Publications
CREATIVE WRITING PUBLICATIONS
Al norte. León, Nicaragua. Editorial Universitaria UNAN-León, June 2012
“Al lector,” “To the North.” My translation. The Wandering Song, Central American Writing in the United States (Anthology by Tia Chucha Press, 2017) 32-36
CREATIVE PUBLICATIONS IN PERIODICALS
“General Index,” “Alexis vs Pryor,” “The Weight of Love,” “The Case of my Books.” Translation by Javier O. Huerta. Jung Journal Culture & Psyche, (2018)
“Upon Returning.” Translation by Javier O. Huerta. The Best American Poetry (2017) “Act.” Translation by Javier O. Huerta. Poetry Magazine (July/Aug 2016) 321
“Exit NY,” “Leon Salvatierra Was Born The Day They Killed Somoza.” Translations by Javier O. Huerta. Notre Dame Review. University of Notre Dame, IN, 40 (Summer/Fall 2015) 40-42
“Sábanas,” “Acuarela,” “Mujer-pantalla.” Canto: A Bilingual Review of Latin American Civilization, Culture, and Literature. San Francisco State University, CA, 1 (Fall 2014) 91-93
“Alexis vs. Pryor.” El Hilo Azul, Revista literaria del Centro Nicaragüense de Escritores. Managua, Nicaragua, 4: 7(2013) 15-16
“Viendo tele,” “Bastones poseídos,” “Salto”, “Canto Uno,” “Insomnio O.” La Prensa- El diario de los nicaragüenses ( cultura) . Managua, Nicaragua, September 28, 2012
“La reconfiguración del bello rostro de Óscar.” El Mercado, León, Nicaragua, 2:4 (2012): 8 “El misterio de las piedras.” El Mercado, León, Nicaragua, 2:4 (2012): 12
Traducción al español del poema “Broder” de Javier O. Huerta. El Mercado, León, Nicaragua, 2:3 (2012): 14
“To the North/Al norte.” Vagabond (Multilingual Literary Journal), UC Berkeley, (2012): 12 “Regalo.” Des-honoris Causa, León, Nicaragua, 6:31 (2011): 15-17
“Al norte.” Des-honoris Causa, León, Nicaragua, 4:22 (2009): 12-14
“Insomnio (NaCl)”, “Insomnio (K).” Lucero: Graduate Student Journal of Iberian and Latin American
Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Berkeley, vol. 15 (2004): 18
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
“Estival: visión alegórica de la escritura canibalesca en Azul... de Rubén Darío.” CiberLetras, Journal of Literary Criticism and Culture, December 2013
OTHER LITERARY CRITICISM PUBLICATIONS
“Ensalmos y conjuros: recreación del sujeto poético de Ernesto Mejía Sánchez, mediante la ritualización de la palabra ‘hablada’ y el número en la magia”. Un trozo de azul tiene mayor intensidad: Actas del III Simposio Internacional de Poesía Nicaragüense del siglo XX (Homenaje a Alfonso Cortés). León, Nicaragua: Editorial UNAN-León, (2013).143-154
EDITORIAL AND BOOK REVIEW PUBLICATIONS
La Jauría ( 2012), Rafael Mitre. La Prensa. El diario de los Nicaragüenses (Cultura). (31 de julio de 2013): 8b
Fat boy (2010), Luís Topogenario: “La puerta de Fat boy”. El Mercado: Revista Literaria. 2:5(2012): 13,16 “Por qué reescribir.” El Mercado: Revista Literaria. 2:3 (2012): 1
“La obra Nicanor Parra, su vigencia en estos tiempos aciagos.” El Mercado: Revista Literaria. 1: (2011):1 “Mercado: estética y política.” El Mercado: Revista Literaria. 1:1 (2011):1-4
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Editor. Latino Stories, Online Platform: LatinoStories.com, 2020-Present.
Editor-in-chief and Co-Founder. El Mercado: Revista Literaria, León Nicaragua. 2011-16
Co-editor-in-chief. Lucero: Graduate Student Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Berkeley, Vol. 24 “Movimientos Migrantes Indocumentados de Centro América y México,” 2013
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“El Niño as the “Man of the House": Latinx Poets Who Immigrated as Boys,” (panelist), AWP Conference, San Antonio, TX, (March 2020)
“Tia Chucha Presents an Anthology of Central American Literature in the US,” (panelist), AWP Conference, Washington, DC, (February 2017)
“Writing Across Cultures: Immigrant Writers in Search of Home,” (panelist), AWP Conference, Washington, DC, (March 2017)
“Writing on Fault Lines: Central American Literary Diasporas,” (Co-organizer, panelist), AWP Conference, Los Angeles, (April 2016)
“La intrahistoria de Unamuno en el libro de poemas Episodios (2015) de Marcia Ondina Mantilla,” Presentaciones de literatura centroamericana contemporánea, Casa de la promotora cultural leonesa, León, Nicaragua, July 2015
“La estética del fraude en Azul... de Rubén Darío,” Ciclos de Conferencias, Sala de Madera Alianza Francesa, Nicaragua, Managua, June 2014
“Between Sculpture and Literature: Caupolican’s Duality Dis-articulating the Nation in Ruben Dario’s Modernismo,” C3 Summit 2014: Launching Transformation, C onnecticut College, March 2014
“Ciencia y Mito en ‘El Rubí’: fundación del arte moderno en Azul... d e Rubén Darío,” Cátedra Abierta Rubén Darío, Museo y Archivo Rubén Darío, UNAN-León, Nicaragua, June 2013
“La política de ‘El rubí’ en Azul... d e Rubén Darío: fundación mítica e histórica del Arte Moderno en América Latina,” Primer Coloquio Anual Iberoamericano de Literatura, Política y Arte de San Francisco State University. California, San Francisco, March 2013
“Movement, Memory, and Exile in Central American Immigrant Poetry,” National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference, Texas, San Antonio, March 2013
“Las tierras (des)conocidas: metáforas de ausencia en La Jauría d e Rafael Mitre,” XI Simposio Internacional Rubén Darío, Universidad Autónoma de Nicaragua UNAN-León, Nicaragua, León, January 2013
“Inversa conquista: la escritura canibalesca en la silva ‘Estival’ de Azul... de Rubén Darío,” XI Simposio Internacional Rubén Darío, Banco Central de León, Nicaragua, January 2013
“Caupolicán entre el bronce y la letra: proceso escritural en la construcción de un arquetipo emblemático de resistencia,” X Simposio Internacional Rubén Darío, Teatro Municipal José de la Cruz Mena, Nicaragua, León, January 2012
Salvatierra “El espacio productivo de la muerte en Ocaso en el Transito (2011) de Carlos Perezalonso,” Cátedra Abierta
Literatura Nicaragüense, Universidad Autónoma de Nicaragua UNAN-León, June 2011
“Ensalmos y conjuros (1947): Rito, número en la palabra ‘hablada’ de Ernesto Mejía Sánchez,” III Simposio de Poesía Nicaragüense en el siglo XX, Universidad Autónoma de Nicaragua UNAN-León, August 2009
SELECTED READINGS
The Wandering Song Reading Series, Zoom Reading, May 30, 2020
The Poetry Night Reading Series, Zoom Reading, supported by the John Natsoulas Gallery and by the people and poets of the Sacramento Valley, May 21, 2020
Fig & Axel Reading, Avid Reader, Davis CA, Nov 12, 2019
Indigenous People’s Day Counters Columbus Narrative, Library and Learning Resource Center, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, California, October 13, 2018
Spanish Culture and Heritage, Laney College, Oakland, California, November 18, 2014
Voz sin Tinta, Alley Cat Books, San Francisco California, May 8, 2014
Horizon: A Graduate Student Literary Salon, Ethnic Studies Library, UC Berkeley, California, December 3,2013
Poesía sin reflectores, Café La tertulia, León, Nicaragua, June 22, 2013
XI Simposio Internacional Rubén Darío, Recital en San Benito, January 18, 2013
Spanish Poetry Reading Series, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UC Berkeley, CA, November 16,2012
Lyrics and Dirges Reading Series, Pegasus Books, Berkeley, California, November 14, 2012 Poesía en tres voces, Department of Chicano/a Studies, UC Davis, California, November 13, 2012
Palabras al norte de la frontera, Casa Latina, Berkeley, California, January 20, 2012
An Evening of Poetry with Maria Negroni and UC Berkeley Poets, Townsend Center for the Humanities, UC Berkeley, CA, April 13, 2012
Cruzando Fronteras/Crossing Borders, 826 Valencia, San Francisco, California, November 19, 2011 Algunas aclaraciones (Workshop), Revista Literaria El Mercado León, Nicaragua, August, 1 2011
Poemas migrantes de Estados Unidos (Workshop), Colegio Piñate, Panamá, July 12, 2011
Poesía Nicaragüense en Costa Rica, Instituto tecnológico de costa Rica, July 9, 2011
V International Poetry Festival, Granada Nicaragua, February 14, 2009
Música y ritmo, Fundación Quino Caso, Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, February 10, 2009 Poesía y narrativa de América Central, Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, February 8, 2009
VIII Simposio Internacional Rubén Darío, Teatro Municipal de León, January 20, 2009
ACADEMIC GRANTS AND AWARDS
UC Berkeley Dissertation-Year Fellowship, 2013-14
Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 2010-2011
Graduate Opportunity Program Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 2008-2009, 2004-2006
Student Field Research Grant, Graduate Division, UC Berkeley, Summer research 2013, 2012
Student Travel Research Grant, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UC Berkeley, Summer 2013, 2011, 2006, 2005