Jeff Sirkin (Associate Professor)
Twentieth-Century Literature & Culture
Jeff Sirkin is the author of the poetry collection Travelers Aid Society (Veliz Books, 2016). He earned his MA from Miami University and his PhD in Literature from University at Buffalo. In addition to poetry, he writes on the intersections of music with postmodern literature and the historic avant-garde, and he has presented work on Kurt Cobain, Bob Dylan, punk rock, and on the relations between twentieth century poetry and popular music. His work has appeared in The Literary Review; Mandorla; Puerto del Sol; Forklift, Ohio; and elsewhere. He teaches classes on Twentieth-Century American Literature and culture, with a focus on postwar writing and poststructuralist theory. Recent classes have been on Writing About Popular Music, Prisoner of War films, Speculative Fiction, and The Politics of Narration. Co-editor of the online poetry journal A Dozen Nothing <www.adozennothing.com>, he is Associate Professor in the Department of Creative Writing at UTEP, where he also co-curates the long-running Dishonest Mailman Reading Series.
Literatura y Cultura del siglo XX
Jeff Sirkin es autor del libro de poesía Travelers Aid Society (Veliz Books, 2016). Obtuvo su maestría en la Universidad de Miami y su doctorado de literatura en la Universidad de Buffalo. Ademas de poesía, escribe sobre las relaciones de la música con la literatura post moderna y la vanguardia histórica, y ha hecho trabajos sobre Kurt Cobain, Bob Dylan, punk, rock y sobre la relación entre la literatura del siglo XX y música popular. Parte de su trabajo ha aparecido en Mandorla; Puerto del Sol; Forklift, Ohio y otros. Dicta clases sobre literatura y cultura americana del siglo veinte, con un enfoque en textos sobre post guerra y teoria post estructuralista. Algunos cursos recientemente dictados son Writing About Popular Music, Prisoner of War films, Speculative Fiction y The Politics of Narration. Coeditor de la revista en linea A Dozen Nothing <www.adozennothing.com>, es profesor asociado del departamento de Creación Literaria de Utep, donde corganiza el Dishonest Mailman Reading Series, de ya larga duración.
Faculty Profile
Contact Info
Department of Creative Writing
University of Texas at El Paso
University Towers, 510C
500 West University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968
jsirkin@utep.edu
Sample Classes
- The Politics of Narration
- Beyond the Prison Walls: Freedom and the War Film
- Writing About Popular Music
- Reality and Other Fictions
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