Ph.D. Student Profiles

Randall Horton
M.F.A. Chicago State University
B.A. University of the District of Columbia

Research Interests:
Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, African American Literature

Select Publications:

• Co-Editor: Fingernails Across the Chalkboard: Poetry and Prose on HIV/AIDS from the Black Diaspora. Third World Press, 2007
• “14th and Park Road, Washington, DC: A Day of Observance,” Crab Orchard Review 12.2 (2007)
• The Definition of Place (poetry collection). Main Street Rag, 2006

Select Conference Presentations:

• “Pull the Covers off Nikki,” on panel “Mediating Gender & Subjectivity,” Hearts Day Celebration: Nikki Giovanni, Mari Evans, and Lucille Clifton, Howard University, 2007
• “Rethinking the Goal of the Black Arts Movement,” on panel “The Collapse of the Black Arts Movement: The Challenge of Recreating African American Cultural Consciousness,” 30th Annual Black Studies Conference: The Collective Articulation of New Models, Methods and a Global Agenda, Olive Harvey Community College, 2007

Select Fellowships and Awards:
Cave Canem Fellowship, 2007
Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, 2005

Select Teaching Experience:
ENG 102Z: Introduction to Creative Writing

Horton.randall@gmail.com
Curriculum vitae