Michelle Valladares

Assistant Professor & Director of MFA in Creative Writing

Main Affiliation

English

Areas of Expertise/Research

  • Contemporary Poetry
  • Creative Writing
  • Indian Poetry

Building

North Academic Center

Office

6/219

Phone

(212) 650-6340

Michelle Valladares

Education

B.A. Bryn Mawr College
M.F.A. Sarah Lawrence College

About

Valladares is a poet and filmmaker.  Her writing has appeared in Asterix Journal,  Upstreet Journal, Clockhouse, the Literary Review, Sixers Review, North American Review, Fulcrum and  The Women鈥檚 Review of Books.  She has been anthologized in Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia & Beyond, and The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry by Indians.  Her honors include a Pushcart Prize Nomination and her poem 鈥淐UNY Writers Reading Against Austerity鈥 was published in PSCuny鈥檚 Clarion.  She has completed a second manuscript of poems, First Map of the New World and is currently working on a non fiction book, Searching for Tara.  As a film producer of three independent films, Valladares received the Best Producer Award from the Independent Documentary Association.  She currently directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing.

Publications

Nortada, The North Wind, poems (Global City Press, 2005)

 

Anthologies

The New Poetry:  Modern English Poems by Indians (Sahitya Akademi, India 2017)

The HarperCollins Book of  English Poetry by Indians, (Harper Collins, 2012)

Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia & Beyond, (Norton, 2008)

 

Films

Co-Producer, O Sert茫o das Mem贸rias (Landscapes of Memory), directed by Jos茅 Ara煤jo, (Brazil, 1997)  Awards Best Latin American Film, Sundance Film Festival, 

the Wolfgang Staudte Prize, Independent Forum of New Cinema, Berlin Film Festival

Co-Producer, El Diablo Nunca Duerme  (The Devil Never Sleeps), directed by Lourdes Portillo. (USA/Mexico, 1995)   Award Best Documentary Award, Independent Documentary Association, 1995.

Production Manager, Imagining Indians, produced and directed by Victor Masayesva, Jr. (USA 1992)

 

Collaborations

鈥淪onnets and Ghazals鈥 with poet Sam Greenhoe,  (Na茂ve Press, 2016)

鈥淕race and Selected Poems鈥 chapbooks by SVA students with artist Olga Mezhibovskaya, exibition at the Art Director鈥檚 Club Gallery.  (NYC, 2013)

鈥淒oll Dresses鈥  An artist book with printmaker, Miriam Schaer, (limited edition of 6, NYC, 1995) Included in the at Yale University and Univ. of California Book Arts Collection.

Courses Taught

undergraduate

Advanced Poetry Workshop

Intro to Creative Writing

Intermediate Creative Writing

Reading/Writing the Asian American Diaspora: Capstone Seminar

Imagining Indians:  Native American Film and Literature

 

graduate

Poetry Workshop

The Conversation Between Poetry and Art: Critical Practice

Prosody:  Critical Practice