Iliana Rocha is an American poet and writer from Texas. Her debut collection, Karankawa (2015), won an AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and a Society of Midland Authors Award.[1]
Iliana Rocha's work has been featured in Best American Poetry[2] online, as well as the Nation,[3] VQR,[4] Blackbird,[5] and Waxwing.[6]
Career edit
Rocha earned her MFA in poetry from Arizona State University, where she was poetry editor for Hayden’s Ferry Review. She taught composition and rhetoric at Arizona State and developmental writing at South Mountain Community College.[7] Rocha earned a PhD in English and creative writing at Western Michigan University.[8]
Rocha is currently assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Central Oklahoma.[9]
Publications edit
Karankawa, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015.[10]
References edit
- ^ "AWP: Award Series Winners". www.awpwriter.org. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body: Iliana Rocha - The Best American Poetry". blog.bestamericanpoetry.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "Iliana Rocha". The Nation. 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "Iliana Rocha | VQR Online". www.vqronline.org. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "Iliana Rocha | Blackbird v12n2 | #poetry". blackbird.vcu.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness | Iliana Rocha". waxwingmag.org. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "Iliana Rocha". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Iliana Rocha | Blackbird v12n2 | #poetry". blackbird.vcu.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "Iliana Rocha". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ ROCHA, ILIANA (2015). Karankawa. University of Pittsburgh Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt16f987f. ISBN 9780822963844. JSTOR j.ctt16f987f.