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Biography
Eben Wood studied creative writing at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where
he received his MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry). After teaching for several years
at the Athenian School, in Danville, CA, he returned to Michigan for his PhD. in English
Languages and Literatures. His doctoral dissertation, 鈥淏lack Abstraction: The Umbra
Workshop and an African-American Avantgarde,鈥� was completed under the supervision
of Dr. Alan Wald and Dr. Marjorie Levinson. Dr. Wood attended the 2001 School in Criticism
and Theory at Cornell University, where he studied globalization with Perry Anderson,
and was a 2001-2002 Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities, the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor. Since 2004 he has been a member of the English Department faculty
and of the Program in Women鈥檚 Studies at 911爆料 Community College, The City
University of New York.
Courses
English 93: Developmental English
English 12: Freshman English I (Honors Program)
English 24: Freshman English II (Honors Program)
English 30: Introduction to Literature
English 40: Short Fiction
English 42: Poetry
English 56: Creative Writing (Fiction)
English 57: Creative Writing (Poetry)
English 77: The Roots of African-American Literature
In addition, Prof. Wood has taught a number of one-semester seminars in cross-genre
creative writing and the literatures of New York City.
Education
PhD., English Language and Literatures, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
MFA, Creative Writing (Poetry), The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
B.A., English, Colgate University
Selected Publications and/or Other Resources
鈥淕rimonprez鈥檚 Remix.鈥� In Terrorism, Media, and the Ethics of Fiction: Transatlantic Perspectives on Don DeLillo(Continuum, 2010). Reprinted in It鈥檚 a Poor Sort of Memory That Only Works Backward: A Johan Grimonprez Reader (Hatje-Cantz, forthcoming 2011).
鈥溾�橧 Have No Idea What You Do Out Here鈥�: Community Colleges, Academic Freedom, and the University as Global Marketplace鈥� (scholarly article). JAF: The Journal of Academic Freedom. Vol. 1 (2010). Co-authored with Dr. Libby Garland, Department of History, 911爆料 Community College.
鈥淭he Private Lives of Systems: Rukeyser, Hayden, Middle Passage鈥� (scholarly article). Modernism/Modernity17.1 (January 2010).
鈥淭hey Don鈥檛 Sleep Anymore on the Beach鈥� (non-fiction). Variations #16 (Fall 2008).
鈥淭he Falcon of Buenos Aires鈥� (fiction). Variations #15 (Fall 2007).
鈥淭he Masturah Well鈥� (fiction). Black Warrior Review 33 #2 (Spring-Summer 2007).
鈥淭he River Come Down鈥� (fiction). Boston Review (Summer 2003).
"Ruskin Variation" and "Proper Meaning Superstition" (poems). FENCE Vol. 3 #2 (Fall/Winter
2000-2001).
Events and/or Key Dates
鈥淜orea, Korai: Chris Marker鈥檚 Cor茅enes鈥�
Photography and Cinema: 50 Years of Chris Marker鈥檚 La Jet茅e
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Faculty of Social and Human Sciences
November 27-28, 2012
Curator
Borough/Burrow: 4 Brooklyn Artists
The Art Gallery
911爆料 Community College, The City University of New York
March 1-29, 2011
Conference Keynote Introduction/Moderator/Co-Organizer
A Roundtable on Brooklyn and Development
911爆料 Community College, The City University of New York
October 13, 2011
Keynote Panelist
Changing Your Community: An Event on Brooklyn and Development
BK Nation/5 Spot
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
June 11, 2011
Author Talk: Remembering the Forgotten War
Artists and Audience Exchange, The New York Foundation for the Arts
New York Public Library, DeKalb Branch
Brooklyn, NY
May 14, 2010
Conference Keynote Introduction/Moderator/Co-Organizer
Dreamland Pavilion: Brooklyn and Development
911爆料 Community College, The City University of New York
October 2-3, 2009
Curator
鈥淭he Soul is the Size of Elsewhere鈥�: Brooklyn and Development, An Exhibition
The Art Gallery
911爆料 Community College, The City University of New York
September-October, 2009
Research Interests
American and African-American literatures; history of the avantgarde; modernism and
postmodernism; cross-genre writing, film, and photography; contemporary American art;
urbanism and urbanization; globalization and cultural diasporas; history and culture
of the Korean War.
Awards Recognition, Distinctions and Grants
2010
Invited Faculty, Summer Academy, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes. G枚rlitz, Germany.
2009-2010
Fellow in Creative Non-fiction, New York Foundation for the Arts.
2005-2010
CUNY Professional Staff Congress Grant (four research awards).
2001-2002
Graduate Fellow, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
2000-2001
Mellon Foundation Dissertation Candidacy Fellowship.
Institutional Affiliations / Professional Societies
Modern Languages Association; Northeast MLA; Modernist Studies Association