Brenda Cárdenas, Associate Professor

email: cardenab@uwm.edu
phone: 414-229-6993
office: Curtin Hall 589

Degrees:

MFA, Creative Writing-Poetry, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1995
BA, English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1987

Teaching/Research Interests:

Poetry Writing
United States Latino/a Literatures and Cultures
Performance Art
Poetry in Collaboration with Other Arts

Other Relevant Activities:

2010-2012 Milwaukee Poet Laureate
Board Member, MARCH (Movimiento Artistico Chicano) Inc, Chicago, IL
Ex-Oficio Advisory Circle Member, Con Tinta Latino Literary Organization

Selected Publications:

Books and compact disk
Bread of the Earth / The Last Colors with Roberto Harrison. Pamphlet. San Francisco: Decentralized Publications, 2011.

Boomerang. Tempe: Bilingual Review Press, 2009.

From the Tongues of Brick and Stone. Momotombo Press, Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2005.

Co-Editor, Between the Heart and the Land / Entre el Corazon y la tierra: Latina Poets in the Midwest. MARCH Abrazo Press, 2001.

Chicano Illnoize: The Blue Island Sessions, poetry and music CD with Sonido Ink(quieto), DeSPICable Records, 2001.

Poetry anthologized in
Brute Neighbors: Urban Nature Poetry, Prose and Photography. Chicago: DePaul University, 2011.

The City Visible: Chicago Poetry for the New Century. Cracked Slab Books, 2007.

The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry. University of Arizona Press, 2007.

Poetic Voices Without Borders. Gival Press, 2005.

U. S. Latino Literature Today. Pearson Longman College Division Textbooks, 2004.

Inhabiting the Body: A Collection of Poetry and Art by Women. Moon Journal Press, 2002.

Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam. Random House, 2001.

Learning by Heart: Contemporary American Poetry About School. University of Iowa Press, 1999.

Under the Pomegranate Tree: The Best Latino Erotica. Washington Square Press, 1996.

Poetry and essays recently published or forthcoming in Pilgrimage: Story, Spirit, Witness, Place; Cream City Review; Poetry Daily; and Beyond the Field: New Latino/a Writing.

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Performance Art and Installation Projects

Many performances throughout the nation with Sonido Ink(quieto), a spoken word and music ensemble (2000-2002)

Floricanto: A Feast of the Arts, Poetry and Printmaking Exhibit and Performance with artist Jeff Abbey Maldonado and five other poets, Chicago Field Museum (2000) and Chicago Cultural Center (1999)

Undesirable Elements/Chicago, Conceptual Theater Piece conceived and directed by Ping Chong in association with the six cast members, University of Illinois at Chicago and the Chernin Center for the Arts in Chicago (1999)

Mas Cara, collaborative installation included in "Turning Points: Seven Collaborative Arts Pieces," University of Michigan (1998)

Oh Goya! Goya with dancer and choreographer Evelyn Vélez Aguayo, included "Corpus Delecti—Sex, Food and Body Politics: A Season of U.S. Latino/a, Caribbean, and Latin American Performance Art," The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England (1996)