Marian Haddad

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Poet

San Antonio, TX

Texas US

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Author's Bio

Marian Haddad is a poet/writer/ lecturer/creative writing workshop instructor/visiting writer/keynote speaker/and manuscript & publishing consultant who has published two full length poetry collections (Pecan Grove) and a chapbook of poems invited by Texas Public Radio. Her clients/students have a high success rate in publishing & placing/winning literary/book awards. Works in progress include a book of poems, IN THIS CITY OF SAINTS and a book of personal essays, THESE LANGUAGES INSIDE OUR HOUSE. She holds a BA [UTEP] & MFA [San Diego State] in creative writing. She's an NEH recipient to study philosophy at U of Notre Dame & studied the prose poem @ Emerson. Her 2004 collection approached a 5th printing and was a Small Press Distribution notable book.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthologies:

Fast Break to Line Break: Poets on the Art of Basketball (Michigan University Press, 2012)

The Good Writer's Kit (Hampton-Brown, 2007)

Pride of Place: A Contemporary Anthology of Texas Nature Writing (University of North Texas Press, 2006)

Scheherazade's Legacy: Arab & Arab American Women on Writing (Praeger Publishers, 2004)

Journals:

Dark Horses

Mizna: Prose, Poetry, Art Exploring Arab America

Pecan Grove Review

Redactions

Sukoon Magazine

Texas Observer

Poetry

Anthologies:

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets Respond to the Bombing of Baghdad's "Street of the Booksellers" (PM Press, 2012)

Before there is Nowhere to Stand: Palestine Israel Poets Respond to the Struggle (Lost Horse Press, 2012)

Improbable Worlds: an Anthology of Texas and Louisiana Poets (Mutabilis Press, 2011)

Literary El Paso (Texas Christian University Press, 2009)

POEtry & PrOsE: Commemorating E.A. Poe's 200th Birthday (Pecan Grove Press, 2009)

Poetry Calendar 2009 365 Classic & Contemporary Poems (Alhambra Publishing, 2009)

Art at Our Doorstep (Trinity University Press, 2008)

In These Latitudes: Ten Contemporary Poets (Wings Press, 2008)

Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry (University of Arkansas Press, 2008)

Poetry Calendar 2008: 365 Contemporary and Classic Poems (Alhambra Publishing, 2008)

A Student's Treasury of Texas Poetry (Texas Christian University Press, 2007)

Poetry Calendar 2007 (Alhambra Publishing, 2007)

Between Heaven and Texas (University of Texas Press, 2006)

Is this Forever or What?: Poems & Paintings from Texas (Greenwillow Books, 2004)

San Antonio in Color (Trinity University Press, 2004)

Scheherazade's Legacy: Arab & Arab American Women on Writing (Praeger Publishers, 2004)

Stories from Where We Live: the California Coast (Milkweed Editions, 2001)

Books:

Wildflower. Stone. (Pecan Grove Press, 2011)

Somewhere between Mexico and a River Called Home (Pecan Grove Press, 2004)

Chapbook:

Saturn Falling Down (Texas Public Radio, 2003)

Journals:

Bat City Review

Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review

BorderSenses

Knot Magazine

Pecan Grove Review

Poet Magazine

Rio Grande Review

Sin Fronteras

Texas Observer

The Handmaiden

Prizes won:

Nominated for two Pushcart Prizes

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

The Dog Stars by Peter Heller, The Book of Colors by Raymond Barfield

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Arab American, Christian

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

Arabic

Born in:

El Paso

Raised in:

El Paso, TX

Texas

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Last update: Jul 16, 2015