Mr. Eric Ekstrand

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.

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