Demetria CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

DEMETRIA MARTINEZ

1220 Lobo Place NE

Albuquerque, NM 87106

Email: demetriajuly@aol.com

Website: www.demetriamartinez.com

EDUCATION

1982 Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Bachelor of Arts

BOOKS

2005 Confessions of a Berlitz Tape-Chicana. University of Oklahoma Press. Norman (autobiographical essays)

1999 The Devil’s Workshop, University of Arizona Press. Tucson (poetry)

1997 Breathing Between the Lines. University of Arizona Press. Tucson (poetry)

1996 Mother Tongue. Ballantine Books. New York (novel)

AWARDS

2006 International Latino Book Award for Best Biography (for Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana)

2006 Recognized by Enlace Comunitario for outstanding service on behalf of victims of domestic violence

1994 Western States Book Award for Fiction for Mother Tongue (after first release by Bilingual Review/Press, Arizona State University)

1988 Recognized by the University of New Mexico’s Women’s Resource Center for outstanding contributions to the community

1987 Irvine Chicano Literary Prize, UC Irvine, First Place Poetry

1981-1982 Wilson Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

TEACHING

2007 Colorado College, Visiting Lecturer, 11/29-12/23, “The Poet as Witness to War” (creative writing)

2006 Colorado College, Endowed Lecturer, 1/23 – 2/15, “The Poet as Witness to War” (creative writing)

1998-1999 Arizona State University, advanced fiction (fall semester), and Writer as Witness (spring semester)

1996 Writing for Social Change: Redream a Just World, honors course with Anya Achtenberg, one semester, University of New Mexico

1993 to present, William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences, University of Mass., Boston. Annual writer’s workshop (last two weeks of June), fiction

JOURNALISM

1988-present National Catholic Reporter, columnist

1993-1994 National Catholic Reporter, staff writer (including one year as National News Editor.)

1986-1990 Albuquerque Journal, religion writer

1984-1990 National Catholic Reporter, freelance writer

1980 Time Magazine, summer intern

EDITOR

2008 Co-founder/co-editor of Metamorfosis, the first anthology of New Mexico women’s writing’s in Spanish (National Hispanic Cultural Center, publisher) Albuquerque.

ANTHOLOGIES

2006 Puentes: Revista Mexico-Chicana de Literature, Cultura y Arte (Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi) poetry, Corpus Christi, TX.

2006 Writing Out of the Darkness: An Anthology of Poetry by Refugees in Transition (Tucson Writers Project) poetry, Tucson, AZ.

2004 Renaming Ecstasy: Latino Writings on the Sacred (Bilingual Press) poetry, Tempe, AZ.

2004 Face to Face: Women Writers on Faith, Mysticism, and Awakening (North Point Press) essay, New York.

2004 In Company: An Anthology of New Mexico Poets After 1960 (UNM Press) poetry, Albuquerque, NM.

2003 Writing on the Edge: A Borderlands Reader (University of AZ Press) poetry, Tucson, AZ.

2002 Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write (Harper San Francisco) poetry, San Francisco, CA.

2001 Wachalae! Poetry and Prose About Growing Up Latino in America (Cricket Books) bilingual poetry, Chicago, IL.

1999 Power Lines: A Decade of Poetry from Chicago’s Guild Complex (Tia Chucha Press) poetry, Chicago, IL.

1998 Floricanto Si: A Collection of Latina Poetry (Penguin) poetry, New York City, NY.

1997 El Coro: A Chorus of Latino and Latina Poetry (University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst) poetry, Amherst, MA.

1997 New World: Young Latino Writers (Delta) fiction, New York, NY.

1997 Writing Between the Lines: An Anthology on War & Its Social Consequences (Univ. of Mass. Press) fiction, Amherst, MA.

1996 Chicana Creativity & Criticism (University of New Mexico Press) poetry, Albuquerque, NM.

1996 Under the Pomegranate Tree: The Best New Latino Erotica (Washington Square Press) poetry, New York, NM.

1996 Claiming the Spirit Within (Beacon Press) poetry, Boston, MA.

1996 Barrio Streets Carnival Dreams: Three Generations Of Latino Artistry (Henry Holt) fiction, New York, NY.

1996 Walking The Twilight II: Women Writers Of The Southwest (Northland) fiction, Flagstaff, AZ.

1995 Paper Dance: 55 Latino Poets (Persea) poetry, New York, NY.

1994 Skin Deep: Women Writing On Color, Culture And Identity (The Crossing Press) poetry, Freedom, CA.

1994 New Mexico Poetry Renaissance (Red Crane Books) poetry, Santa Fe, NM.

1993 Infinite Divisions: An Anthology Of Chicana Literature (University of Arizona Press) poetry, Tucson, AZ.

1992 After Aztlan: Latino Poets Of The Nineties (Godine) poetry, Boston, MA.

1989 Three Times A Woman (Three Full Manuscripts In One Book) (Bilingual Review Press) poetry, Tempe, AZ.

1988 Las Mujeres Hablan: An Anthology Of Nuevo Mexicana Writers (El Norte Publications) poetry, Albuquerque, NM.

1987 Voces: An Anthology Of Nuevo Mexicano Writers (El Norte Publications) poetry, Albuquerque, NM.

JOURNALS

2004 Chokecherries (Somos) poetry, Taos, NM.

2000 Colorado Review (Colorado State Univ.) poetry, Ft. Collins. CO.

1999 Hayden’s Ferry Review (Arizona State University) poetry, Tempe, AZ.

1997 Ploughshares (Emerson college) poetry, Boston, MA.

1997 Border Beat: The Border Arts Journal (Dog Eat Dog Publishing), poetry, Tucson, AZ.

1991 River Styx, poetry, St. Louis, MO.

1988 Columbia: A Magazine Of Poetry And Prose (Columbia University), poetry, New York, NY.

1985 TARASQUE II (Albuquerque United Artists) poetry, Albuquerque, NM.

1978 Southwest High School Creative Writing Awards (New Mexico State University) poetry, Las Cruces, NM,

READINGS, KEYNOTES, WORKSHOPS (partial listing, see addendum)

3/18/2008

“Cada Mujer/Cada Cuento” (Catholic Charities, NM) writing workshop in Spanish for immigrant women—GED students

3/5/2008

“La palabra en el sueno y en la vigilia” (UNM Spanish Department) reading of poetry in translation

2/7/2008 (San Juan Community College, Farmington, NM) reading of poetry and prose followed by discussion on language & identity

10/4/2007

“Confessions of a Berlitz Tape Chicana” (Central New Mexico Community College) reading

9/16/2007

“With Open Arms/Con Los Brazos Abiertos” (Manhattan, Middle Church) Reflection on immigration for Latino Week service

8/16-20/2007

“The World Outside—The World Within” (Leaven retreat Center, Lyons, MI) Memoir workshop with Anya Achtenberg

5/15/2007

“Columnas Fronteras: Citizen of the Border, Citizen of the World” (Tri-College Leadership Workshop for young women, North Dakota State University, Fargo) Keynote

5/11-15/2007

Tucson Poetry Festival (Tucson, AZ) Bilingual readings and panels

4/12-15/2007

“Crossing Borders” (University of New Mexico Honors Program) Reading from Mother Tongue & class discussion on the history of the El Salvadoran refugee crisis

3/2/2007

“Women and Creativity” (National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque) Bilingual Poetry Reading

2/15-16/2007

Border Learning Conference (El Paso, TX) Keynote and Reading

2/6-2/11/2007

Third International Poetry Festival (Managua, Nicaragua) Readings

1/23/2007

“Sexualized Violence on the Border and Immigration Policy: From New Mexico to New York” (Rutgers University, Newark) Panel, Reading

11/13-14/2006

Reading and Classroom visits (University of Oklahoma Honors College, Norman, OK)

11/9/2006

“Keeping It Real: Ethics and Aesthetics of Non-Fiction (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles) Panel, Reading

10/25/2006

Trinity College (San Antonio, TX) Reading

9/14/2006

“Mexican Independence Day: A Celebration” (Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado) Reading

8/17-21/2006

“Yearning & Justice: Writing the Unlived Life” (The Leaven Center, Lyons, MI) Workshop with Anya Achtenberg

7/10 – 14, 2006

“Writing for Social Change, Redream a Just World” (Taos Summer Writers’ Conference) Workshop with Anya Achtenberg, and Reading

5/19/2006

“Jumpstart Your Inspiration” (National Latino Writer’s Conference, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque) Non-fiction Workshop

4/28/2006

“New Mexico Voices for Children Thirteenth annual Youth Spirit Award,” (Albuquerque) Keynote

4/25/2006

“My Journey with Bipolar Disorder: Latina Culture as a Force for Healing” (Maurcio Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development & Public Policy, Univ. of Mass., Boston) Lecture

3/30/2006

“Living the Call For Justice” (Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX) Reading

3/29/2006

“Women’s History Month” (The Women’s Studies Institute and English Dept, UT, San Antonio) Reading

3/4/2006: “Nuestras Raíces: Literary Arts Festival” (Tucson, AZ) Reading

3/1/2006

“Writers Festival” (University of New Mexico) Reading

2/2/2006

“Visiting Writers Series” (Colorado College, CO) Reading

9/9/2005

“Nuestra Herencia/Nuestra Voz: Reading” (National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque; sponsored by the Spanish as a Heritage Language Program UNM)

7/14 – 7/18/2005

“Writing for Social Change: Place & Exile – Borders and Crossings” (The Leaven Center, Lyons, MI) Workshop with Anya Achtenberg

4/5/2005

“Aesthetics of Belief Conference for Catholic Writers” (University of Notre Dame) Reading

3/6/2005

“A Celebration of International Women’s Day” (Southwest Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque) Reading

12/8/2004

“Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana: Relearning our Mother Tongues” (Hulbert Center for Southwestern Studies, Colorado College sponsor) Keynote

12/5/2004

“Escritores Hispanos Leyendo la Frontera” (Universidad Iberoamericana, Tijuana, MX; sponsored by the Lannan Foundation) Reading

10/23/2004

“Congreso de Literatura Chicana: 1974-2004” (New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM) Keynote

10/16/2004

Poetry Center at Smith College, Reading

8/27/2004

“Summer Writers Reading Series” (Living Light Gallery, Taos, NM) Reading

8/9/2004

“Teachers as Writers and Readers in the Southwest” (Sponsor: Pennsylvania Writing & Literature Project, West Chester University) Reading, Taos, NM

4/3/2004

“The Border Book Festival” (Mesilla, NM) Reading

10/23/2003

Poets & Writers Series (UNM) Reading

9/27/2003

Third Annual “Jemez Valley Authors Symposium: Celebrating New Mexico’s Tri-cultural Heritage” (Canon, NM) Reading, panel with N. Scott Momaday and John Nichols

2/7/2003

“How To Rescue that Manuscript In Your Drawer” (Prescott College, {Arizona} Master of Arts Program) Keynote

9/19/2002

“Latinas Building Our Nation Conference” (Hispanic Women’s Corporation, Albuquerque) Reading

5/21/2002

“Catholic Social Practice & the Latino Experience” (UC Santa Barbara) Reading & Lecture

5/21/2002

“Religion, Gender & Ethnic Identity in Fiction & Poetry: Reading & Discussion” (Latin American and Iberian Studies Program, UC, Santa Barbara)

5/2/2002

“Jim Sagel Memorial Lecture Series” (UNM, Los Alamos) Reading

3/18/2002

Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County, (Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ) Readings

2/25 – 3/3/2002

“Oklahoma Scholar Leadership Enrichment Program” (University of Oklahoma, Norman) Workshops with photographer Douglas Kent Hall

5/5-5/8/2001

“Primer Coloquio Internacional Sobre Literatura y Testimonio En America Central” (University of El Salvador, San Salvador) Presentation on Mother Tongue

4/27/2001

Appalachian State University, Reading

10/14/2000

“Three Worlds, One Heart” Conference, (Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History, Washington DC) Reading

9/10/2000

“Black & White & Read All Over” (Literacy Volunteers of Tucson, AZ) Keynote

8/5/2000

Conference of Reforma: National Association to Promote Library & Informational Services to Latinos & the Spanish Speaking, conference (Tucson, AZ) Reading

5/2-7/2000

“Literacy Through Photography” (project of Duke University, NC), Reading & Elementary School Classroom Writing Project

1/16/2000

“Celebration for Peace” (Temple Sinai; Palm Desert, CA) Keynote

4/9/1999

“Third Annual Poetry Central Celebration” (Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ) Reading

7/27-8/1/1998

Sharlot Hall Museum (Prescott, AZ) Writer-in-Residence

7/27-8/1/1998 (Hassayampa Institute for Creative Writing, Prescott) Non-fiction Workshops and Reading

4/2/1988

“Primer Congreso Internacional en España de Lengua & Literatura Chicana” (Dept. de Filologia Inglesa, Universidad de Granada; Granada, Spain) Reading

3/19-24/1998

“Writing Women’s Lives” (Recursos de Santa Fe Conference, Santa Fe, NM) Reading and Lecture

10/31/97

“American Women Writers of Color Conference” (Salisbury State University, MD) Reading

4/29/1997

“Emerging Subjectivities in Chicana Literature: Madres, Comadres, Madrinas Y Quinceañeras ” (Stanford University) Reading

4/3/1997

Museum of Contemporary Art (San Diego, CA) Reading

1/22/1997

“Women Writers: Journeys Real & Imagined” conference (University of AZ, Tucson Women’s Studies Advisory Council) Reading

5/16/1996

Derechos Humanos Coalition/AZ Border Rights Project (Tucson, AZ) Reading

5/2/1996

Latino Literature Festival (PEN, New York City) Reading

3/13/1995

“El Salvador: Power, Passion, Politics on the Homefront” (Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle, Chaut., NY) Lecture

2/28/1995

“Mestizo Texts in the Spanish/Mexicano/Chicano Borderlands” (Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese, UNM) Reading

4/25/1990

“Chicana Writes: On Word and Film” conference (UC Irvine) Reading

11/17/1989

“Astonishing God: The Renaissance Southwesterner” (University of New Mexico and the NM Endowment for the Humanities) Reading

MISCELANEOUS

2003 to present: Board member of Enlace Comunitario, which serves Spanish speaking victims of domestic violence

1994 to present: Board member of and the non-profit Curbstone Press

2003-2006: New Mexico Arts Commission member (appointment by Governor Bill Richardson)

ADDENDUM

Due to a computer failure, I lost the specific dates of readings/lectures I did in the late 1980s and early 1990s

at the following institutions:

Yale University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Long Island University; Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO; San Francisco State University; Mexican Fine Arts Center, Chicago; University of Mass., Amherst; UC, Santa Cruz; University of Utah, Salt Lake; University of Missouri, KC; Guadalupe Arts Center, San Antonio, TX; Texas Tech. University, Lubbock; 1994 Guadalajara Book Fair, MX; University of Las Vegas, Nevada; Southern Missouri State University, Springfield; University of Texas, Austin