Ruben Quesada - Columbia College Chicago

Ruben Quesada

Adjunct Professor of Instruction

rquesada@colum.edu

Biography

Adjunct Professor of Instruction in the Department of English and Creative Writing BOOKS Brutal Companion (Barrow Street Press, 2024), Winner of the Barrow Street Editors Prize  Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry (University of New Mexico Press, 2022), Winner of the 2023 Gold Medal IPPY Award JOURNALS Guest Editor, Poet Lore, Vol. 118, Summer/Fall (Writer's Center, 2023) Contributing Editor. TAB Journal, Summer/Fall (Chapman University, 2022) Guest Editor, Pleiades, Vol. 42, No. 1, Spring (University of Central Missouri, 2022) EDUCATION Ph.D. English (2012) MFA Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts (2007) BFA Creative Writing (2004)

Instructional Areas

American Literature Latinx Literature British Literature Creative Writing Writing and Publishing

Creative Practice and Research Interests

Poetry Literary Translation Creative Nonfiction Performance Art

Degrees

Ph.D., English Texas Tech University 2012