Jacob R. Benavides
MFA, Creative Writing - Poetry
BA in English: Literary Studies, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Areas of Interest
Queer Poetry/Poetics
Contemporary Lyric
Recent Courses Taught
ENGL 1113: Composition I
ENGL 2513: Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 3323: Technical Writing
Selected Publications
Poetry
“ARS POETICA AT THE BAR FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE WALL,” Lunch Ticket Vol. 26 (forthcoming)
“SYNTHESIZER ODE,” Beaver Magazine Issue 11 (forthcoming)
“I WILL LITERALLY EAT YOUR GRANDMA,” Folklore Review Vol. 2 (forthcoming)
“I AM NOT AFRAID TO DIE,” BULLSHIT LIT Anthology Vol. 3
“A Long Life,” Mississippi Review Vol. 52.1-2
“Leander,” Hyacinth Review, June 2024
“Amaranth,” Cathexis Northwest Press, Nov.-Dec. 2023
“Flesh Elegy” & “The Germ,” Basilinda: A Queer & Feminist Journal, October 2023
“One Warm Summer Night” & “Lovely Bushels & Bone Orchards (Pantoum for the Violently Queer),” Switchgrass Review, Summer 2023
“As if Again” & “Cardinals are the Color of Blood,” The Heartland Review, Spring 2023
“Immaterial,” Texas Poetry Assignment, November 2021
Selected Conference Presentations
Sparagmos: The Ecstatic Space of Queer Futurity in Mythopoetic Practice, South-Central Modern Language Association, 2023
Awards and Recognition
Mary Lynn Cummings Scholarship in Creative Writing - Poetry, 2024
Mississippi Review Poetry Prize Finalist, 2024
Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize Finalist, 2023