Marcela Sulak
Assistant Professor
Literature
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Additional Positions at AU
Affiliate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Marcela Sulak teaches courses in translation, poetics, world poetry, and world literature. Her collections of poetry include "Immigrant" (forthcoming) and the chapbook "Of All The Things That Don't Exist, I Love You Best" (2008). Her three book-length translations include 19th-century Czech poetry and contemporary poetry from Zaire (Congo). She is currently completing a scholarly study called "1920s New York as a Construction Site for American Identity" which examines book-length poems about New York written by immigrant, migrant and foreign poets.
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Degrees
PhD, University of Texas at Austin
MFA, University of Notre Dame
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OFFICE
- CAS - Literature
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SEE ALSO
- Literature Department
Teaching
Fall 2009
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- LIT-150 Third World Literature
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- LIT-521 Readings in Genre: Poetry
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Spring 2010
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- LIT-245 The Experience of Poetry
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- LIT-405 Seminar on Translation
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Selected Publications
Books of Poetry:
- "Of All The Things that Don't Exist, I Love You Best" (Finishing Line Press, 2008)
- "Immigrant" 2010, Black Lawrence Press
Book-length poetry translations:
- "Bela-Wenda: Poems of Congo-Zaire" by Mutombo Nkulu-N'Sengha, Host Publications, 2009 (from the French)
- "Bouquet" by Karel Jaroslav Erben, Twisted Spoon Press, 2010 (from the Czech)
Work In Progress
- Forthcoming article from Poet Lore on translation: "Translation and Transgression." (2009)
- Forthcoming new poems from Drunken Boat (2009).



