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Ms. Tarfia Faizullah

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of English

(940) 565-2050

Email: Tarfia.Faizullah@unt.edu

Education

  • MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009
    Major: Creative Writing
    Specialization: Poetry
  • BA, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
    Major: Plan II Honors Program

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ENGL 3150 - Beginning Poetry Writing, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 4110 - Advanced Poetry Writing, 3 courses.
  • ENGL 5420 - Creative Writing: Poetry, 1 course.
  • ENGL 5900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • ENGL 5950 - Master's Thesis, 2 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Master's Thesis," English. (September 1, 2024 - March 15, 2025).

Awards and Honors

  • Nominated for finalist, Texas State Poet Laureate, Texas Commission on the Arts. (January 1, 2025).
  • Nominated for Presidential Early Professorship Award, UNT English Chair Nicole Smith. (September 1, 2024).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Gabbert, M., Chen, C., Faizullah, T., Chatti, L., Miller, C.J. (2025). Spotted Ponies. Bridwell Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.13160847
  • Faizullah, T. Registers of Illuminated Villages. Minneapolis, MN, Graywolf Press.

    • Personal Essay

  • Faizullah, T. Necessary Failure. College Station, TX, South to South Anthology.
  • Faizullah, T. Deprogramming the Artist. Chicago, IL, US Artists New Suns.

    • Poem

  • Faizullah, T. (2024). Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92. na.
  • 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.

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • 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).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

  • Other. Faizullah, T., "Poetry Reading with Jennifer Chang", Tarfia Faizullah and Jennifer Chang, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Other. Faizullah, T., "The Seashore of Endless Worlds", na, Bangladesh Development Initiative, Berkeley, CA, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Other. Faizullah, T., "Poetry and the Apocalypse", na, Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference, ​Middlebury, VT, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • 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).

Media Contributions

    Magazine

  • "The Art of Mystery," American Literary Review. (September 9, 2024).

Service

University Service

  • Director, Executive Committee. (2024 - 2027).

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).
  • Adjudicator, Academy of American Poets James Laughlin Book Award. (2024 - 2024).
  • Editor, Journal Editor, Hunger Mountain. Montpelier, VT. (January 2022 - 2024).
  • Editor, Guest Editor, Survival Takes a Wild Imagination. Los Angeles, CA. (November 2022 - 2022).