Mr. Eric Ekstrand
Assistant Teaching Professor
Contact
Office: ZSR 426 F
Phone: (336) 758-4933
Email: ekstraem@wfu.edu
Degrees
MFA, University of Houston
BA, Wake Forest University
Areas of Interest
Creative Writing
The Art of Literary Publishing and Editing
Rhetoric and Composition
Contemporary American Poetry
Courses Taught at Wake Forest
WRI 111-“Writing Through Evil”
WRI 111-“How To Survive in Your Native Land: Culture, Status and School”
WRI 111-“Writing as a Contemplative Practice”
WRI 212-“The Art of the Literary Essay”
CRW 285-“Poetry Workshop”
Selected Publications
Laodicea. Richmond: Omnidawn, 2015.
“The Snake, In Medieval Emblem, Eats Its Tail, Then Eats Its Mouth” ; “Corded, Metaled, Laurelled”; “Laodicea” ; “Janus.” Oversound. Fall, 2014. No. 1.
“It Is Crucial To Be Able To Spot One.” jubilat. Fall 2010. No. 18.
“Plumblossom [Like my burned –up mom and dad]” ; “Plumblossom [To be a tree in the style of a man]” ; “Plumblossom [The dead can’t mourn themselves]” ; “Cherryblossom [When there is a moment, in a moment leave it behind]” ; “Cherryblossom [The artless radish my heart].” Bat City Review. Spring, 2010. No. 6.
“Plumblossom [The spine is a slide of human marvels]” ; “Plumblossom [Out here in the desert].” Poetry. November, 2009. Vol.CXCV, No. 2.
“Applebough [In October, I have the often unrealized sense].” Indiana Review. Summer, 2009. Vol. XXXI, No. 1.
“Appleblossom [I can see the horse twitch].” Black Warrior Review. Spring 2009, Vol. XXXV, No. 2.
“Appleblossom [When history turns soldiers into battles]” ; “Appleblossom [Difficult shacks of Kushiro]” ;“Appleblossom [Clamber out of the morning river]” ; “Appleblossom [Basho, with your grass pillow]” ; “Appleblossom [I have a need to ventilate].” Poetry. October, 2008. Vol. CXCIII, No. 1.