daniel t. obrien
danieltobrien.com
dtopoet@gmail.com
education
2019-present
school of visual arts
continuing education
2017
the ohio state university
mfa, poetry
2013
geneseo state college
ba, english & communication
publications
2019-
letters to the little emperor
diagram | [link]
queer futurity in jacques rancourt
kenyon review | [link] -forthcoming
2018-
casserole brigades & corporate america
boston review | [link]
kenneth anger
vinyl | [link]
2017-
robert mapplethorpe; lernean hydra, lakeside; nemean lion in the nightclub
public pool | [link]
bending light in my sister’s bedroom
foundry | [link]
self-portrait as token [offering]
american literary review | [link]
still arriving; hotel fantasia, planctus
tinderbox poetry journal | [link]
2016-
tunneling; danse macabre
bloom | [link]
self-portrait as maenaed
prelude | [link]
crematory operator of the 21st century
banango street | [link]
2015-
chopin’s heart; becoming singular
sequestrum | [link]
2014-
sonnet for mike waters in my own private idaho
the boiler | [link]
afterimage; the depot [scaffolds]
gandy dancer | [link]
portrait of my father in my mother’s heels; the depot; commendable sanity;
self-portrait as telegraph operator
susquehanna review | [link]
grants, awards, honors, conferences, etc.
2017-
distinguished dissertation fellowship, the ohio state university
helen earnhart harley creative writing fellowship, the ohio state university
american literary review poetry prize, runner-up (judge: melissa kwasny)
2016-
the vandewater poetry award, the ohio state university
tin house summer writer’s workshop (mentor: sharon olds)
arts and humanities graduate research grant, the ohio state university
2015-
helen earnhart harley creative writing fellowship, the ohio state university
the home school summer writers’ workshop scholar (mentor: timothy donnelly)
arts and humanities graduate research grant, the ohio state university
2013-
the red hen press poetry award, runner-up (judge: hilda raz)
mary a. thomas award in poetry, suny geneseo
b.j. keller prize for excellence in journalism, suny geneseo
teaching
2018-
instructor
hudson valley writers center
creative writing workshop: multi-genre
2016-
graduate teaching associate
the ohio state university
engl. 2226: introduction to poetry writing (fall)
engl. 3662: introduction to literary publishing (spring)
2015-
graduate teaching associate
the ohio state university
engl. 1110.02: first year composition & literature
alt-narrative: voices from the margins (spring)
2014-
graduate teaching associate
the ohio state university
engl. 1110.01: first year composition & literature
americana: media in the post-9/11 imagination (fall, spring)
professional & service experience
2019-
senior membership manager,
american booksellers association
2018-
member relations manager,
american booksellers association
freelance & consulting editor,
self-employed
2017-
poetry reader, the adroit journal
poetry editor, the journal
consulting art editor, the journal
managing editor for book prizes, osu press
contributing reviewer, scout poetry
2016-
associate poetry editor, the journal
contributing reviewer, scout poetry
2015-
poetry reader, the journal
contributing reviewer, scout poetry
2014-
intern, the believer magazine