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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