Member, Texas Institute of Letters (Inducted 2019) (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)
Education
Ph D in English, University at Buffalo (2004)
Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits
Poetry Reading - Phoenix Poets Festival at the University of Chicago
(04/12/2023-04/14/2023).
Rosa Alcala.
Artistic Presentation/Exhibit - Commissioned translation of "The Mapocho Quipu" (poem) by Cecilia Vicuña for Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India
(12/12/2022-04/10/2023).
Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - International Writers Programs, Lines & Spaces Tour to Tbilisi, Georgia
(06/25/2022-07/05/2022).
U.S. State Department. Rosa Alcala.
Other - A chain letter between Julie Patton, Maya Abu Al-Hayat, Marcella Durand, Deborah Richards, and Rosa Alcalá
(01/01/2021-12/31/2021).
Commissioned Work.
Rosa Alcala.
Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s) - Poetic Encounters in the Americas: Remarkable Bridge
(01/01/2021-12/31/2021).
Rosa Alcala.
Poetry - Print Journal - 2 poems from fray
(01/01/2020-12/31/2020).
Houston, TX. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry - Print Journal - 2 poems from MyOTHER TONGUE, translated into Spanish
(01/01/2020-12/31/2020).
Madrid, Spain. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry - Print Journal - 3 poems from fray
(01/01/2020-12/31/2020).
Johnson, VT. Rosa Alcala.
Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s) - Book Review by Jose Angel Aragúz: Archiving Lateness: A Chronicle-Review of MyOTHER TONGUE by Rosa Alcalá
(01/01/2020-06/08/2020).
Rosa Alcala.
Nonfiction - Book - Contributor
(01/01/2020-12/31/2020).
Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - Global Roll Call Part 3
(01/01/2020-12/31/2020).
Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - Guest Editor
(01/01/2020-12/31/2020).
Rosa Alcala.
Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s) - Review by Andrea Abi-Karam of New & Selected Poems of Cecilia Vicuña, ed., trans. Rosa Alcalá
(01/01/2020-12/31/2020).
St. Mark's Poetry Project, New York, NY. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry - Print Journal - Review of Paula Cucurella's Demasiada luz para hacer poesia
(01/01/2020-12/31/2020).
Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - The Family Photograph: A Collaborative Approach (Prompts Against Anxiety Series)
(01/01/2020-12/31/2020).
Woodland Pattern Book Center. Milwaukee, WI. Rosa Alcala.
Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s) - Videotaped discussion of my book Undocumentaries
(01/01/2020-12/31/2020).
Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Featured Poet
(11/07/2019-11/07/2019).
Fairfax, VA. Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - Poet-in-Residence
(10/31/2019-11/07/2019).
Johnson, VT. Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - Class Visit via Skype/ Anna Maria Hong's Literary Translation Class
(10/09/2019-10/09/2019).
Bennington, VT. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Poetry Reading with Bojan Louis
(10/05/2019-10/05/2019).
Silver City, NM. Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - Writing Fellow
(07/01/2019-07/15/2019).
Sarasota Spring, NY. Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - Guest Artist
(06/25/2019-06/28/2019).
Ithaca, NY. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry - Print Journal - 1 poem from fray
(01/01/2019-12/31/2019).
Rosa Alcala.
Poetry - Print Journal - 5 poems from YOU
(01/01/2019-12/31/2019).
Rosa Alcala.
Poetry - Print Journal - 5 Poems from YOU
(01/01/2019-12/31/2019).
Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Featured Poet
(01/01/2019-09/19/2019).
Denver, CO. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Induction reading
(01/01/2019-04/27/2019).
McAllen, TX. Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - Judge, Ambroggio Prize, Academy of American Poets
(01/01/2019-12/31/2019).
Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - Judge, Medwick Prize, Poetry Society of America
(01/01/2019-12/31/2019).
Rosa Alcala.
Poetry - Anthology - Poem selected: "You & the Raw Bullets"
(01/01/2019-12/31/2019).
Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Poetry Reading with Laynie Brown
(01/01/2019-04/13/2019).
New York, NY. Rosa Alcala.
Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s) - Review by Christopher Soto of New & Selected Poems of Cecilia Vicuña, ed., trans. Rosa Alcalá
(01/01/2019-12/31/2019).
Rosa Alcala.
Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s) - Review by Juliet Lynd of New & Selected Poems of Cecilia Vicuña, ed., trans. Rosa Alcalá
(01/01/2019-12/31/2019).
Rosa Alcala.
Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s) - Review by Luke Roberts of New & Selected Poems of Cecilia Vicuña, ed., trans. Rosa Alcalá
(01/01/2019-12/31/2019).
Rosa Alcala.
Other - The Winter Garden by Reina Maria Rodriguez, translated by Kristin Dykstra
(01/01/2019-12/31/2019).
Interview of author included in book of translated poetry.
Rosa Alcala.
Other - Work included in curriculum for NEH-funded Prism Paterson Studies at Felician College in NJ
(01/01/2019-12/31/2019).
Featured Author.
Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - The Soul Conveys Itself in Shadow: A Book Celebration
(05/27/2023).
Stenen Press. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Poetry Reading & Discussion with Daniel Bortzutzky and Cecilia Vicuña
(01/27/2023).
Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art and The Poetry Center at the U of AZ. Tucson, AZ. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Chicago Review's 75th Anniversary Celebration
(10/27/2022).
Chicago Review. Chicago, IL. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Writing in Motherhood/ Escritura y Maternidades
(05/10/2022).
Words on a Wire. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Paterson Poetry Festival
(04/23/2022).
Paterson, NJ. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Folklore Revisited
(04/14/2022).
MFA Mapmakers Alumni Institute/ Pacific University Oregon. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Poetry Festival: Something New (Jersey)
(04/03/2022).
Hoboken Historical Museum. Hoboken, NJ. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Adroit Journal Issue 40 Reading
(01/25/2022).
New York, NY. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry - Print Journal - 4 poems from YOU
(12/31/2021).
Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - Bodies, Presence, Performance
(12/31/2021).
Tucson, AZ. Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - Guest Editor/ September
(12/31/2021).
Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry - Anthology - Poem: Pyramid Scheme
(12/31/2021).
Best American Poetry 2021, Guest Editor Tracy K. Smith. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry - Print Journal - Poem: You & Amaranta
(12/31/2021).
New York. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Featured Poet
(11/06/2021).
Rosario, Argentina. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Featured Poet/ Gulf Coast Reading Series
(10/15/2021).
Gulf Coast Reading Series. Houston, TX. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Featured Poet/ La Sociedad Para Las Artes Literary Reading
(09/24/2021).
Las Cruces, NM. Rosa Alcala.
Other - Interview with radio host for Speak Up Las Cruces
(09/22/2021).
Interview.
Las Cruces, NM. Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - Class visit to Roberto Tejada's Graduate Seminar
(09/13/2021).
Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - We Propose a New Law
(09/02/2021).
Planned Parenthood. El Paso, TX. Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - 2021 Pittsburgh International Lit Fest
(05/15/2021).
City of Asylum. Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - Liquid Stars: Translation, Digression, Transformation (with Cecilia Vicuña)
(03/25/2021).
Pittsburgh Writers Series/ CAPP. Pittsburgh, PA. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Video: reading poems from YOU
(01/31/2021).
Milwaukee, WI. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - St. Mark's Poetry Project Annual Marathon 2021
(01/01/2021).
New York, NY. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Guest Poet & Curator
(12/16/2020).
Rosa Alcala.
Invitation as Guest Artist - Class Visit
(11/13/2020).
Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Featured Poet
(11/10/2020).
Rosa Alcala.
Poetry - Online Journal - You Rode a Loop (poem)
(05/07/2020).
Academy of American Poets. online. Rosa Alcala.
Poetry Reading - Hannelore Quander-Ratee Works in Translation Reading
(01/30/2020).
Rosa Alcala.
Publications
5 Poems from YOU The Texas Review 42 & 43 All Poetry Double Issue 2022-2023 (2023),
Rosa Alcala.
"Clypsedra," translation of poem by Cecilia Vicuña HarperCollins (2023),
Rosa Alcala.
"For Real" (a poem) Washington Square Review 49 Summer 2023 (2023),
Rosa Alcala.
"You to the Future" Aster(ix) 10th Anniversary Issue Part I: Poetry & Nonfiction June 2023 (2023),
Rosa Alcala.
Translations: Cecilia Vicuña and Rosa Alcalá Stenen Press (2023),
Rosa Alcala.
Propriety (poem) What Things Cost: An Anthology for the People/University Press of Kentucky (2023),
Rosa Alcala.
Rosa Alcala: The Ambiguity of Culture by Dalia Hajir Borderlands 39 (2023),
Rosa Alcala.
How It Started, How It's Going Harper's Magazine December 2022 (2022),
Rosa Alcala.
Two Poems: "Assimilation" and "When/And" Critical Quarterly 64 Issue 3/ Summer 2022 (2022),
Rosa Alcala.
Cecilia Vicuña's Desire Lines by Carina del Valle Schorske New York Times Magazine (2022),
Rosa Alcala.
Translation of "Terciopelo" section in Juan Felipe Herrera's poetry book, Akrilica Noemi Press (2022),
Rosa Alcala.
Counterforms: Roberto Tejada Interviewed by Rosa Alcalá Bomb Magazine Online (2022),
Rosa Alcala.
Offering Chicago Review (75th Anniversary Issue) 65 2, 3, & 4 (2022),
Rosa Alcala.
Three Poems: Visit, Ode to Cheap Taste, The Matrilineal Line The Rumpus March 17, 2022 (2022),
Rosa Alcala.
Poem: Last Rites Poetry Vol. 219 March 2022/ 6 (2022),
Rosa Alcala.
Doña Eva TriQuarterly 161 (2022),
Alaide Ventura.
Poem: Would You? Adroit Journal 40 (2022),
Rosa Alcala.
Toward a Telling: Notes in Memory of Dennis Tedlock Lake Forest Press/ Northwestern UP (2020),
Rosa Alcala.
Presentations
What does a Consulting Editor do? (2023), Volume Zoom,
Rosa Alcala.
Creative Writing: Past, Present, and Future (2023), Volume UTEP,
Rosa Alcala.
Bilingualism & U.S. Poetry (2023), Volume Virtual,
Rosa Alcala.
Disrupting the Lexicon: Making Meaning with Polyglot Texts (2022), Volume Philadelphia, PA/virtual,
Rosa Alcala.
Sweetly Deranged: Translating Cecilia Vicuña’s Adivinanzas (2021), Volume Chicago, IL,
Rosa Alcala.
Grants
Foundation of Contemporary Arts Grant to Artists Award
