Emma Trelles
| Emma Trelles | |
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| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Florida International University |
Emma Trelles is a Latina poet and writer.
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.[1][2]
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 Poety 2013.[3]
Her book Tropicalia,[4] was selected by Silvia Curbelo for the 2010 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize.[5] Tropicalia takes its title from the 1960s Brazilian arts movement of the same name.[6]
Works
- Tropicalia, University of Notre Dame Press, 2011, ISBN 9780268042363
- Little Spells, CreateSpace, 2008, ISBN 9781440433900
- Non-fiction
- Miami Longstreet, 2001, ISBN 9781563525193
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
References
- ↑ ""An Interview with Emma Trelles" by Steve Almond". The Nervous Breakdown. April 20, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Campbell McGrath," PoemHunter.com
- ↑ David Lehman (10 September 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.
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