Address: Morrill 107
Phone: 405-744-6221
E-mail: janine.joseph@okstate.edu
Website: www.janinejoseph.com
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Houston
MFA, New York University
Biography
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- Poetry
- Libretti
- Undocumented Immigration and Immigration Literatures
Recent Upper Division & Graduate Courses Taught
Undergraduate
- Advanced Poetry Writing: Wellspring Texts
- Poetry Writing: Me, My Selves, and My Disguise
- Poetry Writing: Poetic Forms
Graduate
- Studies in Poetry Writing: Substructure & Sottonarrativa
- Studies in Poetry Writing: First Books
- Studies in Poetry Writing: Project Books
- Craft & Forms of Poetry: Traditional and Invented Forms
Selected Publications
Books:
Driving Without a License. Alice James Books, 2016.
Poetry:
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"House Hunters." The Nation. Forthcoming 2020.
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"Near the End of Our Time." Copper Nickel. Forthcoming 2020.
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"Stillwater." Orion Magazine, issue 39.2.
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"American Sentences" and "Coup-Contrecoup." Pleaides: Literature in Context, issue 40.2.
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"In the Ecotone." The Georgia Review, issue 74.1.
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"The Persistence of Symptoms." Quarterly West, issue 96. Reprinted by the Academy of American Poets March 2019.
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"New Patient Intake Form" and "You lose your keys, too, and." World Literature Today, March-April 2018.
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"Ivan, Always Hiding" Southern Humanities Review, April 2016.
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"Four Darks in Red," "Reading the Bleed," "Cerebral Edema," and "Human Archipelago." Waxwing, issue VIII.
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"Circuitry." The Academy of American Poets: Poem-a-Day. February 4, 2016.
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"You Lie" and "The Part of the Water." The Adroit Journal, issue 13.
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"Landscape with American Dream." The California Journal of Poetics, issue 1.
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"Homecoming." Drunken Boat, issue 20.
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"Tago Ng Tago (TNT)," "Arrival," "Move-In," "Snakes In the Grass," and "Bonfire." Connotation Press: An Online Artifact (featured on “A Poetry Congeries”). July 2014.
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"‘More milk, more milk makes it better’" and "Where There’s Smoke." Eleven Eleven, issue 17.
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"Chain Migration." Hyphen Magazine, August 2014.
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"Between Chou and the Butterfly" and "About the Visas." The Journal, issue 38:2.
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"Electromyography." The Collagist, issue 55.
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"Shift." Painted Bride Quarterly, issue 88. 2013. Reprinted by Poetry Daily, May 2016.
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"Swarm" and "Leaving the Non-Profit Immigration Lawyer's Office." Kenyon Review Online. Summer 2013.
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"Exchanging Vows." Asian American Literary Review, issue 3:2.
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"Comeuppance" and "Narrative." Lantern Review, issue 4.
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"Wreck." Hayden’s Ferry Review, issue 48.
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"What after." Third Coast, issue 27.
Poems in Textbooks and Anthologies:
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"Assimilation." Border Lines: Poems of Migration. Michael Waters and Mihaela Moscaliuc, eds. Everyman's Library: NY, 2020. Pocket Poets Series.
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"Extended Stay America." Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience. Patrice Vecchione and Alyssa Raymond, eds. Triangle Square: NY, 2019.
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"Move-In." Poetry: A Writers' Guide and Anthology. Bloomsbury Academic: NY, 2018.
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"Between Chou and the Butterfly." Best American Experimental Writing 2015. Douglas Kearney, ed. Seth Abramson and Jesse Damiani, series eds. Wesleyan University Press: CT, 2015.
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“Wreck.” Best New Poets 2011. D.A. Powell, ed. Jazzy Danziger and Jeb Livingood, series eds. University of Virginia Press: VA, 2011. 6.
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"Junkyarding through the great Moreno Valley." Breathe: 101 Contemporary Odes. Ryan G. Van Cleave and Chad Prevost, eds. C & R Press: Chattanooga, TN, 2009. 109-10.
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"Second Lesson (Circle Inn)," "Junkyarding through the great Moreno Valley," and "TheUndocumented Immigrant Poem # 79." Bear Flag Republic: Prose Poems and Poetics from California. Christopher Buckley and Gary Young, eds. Greenhouse Review Press/Alcatraz Editions: Santa Cruz, CA, 2008. 218-19.
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“Anilao, 1989." Homage to Vallejo. Christopher Buckley, ed. Greenhouse Review Press: Santa Cruz, CA, 2006. 36-7.
Libretti and Lyrics:
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"In Our Care." Original libretto commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera for the Seeking the Human Spirit initiative. Music composed by D. J. Sparr. 2019.
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"More milk, more milk makes it better." Poem adapted for "American DREAMers: Stories of Immigration." Music composed by Melissa Dunphy. 2018.
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"Between Chou and the Butterfly." Poem adapted for "DREAM Songs." Music composed by Reinaldo Moya. 2018.
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What Wings They Were: The Case of Emeline. Original libretto commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera/HGOco. Music composed by John L. Cornelius II. 2016.
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"On This Muddy Water": Voices from the Houston Ship Channel. Original song cycle commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera/HGOco. Music composed by D. J. Sparr. 2014.
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From My Mother's Mother. Original libretto commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera/HGOco for the "Song of Houston: East + West" series. Music composed by Jeeyoung Kim. 2012.
Essays:
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"Recovery." The Poem's Country: Place and Poetic Practice. Shara Lessley and Bruce Snider, eds. Pleiades Press, MO: 2018.
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"Language of the Border." VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. VIDA Exclusive. May 2015.
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"Forum: ‘MFA vs POC.’"The Asian American Literary Review. Fall/Winter 2015 issue.
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"Undocumented, and Riding Shotgun." What It Means to Be American. Zócalo Public Square (in partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History): January 2015.
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"Undocumented, and Riding Shotgun" (abridged reprint). KCRW: Which Way, L.A.? and For the Curious. January 2015.
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"The Exemplary Poem and the Exemplary Life." The Press at California State University Fresno & Greenhouse Review Press: 2013.
Reviews, Articles, and Editorials:
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Contributor. "Publishing During a Pandemic: The Effects of COVID-19 on the Business of Books." Poets & Writers. July/August 2020.
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Co-Editor. "When Did You Recognize Me as Your Own?: A Folio of Undocupoets Fellows." Hyphen Magazine. 16 April 2020.
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Guest Editor. "Documentation." For Kundiman's Poetry & Democracy feature, as part of the Poetry Coalition. March 2019.
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Review of Jose Antonio Vargas' Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen. "What Happens After You Become the 'Most Famous Undocumented Immigrant in America." The Atlantic. October 2018.
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Review of Jerome Ruillier's The Strange. "The Strange: The Graphic Novel that Captures the Anxieties of Being Undocumented." The Atlantic. August 2018.
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"Beyond the Finish Line." Poets & Writers. July/August 2017.
Selected Recent Speaking Engagements, Featured Readings, and Conference Presentations
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“Poetry Off the Shelf: Sarah Gambito and Janine Joseph.” Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL: November 2019.
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The Annual Sadock Women in the Arts Lecture Series. Union College, Schenectady, NY. May 2019.
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“Challenging Tokenization: Writers of Colors Respond.” Panelist with Leslie Sainz, Christopher Santiago, Analicia Sotelo, and Tiphanie Yanique. AWP Conference. Portland, OR. March 2019.
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“From Words to Music: Writers on Collaborating with Composers.” Panelist with Rebecca Morgan Frank, Jessica Murphy Moo, and Lloyd Schwartz, AWP Conference. Portland, OR. March 2019.
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“The Poetics of Fury: Creative Reading.” Panelist with Taneum Bambrick, Jennifer Maritza-McCauley, Jenny Molberg, and Kathryn Nuernberger. C. D. Wright Women Writers Conference, University of Central Arkansas, AK: November 2018.
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“Readings and Talks Series and Symposia at the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice: Marcelo Hernández Castillo and Janine Joseph.” Georgetown University, Washington D.C.: October 2018.
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“Women Writers.” Panelist with Carmen Maria Machado, Rebecca Peters, and Ashley Lumpkin. Greensboro Bound Literary Festival. Greensboro, NC: May 2018.
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“Small Experiments with Radical Intent.” Panelist with Alicia Craven, Desireé Dallagiacomo, Kima Jones, and Ramiza Koya. AWP Conference, Tampa, FL: March 2018.
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“Convocation Series: Adventures in Interdisciplinary Studies.” Panelist with Purnaprajna Bangere and Jeffrey Lang. Franklin College, Franklin, IN: November 2017.
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Convocation Speaker. “Undocumented, and Riding Shotgun.” Pellissippi State Community College, Knoxville, TN. 5 September 2017.
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“Summer Literary Salon #3: Elizabeth Hazen and Janine Joseph.” Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College, Chestertown, MD: July 2017.
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“No Human Being is Illegal: Undocupoets Reading.” MOTUS Theater, Boulder, CO: April 2017.
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Inprint Poets & Writers Ball. The Houstonian, Houston, TX: February 2017.
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“Girlhood, Womanhood, Coming of Age.” Reader and Panelist with Aliki Barnstone, Laura Donnelly, Cornelius Eady, and Janet McNally. AWP Conference, Washington, DC: February 2017.
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“Asian American Literature Today: Janine Joseph and Aimee Nezhukumatathil.” Library of Congress, Washington, DC: October 2016.
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“Inspired by Wonder: A WITS Reading.” Panelist with Lacy M. Johnson, Marc McKee, and Renee Flagler. AWP, Los Angeles: April 2016.
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“The Poem and Social Space.” Panelist with Ken Chen, Randall Horton, and Lupe Mendez. Facing Race: A National Conference, Dallas: November 2014.
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“Migration Histories - Total Recall or Selective Amnesia? The Uses and Abuses of History in the Immigration Discussion.” Panelist with Israel Pastrana and Chris Newman. Weber State University Diversity Conference, Ogden: October 2013.
Selected Honors & Professional Service
- Co-Organizer. Undocupoets. Current.
- Advisory Board, Center for Poets and Writers at OSU-Tulsa. Current.
- English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, Oklahoma State University, 2019-2020.
- Recipient (Undocupoets), 2020 Amazon Literary Partnership Poetry Fund Grant. 2020.
- Contest Judge, Academy of American Poets University & College Poetry Prize, Franklin & Marshall College. June 2020.
- Residency and Artists' Grant, The Vermont Studio Center. 2020.
- Spring Travel Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University. 2020.
- Fellow, The MacDowell Colony. 2019.
- Residency. Bethany Arts Community, 2019.
- Recipient (Undocupoets), 2019 Amazon Literary Partnership Poetry Fund Grant. 2019.
- Contest Judge, Undergraduate Poetry Contest, Cameron University. 2019.
- Contest Judge, Backbone Press "Shared Dream" Chapbook Prize, 2018.
- Winner, 2018 da Vinci Eye Award
- Honorable Mention, 2018 Sheila Motton Poetry Book Prize (New England Poetry Club)
- Finalist, 2018 Eric Hoffer Award
- Finalist, 2017 Oklahoma Book Award (Poetry)
- Contest Screener, Jake Adam York Prize, 2017.
- Howard Nemerov Poetry Scholarship (Sewanee Writers' Conference), 2016.
- Robert M. Hogge Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching, Weber State University, 2014-2015.
- Vice President, Executive Board, Writers @ Work: 2015-2016.
- Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc. (PAWA) Manuel G. Flores Prize, 2014.
- Kundiman Poetry Prize, 2014.
- Inprint/Barthelme Fellowship in Poetry, 2013.
- Dissertation Completion Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of Houston, 2012-2013.
- Academy of American Poets Prize, 2010.
- Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, 2009-2011.