English Department
Erica Mena
Job Title
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Pronouns
They/ them / theirs
Areas of expertise
Poetry, Translation Studies, Book Arts
Teaching interests
Contemporary poetry, especially disability poetry, Puerto Rican poetry, and experimental poetry; literary translation, especially poetry and graphic literature from Spanish; book arts.
Publications
Poetry collection:
Featherbone. (Ricochet Editions, 2016)
poetry in literary Journals:
The Kenyon Review, Poets.org, Vanitas, the Dos Passos Review, Words without Borders, Two Lines, Asymptote, PEN America, Notre Dame Review, Palabras Errantes, The Iowa Review, Consequence.
graphic novel Translations:
Evita by H.G. Oesterheld & Alberto Breccia (Fantagraphics, 2023)
Life of Che by H.G. Oesterheld & Alberto Breccia (Fantagraphics, 2022)
The Eternaut by H.G. Oesterheld & Alberto Breccia (Fantagraphics, 2021)
Perramus by Alberto Breccia & Juan Sasturain (Fantagraphics, 2020)
Twists of Fate by Paco Roca (Fantagraphics, 2020)
Mikel by Mark Bellido & Judith Vanistendael (SelfMadeHero, 2019)
Mort Cinder by Héctor Germán Oesterheld & Alberto Breccia (Fantagraphics, 2019)
The Ladies-in-Waiting by Santiago García & Javier Olivares (Fantagraphics, 2017)
Wrinkles by Paco Roca (Fantagraphics, 2016); 2017 Eisner Award Nominee
Spanish Fever, an Anthology of New Spanish Graphic Literature. Ed. Santiago García (Fantagraphics, 2016)
Thirty Postcards Away by Sara Ventas (Amazon Crossing, 2012)
Return to the Sea, selected poems by Etnairis Rivera (Arrowsmith Press, 2007)
Edited Collections:
Puerto Rico en mi corazón, edited with Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, Ricardo Maldonado and Carina del Valle Schorske. (Anomalous Press, 2017)
Translated Anthologies:
América Invertida: an Anthology of Younger Uruguayan Poets (University of New Mexico Press, 2016)
Conscience, Consequence: Reflections on Father Daniel Berrigan, ed. Askold Melnyczuk (Arrowsmith Press, 2006)
Book Arts:
Constellating I. 2023. Unique installation work, recipient of grants by Taike Foundation for the Arts (Finland) and Circus Maximus (Finland). Exhibited May - September, 2023 in Fiskars, Finland.
Gringo Death Coloring Book with Roque Raquel Salas Rivera and Mariana Ramos Ortiz. 2021. Edition of 17, sold out. Held in collections including at The Whitney Museum, Brown University, Harvard University, and elsewhere.
Puerto Rico en mi corazón, edited with Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, Ricardo Maldonado and Carina del Valle Schorske. 2017. Edition of 100, sold out. Held in collections including at Brown University, Harvard University, and The Poetry Center at the University of Arizona.
Distinctions
Winner of 2016 Eisner Award
Winner of 2016 Hoffer Award in Poetry
Nominated for 2017 Eisner Award
Co-founder, Editor & Executive Director of Anomalous Press
Academic credentials
MFA Poetry, Brown University; MFA Literary Translation, University of Iowa; Book Arts Certificate, University of Iowa; M.Phil, Criticism and Culture, University of Cambridge, UK; BA English; Religion and Law, University of Massachusetts
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