R. Flowers Rivera

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. (Creative Writing and African American Literature)
            Binghamton University—SUNY, Binghamton, NY: 2000

M.A. (English and Creative Writing)
          Hollins University, Roanoke, VA: 1995

M.S. (Human Resource Development)
          Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA: 1993

B.S. (Marketing Education)
         University of Georgia, Athens, GA: 1990

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Instructor of English. Christian Brothers University-Evening Program
     Fall 2003-Present. Course taught: Composition II: The Research      Paper.

Assistant Professor of English. University of the District of Columbia.
     Fall 2001-2003. Courses taught: African American Literature      (surveys, pro-seminars, and special topics), Writing Fiction,
      Writing Poetry, American Slave Narratives, Modern Short Stories,      Contemporary Southern Novelists, Literature and Advanced
     Writing I & II, Composition I, and English Fundamentals.

Assistant Professor of English. Northern Virginia Community College-      Alexandria. Fall 2000-Spring 2001. Courses taught: Survey of
     African American Literature I, Survey of African American
     Literature II, Intro to Creative Writing I-Poetry, Composition I,
     and Composition II.

Lecturer. Binghamton University. Summer 1999-Fall 1999. African      American Poetry: The Black Aesthetic. English 282. African
     American Literature: 1920-Present. English 282.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

English Teacher, state certifications in language arts and marketing.
     Sprayberry High School (Marietta, GA) 1996-1998.

English Teacher, state certifications in language arts and marketing.
     East Cobb Middle School (Marietta, GA) 1995-1996.

Training Coordinator, personnel department.
     Kennesaw State University (Marietta, GA) 1993-1994.

International Service Coordinator, electrical distribution and control.      General Electric (Charlotte, NC) 1991-1992.

READINGS:

George Moses Horton Society. Reflecting Back, Looking Forward in African American Poetry: "Mythologies of Race--A Poetry Reading." University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (5 April 2002).

College English Association Conference--Middle Atlantic Group. "Family History--A Poetry Reading." University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC (9 March 2002).

George Moses Horton Society. Exploring Community and Culture in African American Poetry: "Due South: I Wanted to Take You Home--A Poetry Reading." University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (1 April 2000).

Artful Negotiations: Text, Context, and Culture. "Due South--A Poetry Reading." Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (3 March 2000).

Fifth Annual Women's Studies Conference. "Legacy to Our Daughters: A Performance Piece." Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA (2 March 2000).

Graduate English Society Conference. "An Audience of One: A Poetry Reading." Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (25 February 2000).

Culture and Vision Conference: "South Bound: A Poetry Reading." Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA (6 November 1999).

Amherst Writers & Artists: Featured reading at Jones Memorial Library, Amherst, MA (16 October 1999).

National Society of Black Engineers: An Extravaganza, "Leaders of the Next Millennium."Binghamton University (24 September 1999).

Writing by Degrees: National Creative Writing Conference at Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY (9 April 1999).

ACADEMIC SERVICE:

Vice President of Academic Affairs Search Committee, UDC-2002-2003
English Majors Committee, UDC-2002-2003
Graduate Committee, UDC-2002-2003
English Fundamentals Coordinator, UDC-2002-2003
Faculty Mentor, Sigma Tau Delta-English Honors Society, 2001-2003
Member, George Moses Horton Society
Member, College English Association-Middle Atlantic Group 2001-present
Featured Guest, "UDC Forum" Cable TV 19-UDC.
Host of "Lyrical Expressions":UDC's Poetry Slam
Graduate Advisory Committee-UDC
Advanced Literature Curriculum Committee-UDC
Diversity Committee-Northern Virginia Community College
Faculty Recruitment Forum-Northern Virginia Community College
Creative Writing Council-Binghamton University
Graduate English Mentor-Binghamton University
Graduate English Organization, executive board-Binghamton University Graduate Student Organization, senator-Binghamton University
Writers Harvest, organizing committee-Binghamton University
Writing By Degrees: National Creative Writing Conference, co-organizer organizer

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Finalist, Pearl Poetry Prize, 2002
Finalist, Naomi Long Madgett Award for Poetry, 2002
Pushcart Prize XXVII nomination for "Exegesis" from Urban Spaghetti
Pushcart Prize XXVII nomination from Natasha Trethewey
Finalist, May Swenson Award for Poetry, 2001
Finalist, Journal Award in Poetry, 2001
Finalist, Gary Snyder Memorial Award, 2000
Peregrine Prize for the short story, "The Iron Bars," 1999
Finalist, May Swenson Award for Poetry, 1999
Finalist, Naomi Long Madgett Award for Poetry, 1999
Finalist, Paumanok Award for Poetry, 1999
Clifford E. Clark Fellowship, Binghamton University, Awarded 1999
Creative Writing Fellowship, Hollins University, Awarded 1994
Individual Artist Grant, Georgia Council for the Arts, Awarded 1994
Program Development Award, College and University Personnel
Association, Awarded 1993

WEB SITE:

http://www.promethea.com

PUBLICATIONS:

Anthology:

Featured poet in New Sister Voices: Contemporary Black Women Poets Since 1954. Allison Joseph, ed. (forthcoming Southern Illinois University Press, spring 2002)

Poetry:

"NY to ATL in Fourteen Hours." Glass Tesseract (forthcoming, summer 2003).

"For You." California Quarterly (forthcoming, summer 2003).

"Iago's Lament." The Amherst Review (forthcoming summer 2003).

"Her Lover Eyes the Exit" and "The Red Eye of Dawn." Artisan: A Journal of Craft (forthcoming, fall 2003).

"Antics of Sadness and Despair," "Bootstraps," and "Dreamweaver." Obsidian III 3:2 (2002) 77-81.

"Vera Geneva, 1939." Asheville Poetry Review 9:1 (2002) 106-107.

"Portrait of LoLo." New Stone Circle Vol. 6 (2002) 46.

"Hera Has Her Say" and "A Siren Repents." The Southern Review 37:4 (2001) 679-681.

"Exegesis: A World Gone Awry." Urban Spaghetti Vol. 4 (2001)--reprint.

"Salah:Dulles Airport." Janus Head 4:2 (2001) 268-270.

"Exegesis: A World Gone Awry." Columbia 35 (2001) 194-197.

"A Drunken Sestina." The Evansville Review Vol. XI (2001) 84-85.

"Scorned Is Scorned." Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry & Prose Vol. 1 (2001) 35.

"When Your Wife Is Beautiful and Other Myths of Creation." Karamu 17:2 (2001) 98.

"The van Gogh in Us All." The Baltimore Review 5:2 (2001) 98.

"Eldest Daughter of Wei." Anthology 8:3 (2001) 11.

"Late Night Ramblings." The Beloit Poetry Journal 51:3 (2001) 14-15.

"Palimpsest." Papyrus 7:4 (2001) 18.

"I Wanted to Take You Home." The Iconoclast Issue 60 (2000) 8-9.

"Troubling Accents," "Waking," and "Yes, I Was a Debutante." Xavier Review 20:2 (2000) 63-65.

"The Obtuse of a Literary Triangle." American Poets & Poetry September- October (2000) 10.

"Legacy to Our Daughters." Obsidian III: Literature of the Africa Diaspora 2:1 (2000) 84-93.

"Cris de Coeur." Confluence 10:1 (2000) 74.

"Boudica Burns Eden." Tempus 4:1 (2000) 13.

"Invoking Erato." Lummox 6:1 (2000) 17.

"A Toast to Each Kiss," "Trellis Laced with Morning Glories," and "Vivid." Janus Head 3:1 154-156.

"Having Survived Winter" and "It Creeps Over You." Anteup 1:2 (1999) 33-35.

"Bernadette, Vocalist, Age 27: Omaha, NE" and "Perspectives of Someday Isle."
Janus Head 2:2 (1999) 356-358.

"Ravished Landscapes." Cold Mountain Review 27:1 (1998) 23.

"Back Up Off Me"; "Funeral Arrangements." The Brownstone Review No. 6 (1998) 32-34.

"Flirtation in the Front Parlor" and "The Waffle House." Eratica 3:2 (1998) 26,47.

"Gulfport, Circa 1963," "Phone Call: The Morning After," and "Kuei-Ts’ai." Obsidian II: Black Literature in Review 12:1-2. (1997). 20-24.

"Grand," "Some Other Woman’s," "Like Women of Long Ago," and "Till."
Obsidian II: Black Literature in Review 11:1-2 (1996) 120-127.

"Contemplating the Natural Order," "The Cynic," and "Hokku Lunacy."
Sliding Moon Press Literary Magazine (1996) 75-78.

"But Never Seeing My Eyes," "Double Negatives," "The Answer to Your Question, Sir Or: The Diaspora of the Dahomey," "Hell in My Kitchen," "Show Don’t Tell," "De La of Justice: Journey, History, Acceptance," "Mississippi," and "Green Pods."
Obsidian II: Black Literature in Review 10:1-2 (1995) 63-71.

"Basic Rules of Grammar." Artemis XVI (1995) 10.

Fiction:

"Human Body, Human Mind." Touchstone 32:1 (2000) 95-100.

"A Trip." Jabberwock Review 22:2 (2000) 72-87.

"The Iron Bars." Peregrine XVIII (1999) 12-17.

"Cole." Evergreen Chronicles 13:1 (1998) 42-51.

Reviews:

Solider: A Poet's Story by June Jordan. Mosaic Magazine Summer (2000) 37.

FIELDS:

Creative Writing (poetry and fiction)
African American Literature
Contemporary Southern Novelists

MANUSCRIPTS:

I Wanted to Take You Home. Poetry collection, 69 pp.
Heathen (collection-in-progress), ca. 70 pp.
Thus It Happened (manuscript-in-progress). Novel, ca. 340 pp.
Human Body, Human Mind (manuscript-in-progress). Short stories, ca.
100 pp.

REFERENCES:

Available upon Request

CREDENTIALS:

Includes letters of reference, but graduate transcripts may be requested. Available from the Career Development Center, Binghamton University—SUNY, P.O. Box 6013, Binghamton, NY 13902-6013, (607) 777-2191. Contact applicant for creative writing sample.