Dallas, TX, Oct. 14. Administrative Staff Scholar Reading, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Aug. Wavelength Magazine at Deep Ellum Arts Festival; Dallas, TX, Apr. 6. Electronic Experiment IV at Dan's Silver Leaf; Denton, TX, Mar. 15. Culture Jack Vol. 3 at Ruins; Dallas, TX, Nov. 24 Inner Moonlight Poetry Reading Series at ‘The Wild Detectives; Dallas, TX, Sept. Work-Study Scholar Reading, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Aug. Lit Night, Sandaga 813; Dallas, TX, July. Electronic Experiment III; Denton, TX, Mar. Spiderweb Salon Loves You II; Denton, TX Feb. Spiderweb Salons 5 Year Celebration; Denton, TX, Jul. ‘The Wild Detectives’ 3 Year Anniversary Party; Dallas, TX, Mar, Spiderweb Salon Loves You at The Wild Detectives; Dallas, TX, Feb. Spiderweb Salon Masquerade at Dar's Silver Leaf; Dallas, TX, Oct. White Rock Zine Machine: Color Zines at Deep Vellum Books; Dallas, TX, Oct. Paramo, 11/192016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2014 2013 2013 2012, 20n 2011 Spoopy Show at The Bearded Monk; Denton, TX, Sept. Pink Drum for Deep Ellum Lit Hop at Kettle Art Gallery; Dallas, TX, Jul. Dark Moon Poetry & Arts at Private Residence; Arlington, TX, Jan. Spiderweb Salon Winter Formal at Dan's Silver Leaf; Denton, TX, Jan. J. Scott Brownlee’s Book Launch at ‘the Wild Detectives; Dallas, TX, Jan. Huizache Celebrates 5 Years at Mexican Cultural Center; Austin, TX, Oct, Spiderweb Salon: Colin Winnette & Sarah Gerard at Paschal! Bar; Denton, TX, Oct. Featured Reader for MadSwirl at Absinthe Lounge; Dallas, TX, Sept. Poetry Reading at Fairmount Community Library; Fort Worth, TX, May Pandora's Box Poetry Showcase at Margo Jones Theater; Dallas, TX, Feb. Dallas Literary One Night Stand at The People's Last Stand; Dallas, TX, Mar. Renegade Reading Series at Launchpad; Brooklyn, NY, Aug. Cornelia St. Cafe Graduate Reading Series; Greenwich Village, NY, Feb. Dang It, I'm Thirsty Reading Series at D.B.A.; Brooklyn, NY, Aug. Dang It, I'm Thirsty Reading Series at D.B.A.; Brooklyn, NY, Aug. EARSHOT Reading Series at Rose Live Music; Brooklyn, NY, Feb. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/ACTIVITIES- Editorial 2o11- present The Boiler Journal - Founding Editor 2020-2024 Deep Vellum Poetry Editor 2019-2020 American Literary Review — Inaugural Rossetti Broadside Contest Editor 2018-2019 American Literary Review - Managing Editor 2017-2018 American Literary Review — Production Editor 2016-2017 American Literary Review - Poetry Contest Coordinator 2015-2016 American Literary Review ~Poetry Reader 2018-2019 Spiderweb Salon Features — Assistant Editor 2014-2015 American Microreviews & Interviews — Interviewer & Reviewer 2012-2013 The Agency Group ~ Intern for Literary Department 2010-2012 LUMINA~Senior Poetry Reader/Copy-Editor Administrative 2010-2012 _ Assistant Administrator, Office of the Registrar, Sarah Lawrence College 2010-2011 Assistant Administrator, Office of Graduate Studies, Sarah Lawrence College Paramo, 12/19ACADEMIC SERVICE ‘Service to the Department At Southern Methodist University Master's Thesis committee member for Caitlin Drott At Austin College Honors Thesis Director for Larry Ramirez Honors Thesis committee member for Mariagisse Morales At the University of North Texas Peer Mentor for first-year PhD creative writing students (2016 - 2019) At Sarah Lawrence College Peer Mentor for first-year MFA students (Fall 2011) Managing Director of the 2012 Poetry Festival at Sarah Lawrence College (201-2012) Introduction, Monica de la Torre reading, April 2012 Introduction, Kevin Pilkington reading, April 2012 Travel Coordinator, 2011 Poetry Festival at Sarah Lawrence College (2010-2011) ‘Service to College/University Vice-President, Graduate Student Senate, Sarah Lawrence College (2011-2012) Chair, Orientation Committee for Graduate Students, Sarah Lawrence College (2011) COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT: Community Panels and Community Workshops Hispanic Heritage Month Poetry Panel — Tarrant County College NE; Oct. 5. 2021: Virtual LitTalk: Poetry Panel— Interabang Books, Dallas, TX; Sept. 1, 2021: Virtual ‘Writer's Workshop — Fort Worth Public Library, Fort Worth, TX; Feb. 10, 2021 ‘Workshop Leader —- Spiderweb Salon Happy Hour Workshop “On Revision’ at Dan's, Silver Leaf, Denton, TX; Feb. 10, 2019 Panelist —“Should You Pursue An MFA?" at Deep Vellum Books, Dallas, TX, Oct. 11, 2018 ‘Workshop Leader — Spiderweb Salon Happy Hour Workshop “On Finding Poetry” at Paramo, 13/19Danis Silver Leaf, Denton, TX; April 28, 2018 Panelist —“Should You Pursue an MEA?” at Deep Vellum Books, Dallas, TX; July 23, 2017 Workshop Leader — Grapevine Public Library, Grapevine, TX; April 6, 2015 Poetry Workshop for National Poetry Month Writing Instructor — Community Outreach Program at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, 2010-2012 Other Teaching Mentor —‘The 2024 Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program, online, (2024). Mentor — ‘The 2023 Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program, online, (2023). Mentor —‘The 2021 Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program, online, (2023). Mentor — ‘The 2019 Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program, online, (2019). ‘Writing Consultant — Booker T. Washington High School, Dallas, TX (2014-2015). Instructor — Directions For Our Youth, Bronx, NY (2012-2013). Language Instructor — Language Studies International, New York, NY (2012-2013) Faculty — Sarah Lawrence College Writer's Workshop for High School Students in Bronxville, NY (2010-2012) Contest Judge Poetry contest judge for undergraduate students of creative writing for Jiménez-Porter Writers’ Literary Prize at the University of Maryland, College Park. Poetry contest judge for undergraduate and graduate students of English at Baylor University, 2019 Public Readings Hosted 2023 Go-host for Deep Vellum and The University of Chicago's Phoenix Poetry Series, AWP Off-site Event, Seattle, WA. (Mar. 10). Go-organizer with Srikanth Reddy. Readings from Annelyse Gelman, Dong Li, Lindsay Turner, Sophia Terazawa, KB Brookins, Taisia Kitaiskaia. 2020-2021 Founder and Co-Host, Bandwidth Reading Series, virtual event Founded during the COVID-19 pandemic, this series is designed to highlight books published in 2020 and beyond. Writers featured include Jenny Bhatt, Sara Lupita Olivares, Eric Tran, James Davis, Tatiana Ryckman, Clancy McGilligan, Paula Paramo, 14/192014-2020 2018-2020 2016-2017 2020 2020 2017-2019 Mendoza, Ursula Villlareal-Moura, Joy Priest, K-Ming Chang, and more, Founder and Co-Host, Pegasus Reading Series, Dallas, TX Founded in 2014 with local poet Robert Torres, this series is curated to bring nationally recognized writers alongside Dallas/Fort Worth Writers. Over 120+ writers and artists have been featured Named ‘Best Poetry Night’ by Dallas Observer in 2015 Founder and Host, The Burning Plain Reading Series, Denton, TX Founded in 2018, this series is curated to feature graduate students from the creative writing department alongside nationally recognized writers and the Denton community. Co-Founder, Deep Ellum Lit Hop, Dallas, TX. Alongside my co-organizer, Courtney Marie, we brought together over fifteen literary organizations and reading series to curate a literary pub crawl featuring over 60 writers. Host, An Evening of Poetry with Jenny Molberg and Kathryn Nuernberger, Jehanne Dubrow, and Nomi Stone at Golden Boy Coffee, Denton, TX.* ‘An evening of poetry celebrating the launch of Jenny Molberg and Kathryn Nuernberger's latest collections with additional readings by Jehanne Dubrow and Nomi Stone. Co-host, SAQueerAF an AWP Off-site event with THE BOILER, Southeast Review, and The Journal San Antonio, TX.* Co-organizer with featured readings by Megan Giddings, CJ Hauser, Dorothy Chan, Elisa Gonzalez, Luther Hughes, Natalie Filbert, Julie Marie Wade, and more. Host, American Literary Review's Graduate Student Reading Series, Denton, TX This series features graduate student staff members working on ALR and is hosted and organized by both the Production and Managing Editors of ALR. Paramo, 15/192019 2019 2017 2017 2016 2016 Co-Host, Southeast Review, Redivider, New Delta Review, The Boiler, AWP Off-site Event, Portland, OR. (Mar. 28). Emcee and co-organizer with featured readings by Nabila Lovelace, Taneum Bambrick, Hai-Dang Phan, Ginger Ko, Kelly Grace Thomas, Jenny Molberg, Angel Garcia, Diannely Antigua, Paul Tran, Dana Diehl, Iréne Mathieu, Angie Sijun Lou, and Ginger Ko. Host, Courtney Craggett’s Book Launch with Blake Kimzey and Kimberly Garza, Deep Vellum Books, Dallas, TX (Mar. 8). ‘An event celebrating the launch of Courtney Craggett’s book ‘Tornado Season (Black Lawrence Press.) Additional readings by Blake Kimzey and Kimberly Garza. Host, An Evening w/Cyrus Cassells & Bruce Bond, Deep Vellum Books, Dallas, TX (May 5) An event celebrating the launch of Bruce Bond's book Gold Bee (SIU Press) and Sacrum (Four Way Books) with Cyrus Cassells reading and followed by a conversation between the authors. Co-Host, The Inner Loop: AWP Edition, AWP Off-site Event, Washington, DC. (Feb. 9). Emcee and co-organizer with Sakura Review, District Lit, Barrelhouse, ‘The Boiler featuring readings by Jen Maidenberg, Laurie Stone, E. Kristin Anderson, Eloisa Amezcua, Anuradha Bhowmik, Joanna G. Valente, Kamden Ishmael Hilliard, Safia Elhillo, Robert Yune Host and Organizer, Vanessa Jimenez Gabb’s Book Launch Party, Malvern Books, Austin, TX (Dec. 22). An event celebrating the launch of Gabb’s book Images of Radical Politics (Rescue Press). Additional readings from Emily Bludworth de Barrios, Kimberly Lambright, and Ryan Bender Murphy. Co-organizer, POETRY MARCH, Deep Vellum Books, Dallas, TX (Dec. 16). ‘An event co-organized by Spider Web Salon to unite and discuss to give the community a place to stand up and speak out against hate, intolerance, and fear. Readers read poems spanning several Paramo, 16/19decades by others that addre: protest, resistance, and activism. arity, injustice, survival, 2016 Host and Organizer, J. Scott Brownlee Book Launch Party, The Wild Detectives, Dallas, TX (Jan. 4). An event celebrating the launch of Brownlee’s book Requiem for Used Ignition Cap (Orison Books). Additional readings from Matt Morton, Paula Jane Mendoza, and Sebastian H. Paramo, 2015 Co-Host, Spooky Boiler in Jeopardy, AWP Off-Site Event, Minneapolis, MN (Apr. 9). Emcee and co-organizer with featured readings by Sarah A. Chavez, Cecily Iddings, Nicole Steinberg, Michelle Y. Burke, Caylin Capra-Thomas, Jenny Molberg, Caitlin Woolley, Ian Denning, Elizabeth Vignali zon-2012 Host, Lincoln Avenue Reading Series, Yonkers, NY (2011-2012) Emcee and co-organizer with featured readings by current graduate students in the MFA at Sarah Lawrence followed by an open mike, Featured readers included Denne Michelle Norris, Joanna C. Valente, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Karissa Chen, and others. * canceled events due to COVID-19 BREDIA, CQVER AGE ine/Print 2024 “7 Coming-Of-Age Poetry Collections ‘That Use Form in an Innovative Way. Electric Literature. (Sept. 17, 2024). Web. 2024 “The First Book: Sebastian H. Paramo.” The Rumpus. (Jan. 8, 2024). Web. 2023 “Author Spotlight: Sebastién H. Péramo.” Letras Latinas Blog 2 from the Institute of Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame (Nov. 3). Web 2023 “Texas poet drops fiery debut.” The Dallas Morning News (Oct. 15). 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