Emily Blair

RESUME

EDUCATION

University of Louisville: Fall 2015 - 2017

          Master's in English

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech): Fall 2011 - Spring 2015

Major in English, with concentrations in Creative Writing and Literature

Minor in American Studies

RECEN CREATIVE 
PRESENTATIONS & READINGS

Down Yonder Zine: June 2021

Read "Marriage Meditation" and an author Q&A for the Down Yonder Zine launch

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South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference: November 2018

Presented on Screen Door Review, a queer Southern literary magazine, as an editor and scholar

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Travelin' Appalachians Revue, Asheville Reading: June 2018

Read poetry for TAR at Asheville, NC, reading

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Popular Culture and American Culture Association National Conference: March 2018

Performed original poetry collection, titled "Tonight, We Feast Like Vultures

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Appalachian Studies Association: March 2017

Performed a series of poems titled "Voicing Appalachia: Poetry as Exploration of Liminal Appalachian Identities," as well as participated in a panel: "Whose Job is It? Helping First-Generation Students Apply for College by Bridging Gaps Between Families and High Schools"

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RECENT CREATIVE 
PUBLICATIONS

"The best ham in Louisville’s in a deli in the back of a liquor store, no signs, salty-sweet and heavenly cold on a biscuit, made for picnics in the March sunlight, made for walking, and even these moments must be remembered." Flypaper Lit, 2021.

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“An IUD is a Silver Bullet That Could Kill Me,” "Love Poem: For the Man Who Feels Ghostly Even In My Arms," "Love Poem: For Frogs, and Their Descendants," and "When I Say I Dream About Eating Men." Heavy Feather Review, vol. 9, 2020.

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“In Appalachia, Living a Spectacle.” The New Southern Fugitives, vol. 2, issue 13.

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 “Love Poem: For Odysseus, If He Were On Tinder" and "Love Poem: To Deep Rivers." Pidgeonholes.

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“A Boy Named Rooster Tries to Kiss Me,” "toothy mother," "angelology," "Love Poem: For Mrs. Pac-Man," and "Love Poem: For The Sounds at Night." Posit: A Journal of Literature and Art.

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“what’s a family tree when the tree is dead.” The Pinch Journal.

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“Love Poem: For the Summer I Was 17.” Riggwelter Press, no. 20, 2019, p. 55.

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"Plumbing." Contrary Magazine, 2019.

“Love Poem: For a Super Blood Wolf Moon Over the Mountains and Also A Newly Built Apartment Complex in Asheville." Impossible Archetype, no. 5, 2019.

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“Ritual.” Occulum Journal, no. 9, 2018.

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“Why Not Janet Doe?” and "Fish Wife." Boshemia Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2018.

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“Raised Pentecostal, Filled With Rage.” Hobo Camp Review, Issue 34, 2018.

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