Department of English at Illinois State University

English Department Faculty and Staff


Dykstra

Kristin Dykstra

Professor

Office Address: STV 404
Office Phone: (309) 438-7176
Office Hours: Dr. Dykstra is currently on leave.  If you need to contact her, email is the most effective way.
Email: Contact Kristin Dykstra (kadykst)
Website: Visit Kristin Dykstra’s Website
Teaching Schedule:
Teaching Interests:

 

Literatures & Cultures of the United States; US Latino/a Literatures; Literatures of the Americas
Research Interests:

 
Literatures & Cultures of the United States
US Latino/a Literatures
Translation:  Recipient of 2012 Literature Fellowship for Translation, National Endowment for the Arts
Cross-cultural issues in literatures of the Americas
Hemispheric and transnational studies

Co-editor:  Mandorla:  New Writing from the Americas / Nueva escritura de las Américas
Education:
 
Ph.D. English, SUNY at Buffalo, 2002
M.A., English, SUNY at Buffalo, 1998
B.A., English & Spanish, Certificate in Latin American Studies, Amherst College, 1992
Selected Publications:

  • Forthcoming:  The Counterpunch (And Other Horizontal Poems), bilingual edition of poetry by Cuban writer Juan Carlos Flores, from the University of Alabama Press.  Translation and critical commentary by Kristin Dykstra.
  • Forthcoming:  Other Letters to Milena, bilingual edition of a mixed-genre collection by Cuban writer Reina María Rodríguez, from the University of Alabama Press.  Translation and critical commentary by Kristin Dykstra. 
  • Forthcoming:  Breach of Trust, bilingual edition of poetry by Cuban writer Angel Escobar, from the University of Alabama Press.  Translation and critical commentary by Kristin Dykstra.
  • Commentary / translation:  "Translating Amanda Berenguer" followed by two poems from the Uruguayan writer.  Golden Handcuffs Review (Spring/Summer 2013; 1.16).
  • Article:  "Merging Exile into Diaspora:  Other Letters to Milena."   Diálogo 15.2 (Special Issue:  When You Can't Go Back:  Exile and Dislocation), Fall 2012. 
  • Review:  "On Equal Footing: A Review of Recent Works by Urayoán Noel."  Jacket 2. 25 April 2012.
  • Review:  "The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature Weighs In."  The Common Review:  The Magazine of the Great Books Foundation.  Posted Jan. 2012.
  • Two videos of Reina María Rodríguez reading poems, hosted by PennSound (posted Dec. 2011).  Filmed in Havana, June 2010.
  • Two-part interview with Daniel Borzutzky.  BOMB:  BOMBLOG, August 16 & 18, 2011.
  • Article:  "Finding a Way in Alamar."  Review:  Literature and Arts of the Americas 82 ("Cuba Inside and Out," 44.1, May 2011).  29-38.
  • Translation:  "Possible," poem by Roberto Appratto (Uruguay).  In "Hotel Lautréamont:  Contemporary Poetry from Uruguay."  Harvard Review Online 5 (2011).
  • Book:  bilingual edition.  Translation of poetry by Omar Pérez (Cuba).  Did You Hear About the Fighting Cat?  Exeter, UK:  Shearsman, 2010.  Print.

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