Emma Trelles | |
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| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Florida International University |
| Notable awards | Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize |
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Emma Trelles is a Latina poet, writer, professor, and current poet laureate of Santa Barbara, California.[1][2]
Life
Trelles earned an MFA from Florida International University in the 1990s, where she was mentored by the poet Campbell McGrath and fiction writer John Dufresne.[3][4] Trelles is a professor of composition and creative writing at Santa Barbara City College.
A contributor to the Best American Poetry blog, Trelles's poetry and prose have been anthologized in Ocho, Gulf Stream, Verse Daily, MiPOesias Magazine, The Rumpus and Tigertail: A South Florida Annual. Her journalism has been featured in the Miami Herald and the Sun-Sentinel. Her work appeared in Best American Poetry 2013.[5]
Trelles has been the recipient of fellowships from the CantoMundo and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. Her book Tropicalia,[6] was selected by Silvia Curbelo for the 2010 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize.[7] Tropicalia takes its title from the 1960s Brazilian arts movement of the same name.[8]
Works
- Tropicalia, University of Notre Dame Press, 2011, ISBN 9780268042363
- Little Spells, CreateSpace, 2008, ISBN 9781440433900
Non-fiction
- Miami, Longstreet, 2001, ISBN 9781563525193
References
- ↑ "Emma Trelles to Become City of Santa Barbara's Next Poet Laureate" Santa Barbara Independent April 05, 2021 https://www.independent.com/2021/04/05/emma-trelles-to-become-city-of-santa-barbaras-next-poet-laureate/
- ↑ "Poet Laureate - City of Santa Barbara".
- ↑ ""An Interview with Emma Trelles" by Steve Almond". The Nervous Breakdown. April 20, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Campbell McGrath," PoemHunter.com
- ↑ David Lehman (September 10, 2013). The Best American Poetry 2013. Simon and Schuster. pp. 162–. ISBN 978-1-4767-0814-0.
- ↑ University of Notre Dame Press > Books > Tropicalia
- ↑ Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize > 2010 Winner
- ↑ ""Tropicalia by Emma Trelles", review by Jeanetta Calhoun Mish". World Literature Today. September 2011.
External links
- Author website
- Trelles interviewed with Grace Cavalieri on the Library of Congress' Poet and the Poem program.
- Review of Tropicalia at Post No Ills Magazine
- Best American Poetry Blog