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BIOGRAPHY

Joseph J. Capista teaches creative writing and expository writing at Towson University. His collection Intrusive Beauty was selected by Beth Ann Fennelly for Ohio University Press鈥檚 2018 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. Poems by Capista have appeared in AGNI, The Georgia Review, The Hudson Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Daily, and Slate. Prose by Capista has appeared in the Baltimore Sun. His work in education has taken him into group homes, high schools, 麻豆传媒, preschools, and a state penitentiary.

A recipient of awards from the Bread Loaf Writers鈥� Conference, the Sewanee Writers鈥� Conference, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Capista holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College. He and his spouse are longtime residents of Baltimore, where they raise their daughters.

SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH

Poetics and Poetic Craft

Creative Writing Pedagogy

William Butler Yeats

Expository Writing

Creative Nonfiction

First-Year Composition

PUBLICATIONS AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES

Book Publication

 Intrusive Beauty (Ohio University Press, Spring 2019)

 Selected Journal Publications

"40鈥� Poetry Northwest XII.2 (2018): 41.

鈥淛别濒濒测蹿颈蝉丑鈥� The Journal 42.1 (2018): 93.

鈥淢id-Flight Mid-Ascension Virgin Photograph,鈥� Image: Art, Faith, Mystery 94 (2017): 79.

鈥淓苍迟谤别补迟测鈥� Image: Art, Faith, Mystery 94 (2017): 78

鈥淓xplication of Consciousness on a Day of Rain鈥� The Hudson Review LXIX.3 (2016): 432.

鈥淭he Beautiful Things of the Earth Become More Dear as They Elude Pursuit鈥� The Hudson Review LXIX.3 (2016): 431.    

鈥淭别濒别蝉肠辞辫别鈥� Poetry Daily Dec. 7, 2016.

鈥淜id Happens鈥� AGNI 84 (2016): 161.

鈥淭别濒别蝉肠辞辫别鈥� AGNI 84 (2016): 160.

鈥淐辞谤苍颈肠别濒濒辞鈥� The Georgia Review 69.3 (2015): 456.

鈥淥n Music鈥� The Hopkins Review 6.3 (2013): 339.

鈥淕耻迟-叠辞尘产鈥� Ploughshares 38.1 (2012): 52.

鈥淭hirtysomething Blues鈥� Smartish Pace 19 (2012): 42.

鈥淟ast Request鈥� Smartish Pace 19 (2012): 43.

鈥淓xit Wound鈥� Literary Imagination 12.1 (2010): 48.

鈥�笔濒补测产辞测鈥檚 Guide to Lingering鈥� Slate July 28, 2009.

鈥沦辞飞别产辞鈥� Beloit Poetry Journal 59.1 (2008): 12.

鈥淚n the Event of a Fire鈥� America 10 Sept. 2007: 43.

鈥淗istory of the Inevitable鈥� Colorado Review 34.2 (2007): 76.

鈥淐atch-and-Release Rat Fishing鈥� Rattle 12.2 (2006): 20.

Selected Readings

Waiters鈥� Reading (Bread Loaf Writers鈥� Conference)

Smartish Pace Issue #19 Release (Baltimore)

KGB Bar (New York City)

Towson Literary Reading Series (Towson University)

Baltimore Book Festival (Maryland State Arts Council Reading)

Des Moines Poetry Festival

Presentations

Advanced Poetry Writing: Guest Speaker (Loyola University Maryland)

Baltimore Writers鈥� Conference (Critique Faculty)

Writing in the World: Alumni Panel (Loyola University Maryland)

Do a Little Dance, Write a Little Poem: Structure, Tone, and Intonation in 鈥淒anse Russe鈥� (Warren Wilson College)

M.F.A. Mentor (Warren Wilson College)

Alpha Program: Guest Speaker (Loyola University Maryland)

Young Writers鈥� Workshop (Mercy High School, Baltimore)

Picture This: Enhancing the Poetry Workshop Through the Language of Visual Design (AWP Conference, New York)

Coupling Prose and Poetry in the Composition (AWP Conference, Chicago)

Visual Texts as Tools for Written Analysis (AWP Conference, Baltimore)

Teaching English Composition/Proseminar: Guest Speaker (Iowa State University)

Creative Writing Mentor (Fort Dodge State Penitentiary)

Shelter Education Coordinator (Montana Youth Homes)

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Maryland State Arts Council, Individual Artist Award in Poetry, 2011. ($6,000.)

Maryland State Arts Council, Individual Artist Award in Poetry, 2007. ($3,000.)

Sewanee Writers鈥� Conference,  Mona Van Duyn Scholarship, 2009. ($1,500)

National Endowment for the Humanities, 鈥淲.B. Yeats and the Two Irelands鈥� Summer Seminar, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2006. ($2,500.)

MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS

American Association of University Professors

Association of Writing Programs and Writing Professionals (AWP)

Creative Writing Studies Organization

Italian American Writers Association

Poetry Society of America

SERVICE

Baltimore Writers鈥� Conference Critique Faculty

English Departmental Advisor

Transferring Student Summer Advisor

First Year Composition Mentor Committee Member

Lectureship Search Committee Member

University Service Roles

Academic Advisor (Department of English)

Transferring Student Advisor

First Year Composition Mentor

Lectureship Search Committee

First-Year Composition Mentor

Lectureship Merit Committee

Honors Thesis Committee

Course Co-Developer: Writing Baltimore

Departmental Teaching Observer

Accolades

Hollis Summers Poetry Prize (Ohio University Press)

Pushcart Prize Nominee (2018, 2017)

Bread Loaf Writers鈥� Conference (Work-Study Scholar)

Maryland State Arts Council: Individual Artist Award (2011, 2007)

Sewanee Writers鈥� Conference (Mona Van Duyn Scholar)

National Endowment for the Humanities: Summer Seminar 鈥淲.B. Yeats and the Two Irelands,鈥� National University of Ireland (Galway)

Teaching Excellence Award (Iowa State University)