ResumeEDUCATION 1973 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles (with distinction) PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 2006-present Professor Emerita, Florida State University 2003-2006 Associate Chair, English Dept., Florida State University 2000-2006 Francis G. Townsend Professor of English, Florida State University 1983-2000 Professor of English, Florida State University 1978-1983 Associate Professor of English, Florida State University 1975-1976 Director of Women’s Studies Program, Florida State University 1973-1978 Assistant Professor of English, Florida State University PUBLICATIONS BOOKS: 1. Assisted Living. Midway, FL: Spinsters Ink, 2007. A novel. 2. OutRageous. Midway, FL: Spinsters Ink, 2006. A novel. 3. Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady. Samuel Richardson. Abridged with an introduction by Sheila Ortiz-Taylor. NY: Signet Classics, 2005. 576 pp. 4. Coachella. Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1998. A novel. 187 pp. 2000 copies paper. Also available in eBook format (Netlibrary). 5. Imaginary Parents. Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1996. Creative non-fiction/ 6. Southbound. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1990. A novel. 226 pp. Available on CD through Alexander Street Press and on web at www.alexanderstreet.com under Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama and Fiction. Under contract for reprint by Spinsters Ink. 7. Slow Dancing at Miss Polly’s. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1989. Poetry. 96 pp. Available on CD through Alexander Street Press and on web at www.alexanderstreet.com under Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama and Fiction. 8. Spring Forward/ 9. Faultline. Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1982. A novel. 133 pp. Third American edition under contract with Spinsters Ink. Second American edition, Naiad, 1995. British edition, Women’s Press Ltd., 1982. German edition, Subrosa Frauenverlag, 1983. Second German edition, Orlanda Frauenverlag, 1996. Third German edition, Fischer Poschenbuch Verlag, 1999. Spanish edition, Horas y Horas, 1991. Available on CD through Alexander Street Press and on web at www.alexanderstreet.com under Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama and Fiction. INTERNATIONAL READINGS IN CREATIVE WRITING 1. Reading from Assisted Living. Tenth International Conference on Latino/ 2. Reading from OutRageous. Ninth International Conference on Latino/ 3. Reading from Coachella. Kommunikationszentrum für Frauen, Munich, March 5, 1999. 4. Reading from Coachella. Seventh International Conference on Latino/ 5. “House of Pictures” [Imaginary Parents]. Ninth Annual San Antonio Inter-American Bookfair and Literary Festival, Guadalupe Cultural Center and Universidad Nacional Autónomia de México, Oct. 15, 1995. 6. Reading from Imaginary Parents. Sixth International Conference on Latino/ 7. Reading from Faultline. Univ. of Augsburg (Germany), June 26, 1991. 8. Reading from Southbound. Univ. of Erlangen-Nürnberg, July 9, 1991. 9. Reading from Southbound. Third International Conference on Latino/ NATIONAL READINGS IN CREATIVE WRITING (SELECTED) 1. Reading from OutRageous. Latina Letters: A Conference on Literature and Identity. St. Mary’s College, San Antonio, July 12, 2002. 2. “The House of Pictures: Temporal Migrations.” Dartmouth College, Feb. 7, 2002. Reading, slide presentation, and Q&A on Imaginary Parents. 3. Reading from Coachella. Pagina Roja/ 4. Reading from Coachella. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Nov. 15, 1999. 5. Reading from Imaginary Parents. NOW convention, Memphis, July 4, 1997. 6. “Mythology as Story in Imaginary Parents.” Dept. of Mythology and Folklore, Harvard University, Dec. 9, 1996. 7. “House of Pictures” [Imaginary Parents]. Gay and Lesbian Center, Latino/ PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Modern Language Association. 1968 to present; lifetime membership. Associated Writing Programs. 1981-2006. Authors’ Guild, 2007 to present. Golden Crown Literary Society. Lambda Literary Foundation PROFESSIONAL LISTINGS (SELECTED): Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers, Dictionary of Literary Biography of Chicano Writers, Directory of American Scholars, Contemporary Authors, Florida Literary Authors, Dictionary of International Biography, Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the US, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, Who’s Who in American Education, Who’s Who in the World. WRITERS’ RESIDENCIES: • Hambidge Center for the Arts & Sciences, Georgia, April 2008; May 1999; June 2000; May 6-25, 2003; April 1-May 5, 2008. • Hedgebrook, Whidby Island, WA, June 21-Aug. 11, 1995; Nov. 2-10, 2003 • Anam Cara, Ireland, May 1-31, 2002. • Casa don Miguel, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico, May 1-31, 2001 • Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, CA, May 1-21, 1997. • Fundación Valparaíso, Mojácar Playa, Spain, June 29-July 26, 1996. PROFESSIONAL HONORS: • National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship, 2008 (prose). • Finalist, 19th Annual Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian Fiction (OutRageous). • Finalist, 2007 Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Awards (OutRageous) • State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, 2006-2007; 1998-99. • Alice B. Reader’s Appreciation Medal. Pioneer Award for a writer of lesbian fiction; based on the writer’s total body of work to date. March 2006. • Manuscripts/ • Money for Women/ • Fulbright Fellowship (senior), Univ. of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, 1991. |
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