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Rosa Alcala

Professor
Creative Writing
Bilingual Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Office Building: Education Building
Office Room: 904
Phone: (915) 747-7020
Email: ralcala1@utep.edu

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Member, Texas Institute of Letters (Inducted 2019) (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2024	CRW 5390 - Independent Study	21299
Spring 2024	CRW 5398 - Thesis	21300
Spring 2024	CRW 5399 - Thesis	21950
Spring 2024	CRW 5399 - Thesis	23082
Spring 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	25701
Spring 2024	CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing	26797
Fall 2023	CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry	14128	Syllabus
Fall 2023	CRW 5398 - Thesis	11808
Fall 2023	CRW 5399 - Thesis	16656
Fall 2023	CRW 5399 - Thesis	16665
Fall 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	12030

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Summer 2023	CRW 4309 - Independent Study	36119
Spring 2023	CRW 5370 - Literary Translation	25589	Syllabus
Spring 2023	CRW 5399 - Thesis	23408
Fall 2022	CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry	18252	Syllabus
Fall 2022	CRW 5398 - Thesis	13227
Fall 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	13621
Spring 2022	CRW 5370 - Literary Translation	28303
Spring 2022	CRW 5399 - Thesis	24909
Fall 2021	CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing	16305
Fall 2021	CRW 5398 - Thesis	15152
Spring 2021	CRW 5382 - Studies in Form	26972
Spring 2021	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20716
Spring 2021	CRW 3373 - Writing in Society	22700
Fall 2020	CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing	16593
Fall 2020	CRW 5398 - Thesis	13416
Spring 2020	CRW 4304 - Literary Translation	26332	Syllabus
Spring 2020	CRW 5370 - Literary Translation	26543	Syllabus
Spring 2020	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20819
Fall 2019	CRW 5382 - Studies in Form	15586
Fall 2019	CRW 5398 - Thesis	10880
Fall 2019	CRW 3373 - Writing in Society	15203
Spring 2019	CRW 4304 - Literary Translation	26955
Spring 2019	CRW 5370 - Literary Translation	27344
Spring 2019	CRW 5399 - Thesis	24590
Fall 2018	CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing	18234	Syllabus
Fall 2018	CRW 5390 - Independent Study	10919
Fall 2018	CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry	17129	Syllabus
Fall 2018	CRW 5398 - Thesis	10923
Spring 2018	CRW 4304 - Literary Translation	28018
Spring 2018	CRW 5370 - Literary Translation	28714
Spring 2018	CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry	23559
Spring 2018	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20886
Fall 2017	CRW 3375 - Poetics	18305
Fall 2017	CRW 5398 - Thesis	10958
Fall 2017	CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing	18312
Spring 2017	CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry	23747
Spring 2017	CRW 5399 - Thesis	20900
Spring 2017	CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing	26478
Fall 2016	CRW 4304 - Literary Translation	17850	Syllabus
Fall 2016	CRW 5370 - Literary Translation	17860	Syllabus
Fall 2016	CRW 5398 - Thesis	10978
Fall 2016	CRW 5399 - Thesis	10985
Spring 2016	CRW 4304 - Literary Translation	27516
Spring 2016	CRW 5370 - Literary Translation	27519

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2023	CRW 5370 - Literary Translation	25589	Evaluation
Fall 2022	CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry	18252	Evaluation
Fall 2021	CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing	16305	Evaluation
Spring 2021	CRW 5382 - Studies in Form	26972	Evaluation
Spring 2021	CRW 3373 - Writing in Society	22700	Evaluation
Fall 2020	CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing	16593	Evaluation
Spring 2020	CRW 4304 - Literary Translation	26332	Evaluation
Spring 2020	CRW 5370 - Literary Translation	26543	Evaluation
Fall 2019	CRW 5382 - Studies in Form	15586	Evaluation
Fall 2019	CRW 3373 - Writing in Society	15203	Evaluation
Spring 2019	CRW 4304 - Literary Translation	26955	Evaluation
Fall 2018	CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry	17129	Evaluation
Spring 2018	CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry	23559	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Member, Texas Institute of Letters (Inducted 2019) (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)

Ph D in English, University at Buffalo (2004)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Start Date

2023-04-12

End Date

2023-04-14

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Phoenix Poets Festival at the University of Chicago

Start Date

2022-12-12

End Date

2023-04-10

Type

Artistic Presentation/Exhibit

Title

Commissioned translation of "The Mapocho Quipu" (poem) by Cecilia Vicuña for Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India

Start Date

2022-06-25

End Date

2022-07-05

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

International Writers Programs, Lines & Spaces Tour to Tbilisi, Georgia

Start Date

2021-01-01

End Date

2021-12-31

Type

Other

Title

A chain letter between Julie Patton, Maya Abu Al-Hayat, Marcella Durand, Deborah Richards, and Rosa Alcalá

Start Date

2021-01-01

End Date

2021-12-31

Type

Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s)

Title

Poetic Encounters in the Americas: Remarkable Bridge

Start Date

2020-01-01

End Date

2020-12-31

Type

Poetry - Print Journal

Title

2 poems from fray

Start Date

2020-01-01

End Date

2020-12-31

Type

Poetry - Print Journal

Title

2 poems from MyOTHER TONGUE, translated into Spanish

Start Date

2020-01-01

End Date

2020-12-31

Type

Poetry - Print Journal

Title

3 poems from fray

Start Date

2020-01-01

End Date

2020-06-08

Type

Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s)

Title

Book Review by Jose Angel Aragúz: Archiving Lateness: A Chronicle-Review of MyOTHER TONGUE by Rosa Alcalá

Start Date

2020-01-01

End Date

2020-12-31

Type

Nonfiction - Book

Title

Contributor

Start Date

2020-01-01

End Date

2020-12-31

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

Global Roll Call Part 3

Start Date

2020-01-01

End Date

2020-12-31

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

Guest Editor

Start Date

2020-01-01

End Date

2020-12-31

Type

Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s)

Title

Review by Andrea Abi-Karam of New & Selected Poems of Cecilia Vicuña, ed., trans. Rosa Alcalá

Start Date

2020-01-01

End Date

2020-12-31

Type

Poetry - Print Journal

Title

Review of Paula Cucurella's Demasiada luz para hacer poesia

Start Date

2020-01-01

End Date

2020-12-31

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

The Family Photograph: A Collaborative Approach (Prompts Against Anxiety Series)

Start Date

2020-01-01

End Date

2020-12-31

Type

Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s)

Title

Videotaped discussion of my book Undocumentaries

Start Date

2019-11-07

End Date

2019-11-07

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Featured Poet

Start Date

2019-10-31

End Date

2019-11-07

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

Poet-in-Residence

Start Date

2019-10-09

End Date

2019-10-09

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

Class Visit via Skype/ Anna Maria Hong's Literary Translation Class

Start Date

2019-10-05

End Date

2019-10-05

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Poetry Reading with Bojan Louis

Start Date

2019-07-01

End Date

2019-07-15

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

Writing Fellow

Start Date

2019-06-25

End Date

2019-06-28

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

Guest Artist

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-12-31

Type

Poetry - Print Journal

Title

1 poem from fray

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-12-31

Type

Poetry - Print Journal

Title

5 Poems from YOU

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-12-31

Type

Poetry - Print Journal

Title

5 poems from YOU

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-09-19

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Featured Poet

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-04-27

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Induction reading

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-12-31

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

Judge, Ambroggio Prize, Academy of American Poets

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-12-31

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

Judge, Medwick Prize, Poetry Society of America

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-12-31

Type

Poetry - Anthology

Title

Poem selected: "You & the Raw Bullets"

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-04-13

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Poetry Reading with Laynie Brown

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-12-31

Type

Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s)

Title

Review by Christopher Soto of New & Selected Poems of Cecilia Vicuña, ed., trans. Rosa Alcalá

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-12-31

Type

Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s)

Title

Review by Juliet Lynd of New & Selected Poems of Cecilia Vicuña, ed., trans. Rosa Alcalá

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-12-31

Type

Reviews and Articles About Creative Work(s)

Title

Review by Luke Roberts of New & Selected Poems of Cecilia Vicuña, ed., trans. Rosa Alcalá

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-12-31

Type

Other

Title

The Winter Garden by Reina Maria Rodriguez, translated by Kristin Dykstra

Start Date

2019-01-01

End Date

2019-12-31

Type

Other

Title

Work included in curriculum for NEH-funded Prism Paterson Studies at Felician College in NJ

Start Date

End Date

2023-05-27

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

The Soul Conveys Itself in Shadow: A Book Celebration

Start Date

End Date

2023-01-27

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Poetry Reading & Discussion with Daniel Bortzutzky and Cecilia Vicuña

Start Date

End Date

2022-10-27

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Chicago Review's 75th Anniversary Celebration

Start Date

End Date

2022-05-10

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Writing in Motherhood/ Escritura y Maternidades

Start Date

End Date

2022-04-23

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Paterson Poetry Festival

Start Date

End Date

2022-04-14

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Folklore Revisited

Start Date

End Date

2022-04-03

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Poetry Festival: Something New (Jersey)

Start Date

End Date

2022-01-25

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Adroit Journal Issue 40 Reading

Start Date

End Date

2021-12-31

Type

Poetry - Print Journal

Title

4 poems from YOU

Start Date

End Date

2021-12-31

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

Bodies, Presence, Performance

Start Date

End Date

2021-12-31

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

Guest Editor/ September

Start Date

End Date

2021-12-31

Type

Poetry - Anthology

Title

Poem: Pyramid Scheme

Start Date

End Date

2021-12-31

Type

Poetry - Print Journal

Title

Poem: You & Amaranta

Start Date

End Date

2021-11-06

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Featured Poet

Start Date

End Date

2021-10-15

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Featured Poet/ Gulf Coast Reading Series

Start Date

End Date

2021-09-24

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Featured Poet/ La Sociedad Para Las Artes Literary Reading

Start Date

End Date

2021-09-22

Type

Other

Title

Interview with radio host for Speak Up Las Cruces

Start Date

End Date

2021-09-13

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

Class visit to Roberto Tejada's Graduate Seminar

Start Date

End Date

2021-09-02

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

We Propose a New Law

Start Date

End Date

2021-05-15

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

2021 Pittsburgh International Lit Fest

Start Date

End Date

2021-03-25

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

Liquid Stars: Translation, Digression, Transformation (with Cecilia Vicuña)

Start Date

End Date

2021-01-31

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Video: reading poems from YOU

Start Date

End Date

2021-01-01

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

St. Mark's Poetry Project Annual Marathon 2021

Start Date

End Date

2020-12-16

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Guest Poet & Curator

Start Date

End Date

2020-11-13

Type

Invitation as Guest Artist

Title

Class Visit

Start Date

End Date

2020-11-10

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Featured Poet

Start Date

End Date

2020-05-07

Type

Poetry - Online Journal

Title

You Rode a Loop (poem)

Start Date

End Date

2020-01-30

Type

Poetry Reading

Title

Hannelore Quander-Ratee Works in Translation Reading

Publications

Propriety (poem) What Things Cost: An Anthology for the People/University Press of Kentucky (2023), Rosa Alcala.
Translations: Cecilia Vicuña and Rosa Alcalá Stenen Press (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.

Presentations

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.

Foundation of Contemporary Arts Unrestricted Grant

Current/Future Courses

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 5390 - Independent Study

Section

21299

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

21300

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

21950

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

23082

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

25701

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing

Section

26797

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry

Section

14128

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

11808

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

16656

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

16665

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

12030

Syllabus

Past Courses

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Term

Summer 2023

Course

CRW 4309 - Independent Study

Section

36119

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CRW 5370 - Literary Translation

Section

25589

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

23408

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry

Section

18252

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

13227

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

13621

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRW 5370 - Literary Translation

Section

28303

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

24909

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing

Section

16305

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

15152

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 5382 - Studies in Form

Section

26972

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20716

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 3373 - Writing in Society

Section

22700

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing

Section

16593

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

13416

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CRW 4304 - Literary Translation

Section

26332

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CRW 5370 - Literary Translation

Section

26543

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20819

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CRW 5382 - Studies in Form

Section

15586

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

10880

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CRW 3373 - Writing in Society

Section

15203

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CRW 4304 - Literary Translation

Section

26955

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CRW 5370 - Literary Translation

Section

27344

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

24590

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing

Section

18234

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 5390 - Independent Study

Section

10919

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry

Section

17129

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

10923

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CRW 4304 - Literary Translation

Section

28018

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CRW 5370 - Literary Translation

Section

28714

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry

Section

23559

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20886

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

CRW 3375 - Poetics

Section

18305

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

10958

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2017

Course

CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing

Section

18312

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2017

Course

CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry

Section

23747

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2017

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

20900

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2017

Course

CRW 5368 - Var Topics in Creative Writing

Section

26478

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2016

Course

CRW 4304 - Literary Translation

Section

17850

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2016

Course

CRW 5370 - Literary Translation

Section

17860

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2016

Course

CRW 5398 - Thesis

Section

10978

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2016

Course

CRW 5399 - Thesis

Section

10985

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2016

Course

CRW 4304 - Literary Translation

Section

27516

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2016

Course

CRW 5370 - Literary Translation

Section

27519

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

CRW 5370 - Literary Translation

Section

25589

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry

Section

18252

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing

Section

16305

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 5382 - Studies in Form

Section

26972

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

CRW 3373 - Writing in Society

Section

22700

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

CRW 5367 - Advanced Poetry Writing

Section

16593

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CRW 4304 - Literary Translation

Section

26332

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

CRW 5370 - Literary Translation

Section

26543

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CRW 5382 - Studies in Form

Section

15586

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2019

Course

CRW 3373 - Writing in Society

Section

15203

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2019

Course

CRW 4304 - Literary Translation

Section

26955

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2018

Course

CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry

Section

17129

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2018

Course

CRW 3372 - Reading and Writing Poetry

Section

23559

Evaluation

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