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EDUCATION
Cornell University | Ithaca, NY
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature
expected 2016
Academic interests: 20th century poetry and poetics of Latin America, Iberia, and the United States; translation and its theories; literary space and silence; aesthetics and visual culture; post-dictatorship writing.
University of Chicago | Chicago, IL
M.A. in the Humanities
2006
Fields of study: 20th century poetry of the Americas, translation studies
Advisor: Kelly Austin
Thesis: “Interpreting Vallejo: Three English Translations of César Vallejoʼs Poem XLV.”
University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI
B.A. in Writing and Literature with Honors
2004
Major field of study: 20th century U.S. poetry
Minor: Spanish language, literature and culture
Advisor: Ken Mikolowski
University of Seville | Seville, Spain
Study Abroad
2003
Fields of study: 20th century Latin American novel, poetry of the Spanish Civil War
AWARDS AND HONORS
2012
Graduate Student Conference Grant, Cornell University
2011
Sage Fellowship, Cornell University
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Cornell University | Ithaca, NY
Tutor, Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines
Fall 2011
Writing Walk-In Service
Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PA
Lecturer, Department of English
Fall 2010, Spring 2011
“Rhetoric and Composition”
University of Chicago | Chicago, IL
Lector, Master of Arts Program in the Humanities
Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010
“Academic and Professional Writing”
University of Chicago | Chicago, IL
Lector, Graham School of General Studies
Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009
“Effective Writing in Business and the Professions”
University of Chicago | Chicago, IL
Writing Intern (Teaching Assistant), Humanities Core, The College
Fall 2006
“Readings in World Literature 1” with Kelly Austin (2 sections)
Winter 2007
“Readings in World Literature 2” with Ryan Giles (2 sections)
Spring 2007
“Readings in World Literature 3” with Franklin Lewis (1 section), and Sascha Ebeling (1 section)
Western Wayne Correctional Facility
Volunteer Instructor, Creative Writing
Winter 2002
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Fiction
“The Winter of Awkward Sexual Harassment.” The New-York Ghost 4, no. 53 (2009).
Food Writing
“A Love Letter to Chicago, Signed in Hot Sauce.” The Huffington Post, March 9, 2011.
“An American Vegetarian in Germany.” The Huffington Post, July 23, 2010.
“My Morel Hunt.” The Huffington Post, May 17, 2010.
“Top Ten List: Vegetarian Dining in Chicago.” The Huffington Post, April 13, 2010.
“From Trees to Treat: Making Maple Syrup.” The Huffington Post, March 24, 2010.
“Self-Serve: Brötchen.” Proximity Magazine (Spring 2009).
www.mealsformoderns.com
Poems
“Into Months.” The Awl, January 19, 2012.
“Colony.” Bailliwik 7 (Autumn 2009).
“Retouring.” Bailliwik 7 (Autumn 2009).
“Season.” Bailliwik 7 (Autumn 2009).
“Been.” The Dil Pickler 2 (2009)
“Phantom.” The Dil Pickler 2 (2009)
“Road.” The Pulchritudinous Review 2 (2009).
“Thread.” The Pulchritudinous Review 2 (2009).
“Beach.” The Pulchritudinous Review 1 (2007).
“Not Frankenstein.” The Pulchritudinous Review 1 (2007).
“Away and Where is the Beginning.” The Recluse 1 (June 2005).
“Blue Lake, When Younger.” The Recluse 1 (June 2005).
“Creek.” The Recluse 1 (June 2005).
“This Year.” The Recluse 1 (June 2005).
“A Brazilian Fable.” Dispatch Detroit 7 (2004).
“The Autumn of the Patriot.” Dispatch Detroit 7 (2004).
“The Things are Strange and Touchable.” Dispatch Detroit 7 (2004).
“Whole Branches Have Fallen.” Dispatch Detroit 7 (2004).
“Poet in New York.” The Yellow Elephant 2, no. 1 (2002).
“April.” The Residential College Review, 2002.
“Guitar Cinquain.” The Residential College Review, 2002.
“July.” The Residential College Review, 2002.
“After the Butterfly Got Sold.” The Residential College Review, 2001.
“Retirement.” The Residential College Review, 2001.
“Wind Picks Up.” The Residential College Review, 2001.
Translations
Rubio, Fanny, “At the UIMP a Bird Dies at the Feet of a District Attorney,” trans. Rebecca Kosick, Reunion: The Dallas Review. (Forthcoming)
Rubio, Fanny, “Frühjahr,” trans. Rebecca Kosick, Reunion: The Dallas Review. (Forthcoming)
Rubio, Fanny, “Paco Rabanne: In Memorium,” trans. Rebecca Kosick, Reunion: The Dallas Review. (Forthcoming)
Rubio, Fanny, “With Poet, In New York,” trans. Rebecca Kosick, Reunion: The Dallas Review. (Forthcoming)
Rubio, Fanny, “The Niche Desired.” Translated by Rebecca Kosick. In TWO LINES. San Francisco: Center for the Art of Translation. (Forthcoming)
Rubio, Fanny, “Grenzenborders,” trans. Rebecca Kosick, The Iowa Review 41 (Winter 2011).
Rubio, Fanny, “The Last of the South,” trans. Rebecca Kosick, The Iowa Review 41 (Winter 2011).
Rubio, Fanny, “Root,” trans. Rebecca Kosick, The Iowa Review 41 (Winter 2011).
Rubio, Fanny, “A World to Win,” trans. Rebecca Kosick, Bailliwik 8 (Autumn 10).
EXHIBITIONS
“The Political Box Project,” Shadow Report, Alley Culture, Detroit, MI 2005
PRESENTATIONS
Presenter, Translam! Symposium on Literary Translation, Pennsylvania State University, 2011
Panelist, Post-Academic Career Panel, GradUCon, University of Chicago, 2010
Panelist, Master of Arts Program in the Humanities Gap Year Panel, University of Chicago, 2009
ADDITIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
Consultant, Department of Art History, University of Chicago, 2011
Treasurer, Comparative Cultures and Literature Forum, Cornell University, 2011
Writer/Editor, Office of University Development, Pennsylvania State University, 2010-2011
Coordinator, Department of Art History, University of Chicago, 2007-2010
Mentor, Master of Arts Program in the Humanities, University of Chicago, 2006-2007
Co-editor, Corerelations, a journal of undergraduate student writing, University of Chicago, 2006
Student Publicity Assistant, Books Marketing, University of Chicago Press, 2005-2006
AFFILIATIONS
American Comparative Literature Association
American Literary Translators Association
Brazilian Studies Association
PEN American Center
LANGUAGES
English (native), Spanish, Portuguese, French
