Jacob R. Benavides
MFA, Creative Writing - Poetry
BA, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Areas of Interest
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Poetry
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Queer Poetry/Poetics
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Gender and Sexuality Studies
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Queer Theory
Recent Courses Taught
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Composition I
Selected Publications
Poetry
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“1/1/2000,” Beyond Queer Words. Forthcoming.
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“Imitation/Immature,” Corpus Christi Writers Anthology. Forthcoming.
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“One Warm Summer Night,” “Lovely Bushels & Bone Orchards (Pantoum for the Violently Queer),” Switchgrass Review: Literary Journal of Health and Transformation, vol. 6, Summer 2023.
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“As if Again,” “Cardinals are the Color of Blood,” The Heartland Review, Spring 2023.
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"Limb Love," "Morning," "The Exhibitionist," The Windward Review, vol. 20, Spring 2023.
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"Immaterial," Texas Poetry Assignment, November 2021.
Selected Conference Presentations
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Sparagmos: The Ecstatic Space of Queer Futurity in Mythopoetic Practice, South-Central Modern Language Association Conference: Creative Writing Poetry Panel Session. Corpus Christi, TX, Forthcoming.
Awards and Recognition
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2023 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize Finalist, The Heartland Review
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2022 HAAS Writing Award 1st Prize (Poetry), Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
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2021 HAAS Writing Award 2nd Prize (Poetry), Texas A&M University Corpus Christi