| M E L I S S A R. B E N H A M |
| 286 Lenox Ave #205 |
| Oakland, CA 94610 |
| EDUCATION |
| M.F.A Writing & Poetics, Poetry, Naropa University, Boulder, CO, July 2003 |
| ����������� Advisor:� Andrew Schelling |
| ����������� Thesis: Complexities of Address:� The Evolution of the Modern Epistle |
| B.A. English, Poetry, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, May 2003 |
| ����������� Advisor: Toni Mirosevich |
| EDITING AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
| Editor, Antennae, The Journal of the Naropa Summer Writing Program, 2003 |
| Poetry Editor, asst. to Editor-in-Chief, Bombay Gin 29, Naropa University, 2002-2003 |
| Student Activity Coordinator, Naropa Summer Writing Program 2002 |
| Editorial Committee, Bombay Gin 28, 2001-2002 |
| Artist-in-residence, Performing Arts Workshop, 2000-2001, 2004-2005 |
| Artist mentor, Each One Reach One Organization, 2000-2001 |
| AWARDS |
| Ted Berrigan Poetry Award, Naropa University, Summer Writing Program, 2003 |
| READINGS, PERFORMANCES, & PRESENTATIONS |
| Lecture, "Innovative Poetry & Codeswitching," Front Range Community College, Westminster, CO, April 2004� |
| Subday Press book release reading, Lefthand Reading Series, Boulder, CO, August 2003 |
| Ted Berrigan Poetry Award reading, Naropa Summer Writing Program, Boulder, CO, June 2003 |
| Featured Reading, Vic's Coffeehouse Reading Series, Louisville, CO, December 2002 |
| Multi-media presentation, Student Arts Concert, Naropa University, Boulder CO, October 2002 |
| Reading, Student Arts Concert, Naropa University, Boulder, CO, March 2002 |
| Collaborative Performance piece (in conjunction with Joan Retallack's class), "Randomly Distributed Non-Overlapping Circles," Naropa Summer |
| ���� ���� Writing Program, Boulder, CO, June 2002 |
| Reading, Student Reading, Naropa Summer Writing Program, Boulder, CO, July 2002 |
| Reading, Student Arts Concert, Naropa University, Boulder, CO, November 2001� |
| WRITER ASSISTANT POSITIONS |
| Research Assistant, Ed Sanders, 2003-2004 |
| Faculty Assistant, Donald Gurovich, Naropa Summer Writing Program, 2003 |
| Faculty Assistant, Joan Retallack, Summer Writing Program, 2002 |
| Workshop Assistant, Diane di Prima, 1999-2001 |
| PUBLICATIONS |
| BOOKS & CHAPBOOKS: |
| Codeswitching, Subday Press, San Francisco, CA, 2003. Full-length book.� |
| Birthday Party, self-published, Boulder, CO, 2002. Chapbook. |
| Surrealist Object vs. Narrated Dream, self-published, Boulder, CO, 2001.� Chapbook. |
| Recounted, self-published, San Francisco, CA, 1999.� Chapbook. |
| Excerpts from crossing to, How2: non-traditional directions in poetry and scholarship by women, V2. No. 2, Spring/Summer 2004 |
| "dear robot," "dear pretend," "dear directly overhead," 3rd Bed 10, Summer 2004 |
| IN PRINT: |
| "dear mostly water," Fourteen Hills:� The SFSU Review, Winter/Spring 2004 |
| "first arrangement of blue," Sleeping Fish, Issue Zero, Calamari Press, 2004 |
| Excerpts from "the setting ad infinitum," The Stolen Purse:� A Literary Quarterly, V.1 Issue 2, Winter 2004 |
| Excerpts from crossing to The Arts Paper, Summer 2003 |
| Excerpts from Codeswitching and "dear miss lonelyhearts," 3therfore2: Arts of the Journal, A Literary Sorta, V.2, Spring 2003 |
| "suggestion two minus," The Stolen Purse: A Literary Quarterly, V.1. issue 1, Winter 2003 |
| Excerpts from crossing to, 3therefore2: Arts of the Journal, A Literary Sorta, V.1, Fall 2002 |
| "The Gala poems," "For L.," "Memphis," and "The Heart Regenerated, Sand to Glass: Selections from the First Six Online Issues��� |
| ��� �����Sand to Glass Publications, 2001 (These also appeared online during 2000). |
| "backwards birthday party," "crane," "tincture," "dragonfly," and "sister," infrequencies, Beaten-nic Publications, 1999 |
| ONLINE: |
| "Article III.," "like you in a place/a strategic line falters in travel," and "proceeding mechanisma no urgencies haunt," |
| ��������� Can We Have Our Ball Back, issue 17.1, Spring 2004 |
| "if this weather went beyond countdowns" and "I forerun bottle/key in finding,"� Shampoo Poetry, issue 19, December 2003 |
| "diffuse," Stirring: A Literary Collection, V2:E12 December 2002 |
| "For Gala-Salvador Dali," Stirring: A Literary Collection, V2:E11, November 2000 and V4:E5, May 2002 |
| "if you want me," Stirring: A Literary Collection, V3:E3/E4 March/April 2001 |
| "diffuse" and "decoy," Ululation.net, Winter 2001 |
| "animism," "crane," "suggestion of sound or just after," Poetry Super Highway, January 17, 2000 |
| REFERENCES |
| Happily made available upon request |
| Reading, All Poets Welcome Reading Series, San Francisco, CA, December 2004 |
| Reading, Artifact Reading Series, San Francisco, CA, November 2004 |
| Repronounceable, artifact*, San Francisco, CA, 2004, Chapbook. |
| "(for tim)," El Pobre Mouse 2, Winter 2004 |
| Founder, Editor, and Curator, Artifact Reading Series and Press, 2004 - ongoing |
| Reading, Small Press Traffic, San Francisco, CA, October 2005 |
| Reading, Artifact Reading Series, San Francisco, CA, May 2006 |
| Reading, New Yipes Reading Series, Oakland, CA, January 2007 |
| Panel Presentation, Mills College, Publishing Conference for Writers, DIY for Poets, Oakland, CA, March 2006 |
| CONTACT |