José Angel Araguz, PhD

Education

• PhD, University of Cincinnati
• MFA, New York University
• BA, College of Santa Fe

Research Interests

• Latinx Poetics & Literature
• Poetic Forms (prose poems, sonnets, haiku, syllabics etc.)
• Blackout / Erasure Poetry
• Speculative Poetry & Fiction (scifi, horror, fantasy)
• Hybrid Genres
• Aphorisms & Fragmentary Forms
• Microcuentos
• Lyric Essay
• Literary Publishing
• Microreviews
• Creative Criticism & Reviews

Affiliations

• CantoMundo fellow
• Solstice low-residency MFA in Creative Writing Program, Poetry & Creative Non-Fiction Faculty
• Strategic Board member, The Cincinnati Review
• Advisory Editorial Board, SWING literary journal
• Right Hand Pointing (editor)
• Airlie Press (editor)

Selected Publications

Books

• Ruin and Want. Sundress Publications, Creative nonfiction, lyric memoir, 2023.
  
• La esperanza espera. Valparaíso Ediciones, Poetry in Spanish, 2023.
  
• Rotura. Black Lawrence Press, Poetry, 2022.
  
• An Empty Pot’s Darkness. Airlie Press, Poetry, 2019.
  
• Until We Are Level Again. Mongrel Empire Press, 2018.
• Small Fires. FutureCycle Press, 2017.
• Everything We Think We Hear. Floricanto Press, 2015.
• Naos Explains Everything Via Crumbs. Chapbook (online). Right Hand Pointing, 2017.
• The Divorce Suite. Chapbook. Red Bird Chapbooks, 2016.
• The Book of Flight. Chapbook (online). Essay Press, 2016.
• Reasons (not) to Dance. Chapbook. FutureCycle Press, 2015.
• Corpus Christi Octaves. Chapbook. Flutter Press, 2014.
• Naos: an introduction. Chapbook (online). Right Hand Pointing, 2014.
• The Wall. Chapbook. Tiger’s Eye Press, 2012.