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Nelson Cardenas

Assistant Professor
Creative Writing

Office Building: Education Building
Office Room: 901
Phone: (915) 747-6316
Email: ncardenas2@utep.edu

Expertise: See Research Profile in Expertise Connector

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Benjamin Franklin Fellowship - University of Pennsylvania (09/01/2007)
Literary Award “Pinos Nuevos” on Essay - Editorial Letras Cubanas (01/01/2001-12/31/2001)
Literary Award “Versiones” on Poetry - Universidad de La Habana (01/01/1998-12/31/1998)
Literary Award “America Bobia” on Poetry - Editorial Vigia (01/01/1997-12/31/1997)

Education

Ph D in Hispanic Studies (ABD), University of Pennsylvania (2018)
MA in Hispanic Studies, University of Pennsylvania (2008)
BA in Hispanic Studies, University of Havana (2000)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Poetry Reading - La fuente, Oscura tierra ubérrima, El Guerrero, Vecinas baldeando la acera, Madre en el fogón (11/19/2023-11/25/2023). Décimo Quinto Encuentro Internacional de Poetas “Poesía en Paralelo Cero”. Virtual. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - Invited, but couldn't attend for personal reasons (10/10/2023-10/15/2023). Fundación Cultural Esteros & Cámara Uruguaya del Libro. Montevideo, Uruguay. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - Invited, but couldn't attend for lack of funds (08/30/2023-09/03/2023). V Festival Internacional de Poesía Joven Jauría de Palabras. Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Bolivia. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - "Cuba, nativos," "Vecinas baldeando la acera" y "Madre en el fogón." (11/03/2022-11/03/2022). Casa Cultural de las Americas. Houston, Texas. Nelson Cardenas.
Other - Origen de la memoria en las etnias (11/02/2022-11/02/2022). Panel during Poetry Festival. Casa Cultural de las Americas. Houston, Texas. Nelson Cardenas. Gabriel Chavez Casazola. Rolando Katan.
Poetry Reading - Invited but declined for lack of travel funds (09/08/2022-09/11/2022). Festival de Poesía Animal Sospechoso. Barcelona, España. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - "Al desierto llevaré" y "Prohibido El Paso" (08/28/2022-08/28/2022). Festival Internacional de Poesía en el Caribe, PoeMaRío 2022 y Biblioteca Piloto del Caribe. Barranquilla, Colombia. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - "Desde el estadio" y "Madre en el fogón" (08/26/2022-08/26/2022). Festival Internacional de Poesía en el Caribe, PoeMaRío 2022 y Biblioteca Piloto del Caribe. Puerto Colombia, Dept. Atlántico, Colombia. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - "Vecinas baldeando la acera," "Desde el estadio" y "Hambre" (08/25/2022-08/25/2022). Festival Internacional de Poesía en el Caribe, PoeMaRío 2022 y Biblioteca Piloto del Caribe. Barranquilla, Colombia. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - "El Guerrero" (08/24/2022-08/24/2022). Festival Internacional de Poesía en el Caribe, PoeMaRío 2022. Barranquilla, Colombia. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry - Online Journal - "Do estadio" y "O Gerreiro" (08/10/2022-08/10/2022). Revista Acrobata. Fortaleza, Brasil. Nelson Cardenas.
Nonfiction - Online Journal - Épica homorrevolucionaria en Reinaldo Arenas. (06/29/2022-06/29/2022). Fundación Esteros. Virtual. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - "Desde el estadio", "Soy un pueblo sin semáforos" y "Cuba, nativos" (06/11/2022-06/11/2022). IX Festival Internacional de Poesía Ciudad de los Anillos. Samaipata, Bolivia. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - "Cuba, nativos," "Prohibido El Paso" y "Esperando al súper hombre" (06/09/2022-06/09/2022). IX Festival de Poesía Ciudad de los Anillos. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - "qué envidia la fiereza", "Las horas" y "La guagua" (06/09/2022-06/09/2022). IX Festival Internacional de Poesía Ciudad de los Anillos. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry - Online Journal - "Cuba, nativos", "Al desierto llevaré" & "En las noches de otoño, a veces, la soledad teje cestas" (10/30/2021-10/30/2021). Nueva York Poetry Review. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - Cuba nativos, Draw, Madre frente al fogón (06/08/2022). Festival de Poesía Ciudad de los Anillos. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - El Guerrero (06/08/2022). Feria Internacional del Libro de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Nelson Cardenas.
Nonfiction - Online Journal - Falsa Guerra, de Carlos Manuél Álvarez. Derrotas reales. (02/01/2022). Revista de la Universidad de México. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry - Online Journal - El Guerrero (09/02/2021). Altazor, Revista Electrónica de Literatura. Santiago de Chile, Chile. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - "El Guerrero", "Cuba, nativos", "Vecinas baldeando la acera" & "The Razor's Edge" (08/10/2021). Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá & Festival Internacional de Literatura Las Líneas de su Mano. Bogotá, Colombia. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry - Print Journal - The Razor's Edge (05/19/2021). Museo Estatal V. I. Dal de Historia de Literatura Rusa. Moscow, Russia. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - The Razor's Edge (03/26/2021). UTEP. El Paso, TX, USA. Nelson Cardenas.
Poetry Reading - "Desde el estadio" (02/14/2021). Festival Internacional de Poesía de Granada, Nicaragua. Nicaragua. Nelson Cardenas.

Publications

En busca del macho y otras ficciones (2020), Nelson Cardenas.

Presentations

Conversación con Nelson Cárdenas (2021), Volume Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá & Festival Internacional de Literatura Las Líneas de su Mano, Bogotá, Colombia, Nelson Cardenas.
En busca del macho y otras ficciones (2020), Volume Philadelphia, Nelson Cardenas.
América Latina y su realidad cultural (2020), Nelson Cardenas.
Contagion & Writing: Tradition, Language and Cultures in Contact (2020), Nelson Cardenas.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Spring 2025	CRW 5390 - Independent Study	22331
Spring 2025	CRW 3362 - Intro to Creative Writing	22088
Spring 2025	CRW 5382 - Studies in Form	23870
Spring 2025	CRW 5398 - Thesis	20385
Spring 2025	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20376
Spring 2025	CRW 5399 - Thesis	23258
Spring 2025	CRW 3373 - Writing in Society	25544

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2025	CRW 3362 - Intro to Creative Writing	22088
Spring 2025	CRW 5382 - Studies in Form	23870
Spring 2025	CRW 3373 - Writing in Society	25544
Fall 2024	CRW 4302 - Screenwriting	15012
Fall 2024	CRW 5382 - Studies in Form	15212
Fall 2024	CRW 5399 - Thesis	15352
Spring 2024	CRW 5388 - Storytelling-Film & Literature	26798
Spring 2024	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20424
Spring 2024	CRW 5399 - Thesis	23707
Spring 2024	CRW 3373 - Writing in Society	26792	Syllabus
Fall 2023	CRW 5390 - Independent Study	17205
Fall 2023	CRW 4302 - Screenwriting	16193	Syllabus
Fall 2023	CRW 5382 - Studies in Form	12548
Fall 2023	CRW 5398 - Thesis	16652
Fall 2023	CRW 5399 - Thesis	17180
Fall 2022	CRW 3374 - Narrative Techniques	17041	Syllabus
Fall 2022	CRW 5399 - Thesis	13228
Fall 2022	CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing	13491	Syllabus
Summer 2022	CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing	36503
Spring 2022	CRW 5373 - Advanced Creative Non-Fiction	28318
Spring 2022	CRW 3374 - Narrative Techniques	24689
Spring 2022	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20655
Spring 2022	CRW 5399 - Thesis	21230
Fall 2021	CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting	16310
Fall 2021	CRW 5398 - Thesis	10785
Fall 2021	CRW 3373 - Writing in Society	14648
Spring 2021	CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting	26964
Spring 2021	CRW 4302 - Screenwriting	29249
Spring 2021	CRW 5399 - Thesis	21354
Fall 2020	CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing	16463
Fall 2020	CRW 3373 - Writing in Society	14870
Summer 2020	CRW 5373 - Advanced Creative Non-Fiction	36038
Spring 2020	CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting	28278
Spring 2020	CRW 3374 - Narrative Techniques	25702
Spring 2020	CRW 5399 - Thesis	21521
Fall 2019	CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting	17184
Fall 2019	CRW 3363 - Foundational Techniques	17017
Fall 2019	CRW 5399 - Thesis	13675
Spring 2019	CRW 5373 - Advanced Creative Non-Fiction	28104
Spring 2019	CRW 3363 - Foundational Techniques	23300
Spring 2019	CRW 5398 - Thesis	22363
Spring 2019	CRW 5399 - Thesis	26292
Fall 2018	CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting	18240
Fall 2018	CRW 5390 - Independent Study	12290
Fall 2018	CRW 4308 - Oral Hist Ethnog & Field Tech	18025
Fall 2018	CRW 5398 - Thesis	18879
Summer 2018	CRW 5373 - Advanced Creative Non-Fiction	34738
Spring 2018	CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting	26882
Spring 2018	CRW 5399 - Thesis	26497

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2024	CRW 4302 - Screenwriting	15012	Evaluation
Fall 2024	CRW 5382 - Studies in Form	15212	Evaluation
Spring 2024	CRW 3373 - Writing in Society	26792	Evaluation
Fall 2023	CRW 4302 - Screenwriting	16193	Evaluation
Fall 2023	CRW 5382 - Studies in Form	12548	Evaluation
Fall 2022	CRW 3374 - Narrative Techniques	17041	Evaluation
Fall 2022	CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing	13491	Evaluation
Summer 2022	CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing	36503	Evaluation
Spring 2022	CRW 5373 - Advanced Creative Non-Fiction	28318	Evaluation
Spring 2022	CRW 3374 - Narrative Techniques	24689	Evaluation
Fall 2021	CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting	16310	Evaluation
Fall 2021	CRW 3373 - Writing in Society	14648	Evaluation
Spring 2021	CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting	26964	Evaluation
Spring 2021	CRW 4302 - Screenwriting	29249	Evaluation
Fall 2020	CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing	16463	Evaluation
Fall 2020	CRW 3373 - Writing in Society	14870	Evaluation
Summer 2020	CRW 5373 - Advanced Creative Non-Fiction	36038	Evaluation
Spring 2020	CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting	28278	Evaluation
Spring 2020	CRW 3374 - Narrative Techniques	25702	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Benjamin Franklin Fellowship - University of Pennsylvania (09/01/2007)
Literary Award “Pinos Nuevos” on Essay - Editorial Letras Cubanas (01/01/2001-12/31/2001)
Literary Award “Versiones” on Poetry - Universidad de La Habana (01/01/1998-12/31/1998)
Literary Award “America Bobia” on Poetry - Editorial Vigia (01/01/1997-12/31/1997)

Ph D in Hispanic Studies (ABD), University of Pennsylvania (2018)
MA in Hispanic Studies, University of Pennsylvania (2008)
BA in Hispanic Studies, University of Havana (2000)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Start Date

2023-11-19

End Date

2023-11-25

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

La fuente, Oscura tierra ubérrima, El Guerrero, Vecinas baldeando la acera, Madre en el fogón

Start Date

2023-10-10

End Date

2023-10-15

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Invited, but couldn't attend for personal reasons

Start Date

2023-08-30

End Date

2023-09-03

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Invited, but couldn't attend for lack of funds

Start Date

2022-11-03

End Date

2022-11-03

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

"Cuba, nativos," "Vecinas baldeando la acera" y "Madre en el fogón."

Start Date

2022-11-02

End Date

2022-11-02

Type

Other

Title

Origen de la memoria en las etnias

Start Date

2022-09-08

End Date

2022-09-11

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Invited but declined for lack of travel funds

Start Date

2022-08-28

End Date

2022-08-28

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

"Al desierto llevaré" y "Prohibido El Paso"

Start Date

2022-08-26

End Date

2022-08-26

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

"Desde el estadio" y "Madre en el fogón"

Start Date

2022-08-25

End Date

2022-08-25

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

"Vecinas baldeando la acera," "Desde el estadio" y "Hambre"

Start Date

2022-08-24

End Date

2022-08-24

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

"El Guerrero"

Start Date

2022-08-10

End Date

2022-08-10

Type

Poetry - Online Journal

Title

"Do estadio" y "O Gerreiro"

Start Date

2022-06-29

End Date

2022-06-29

Type

Nonfiction - Online Journal

Title

Épica homorrevolucionaria en Reinaldo Arenas.

Start Date

2022-06-11

End Date

2022-06-11

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

"Desde el estadio", "Soy un pueblo sin semáforos" y "Cuba, nativos"

Start Date

2022-06-09

End Date

2022-06-09

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

"Cuba, nativos," "Prohibido El Paso" y "Esperando al súper hombre"

Start Date

2022-06-09

End Date

2022-06-09

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

"qué envidia la fiereza", "Las horas" y "La guagua"

Start Date

2021-10-30

End Date

2021-10-30

Type

Poetry - Online Journal

Title

"Cuba, nativos", "Al desierto llevaré" & "En las noches de otoño, a veces, la soledad teje cestas"

Start Date

End Date

2022-06-08

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Cuba nativos, Draw, Madre frente al fogón

Start Date

End Date

2022-06-08

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

El Guerrero

Start Date

End Date

2022-02-01

Type

Nonfiction - Online Journal

Title

Falsa Guerra, de Carlos Manuél Álvarez. Derrotas reales.

Start Date

End Date

2021-09-02

Type

Poetry - Online Journal

Title

El Guerrero

Start Date

End Date

2021-08-10

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

"El Guerrero", "Cuba, nativos", "Vecinas baldeando la acera" & "The Razor's Edge"

Start Date

End Date

2021-05-19

Type

Poetry - Print Journal

Title

The Razor's Edge

Start Date

End Date

2021-03-26

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

The Razor's Edge

Start Date

End Date

2021-02-14

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

"Desde el estadio"

Publications

En busca del macho y otras ficciones (2020), Nelson Cardenas.

Presentations

Conversación con Nelson Cárdenas (2021), Volume Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá & Festival Internacional de Literatura Las Líneas de su Mano, Bogotá, Colombia, Nelson Cardenas.
En busca del macho y otras ficciones (2020), Volume Philadelphia, Nelson Cardenas.
América Latina y su realidad cultural (2020), Nelson Cardenas.
Contagion & Writing: Tradition, Language and Cultures in Contact (2020), Nelson Cardenas.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 5390 - Independent Study

Section

22331

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 3362 - Intro to Creative Writing

Section

22088

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 5382 - Studies in Form

Section

23870

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

20385

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20376

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

23258

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 3373 - Writing in Society

Section

25544

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 3362 - Intro to Creative Writing

Section

22088

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 5382 - Studies in Form

Section

23870

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

CRW 3373 - Writing in Society

Section

25544

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRW 4302 - Screenwriting

Section

15012

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRW 5382 - Studies in Form

Section

15212

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

15352

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 5388 - Storytelling-Film & Literature

Section

26798

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20424

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

23707

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 3373 - Writing in Society

Section

26792

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5390 - Independent Study

Section

17205

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 4302 - Screenwriting

Section

16193

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5382 - Studies in Form

Section

12548

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

16652

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

17180

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRW 3374 - Narrative Techniques

Section

17041

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

13228

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing

Section

13491

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2022

Course

CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing

Section

36503

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRW 5373 - Advanced Creative Non-Fiction

Section

28318

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRW 3374 - Narrative Techniques

Section

24689

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20655

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

21230

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting

Section

16310

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

10785

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 3373 - Writing in Society

Section

14648

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting

Section

26964

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 4302 - Screenwriting

Section

29249

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

21354

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing

Section

16463

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

CRW 3373 - Writing in Society

Section

14870

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2020

Course

CRW 5373 - Advanced Creative Non-Fiction

Section

36038

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting

Section

28278

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CRW 3374 - Narrative Techniques

Section

25702

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

21521

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting

Section

17184

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CRW 3363 - Foundational Techniques

Section

17017

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

13675

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CRW 5373 - Advanced Creative Non-Fiction

Section

28104

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CRW 3363 - Foundational Techniques

Section

23300

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

22363

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

26292

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting

Section

18240

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 5390 - Independent Study

Section

12290

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 4308 - Oral Hist Ethnog & Field Tech

Section

18025

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

18879

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2018

Course

CRW 5373 - Advanced Creative Non-Fiction

Section

34738

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting

Section

26882

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

26497

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRW 4302 - Screenwriting

Section

15012

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

CRW 5382 - Studies in Form

Section

15212

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 3373 - Writing in Society

Section

26792

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 4302 - Screenwriting

Section

16193

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5382 - Studies in Form

Section

12548

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRW 3374 - Narrative Techniques

Section

17041

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing

Section

13491

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2022

Course

CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing

Section

36503

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRW 5373 - Advanced Creative Non-Fiction

Section

28318

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRW 3374 - Narrative Techniques

Section

24689

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting

Section

16310

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 3373 - Writing in Society

Section

14648

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting

Section

26964

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 4302 - Screenwriting

Section

29249

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing

Section

16463

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

CRW 3373 - Writing in Society

Section

14870

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2020

Course

CRW 5373 - Advanced Creative Non-Fiction

Section

36038

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CRW 5372 - Advanced Screenwriting

Section

28278

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CRW 3374 - Narrative Techniques

Section

25702

Evaluation

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