Michelle Valladares
Assistant Professor & Director of MFA in Creative Writing
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