Ms. Tarfia Faizullah
Assistant Professor
University of North Texas
Department of English
(940) 565-2050
Email: Tarfia.Faizullah@unt.edu
Education
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MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009
Major: Creative Writing
Specialization: Poetry
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BA, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
Major: Plan II Honors Program
Teaching
Teaching Experience
- ENGL 3150 - Beginning Poetry Writing, 2 courses.
- ENGL 4110 - Advanced Poetry Writing, 2 courses.
- ENGL 5420 - Creative Writing: Poetry, 1 course.
- ENGL 5950 - Master's Thesis, 1 course.
University of North Texas
Research
Published Intellectual Contributions
- Faizullah, T. Registers of Illuminated Villages. Minneapolis, MN, Graywolf Press.
- Faizullah, T. Necessary Failure. College Station, TX, South to South Anthology.
- Faizullah, T. Deprogramming the Artist. Chicago, IL, US Artists New Suns.
- Faizullah, T. Ditty. Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art.
- Faizullah, T. Great Material. Personal Best Anthology: Makers on Their Poems. Port Townsend, WA, Copper Canyon Press.
- Faizullah, T. Poem Without Love. Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day.
- Faizullah, T. Red-Lipped Poem. Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day.
- Faizullah, T. Red-Lipped Poem. Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day.
- Faizullah, T. Two Days in a Row in November I Died Twice. The Yale Review.
- Faizullah, T. Infinity Ghazal Beginning with Lice and Never Ending with Lies. Pasadena, CA, New Moons Anthology.
- Faizullah, T. Self-Portrait as Mango.
- Faizullah, T. Surah. Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day.
Book
Personal Essay
Poem
Presentations Given
- Faizullah, T. (Author & Presenter), Dallas Literary Festival, MA, MFA, and PhD Programs, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (2023).
- Faizullah, T. (Author & Presenter), Sewanee Writers' Conference, The Art of the Line, Sewanee, TN, United States of America. (2023).
- Faizullah, T. (Author & Presenter), The Art of the Line, The Art of the Line, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT, United States of America. (2023).
- Faizullah, T. (Author & Presenter), Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference, To Be a Leaf, Ripton, VT, United States of America. (2022).
Invited Talk
Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits
- Other. Faizullah, T., "Poetry Reading", Tarfia Faizullah, Sewanee Writers' Conference, Sewanee, TN, United States of America. (July 18, 2023 - July 30, 2023).
- Other. Faizullah, T., "Poetry Reading", Tarfia Faizullah, Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference, Ripton, VT, United States of America. (June 11, 2023 - June 17, 2023).
- Other. Faizullah, T., "Poetry Reading", Tarfia Faizullah, Anaphora Literary Arts Residency, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. (June 6, 2023 - June 15, 2023).
- Other. Faizullah, T., "Poetry Reading", Tarfia Faizullah, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson,VT, United States of America. (April 24, 2023 - April 28, 2023).
- Other. Faizullah, T., "Poetry Reading", Tarfia Faizullah, Oxford Conference for the Book, Oxford, MS, United States of America. (April 3, 2023 - April 5, 2023).
- Other. Faizullah, T., "Poetry In the City", Tarfia Faizullah, Dallas Literary Festival, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (March 4, 2023 - March 5, 2023).
Service
Professional Service
- Adjudicator, Nimrod Literary Awards. Tulsa, OK. (September 2023 - Present).
- Adjudicator, Hunger Mountain Poetry Contest. Johnson, VT. (June 2023 - Present).
- Adjudicator, Frontier Poetry Global Poetry. (April 2023 - Present).
- Adjudicator, The Common Language Project. Dallas, TX. (May 2022 - Present).
- Adjudicator, David R. Russell Memorial Poetry Award. Dallas, TX. (April 2022 - Present).
- Adjudicator, Hopwood Undergraduate Awards. Ann Arbor, MI. (March 2022 - Present).
- Adjudicator, Neustadt International Prize for Literature. (October 2021 - Present).
- Editor, Journal Editor, Hunger Mountain. Montpelier, VT. (January 2022 - 2024).
- Editor, Guest Editor, Survival Takes a Wild Imagination. Los Angeles, CA. (November 2022 - 2022).