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R. A. Villanueva

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R. A. Villanueva
Born20th century
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRutgers University
GenrePoetry

R. A. Villanueva is a Filipino American poet. His debut collection, Reliquaria, won the 2013 Prairie Schooner Book Prize. He is a founding editor of Tongue: A Journal of Writing & Art.[1]

Early life and education

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He was born in New Jersey[2] and graduated from Rutgers University, located in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[3] He holds an MFA degree from New York University.

Career

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Villanueva's writing has appeared online at Guernica,[4] Prac Crit,[5] and McSweeney's Internet Tendency[6] as well as in print publications, such as Poetry,[7] the American Poetry Review, AGNI, Gulf Coast, Virginia Quarterly Review, Bellevue Literary Review, Ambit, and DIAGRAM.[8] His work has also been featured by the Academy of American Poets and on BBC Radio London.[9] Villanueva's poem, "Life Drawing," [10] was the focus of the December 4, 2020 episode of the podcast, Poetry Unbound.

Awards

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His honors include commendations from the Forward Prizes and the 2013 Ninth Letter Literary Award for Poetry,[11] and fellowships from Kundiman, The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, and the Asian American Literary Review.[12]

Works

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  • Reliquaria. University of Nebraska Press. 2014. ISBN 978-0-8032-7652-9.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Editors on Tongue". The Poetry Society of America.
  2. ^ "Author page > U. Nebraska Press > Reliquaria".
  3. ^ "Contributor bio > VQR".
  4. ^ Villanueva, R. A. (June 1, 2016). "Tenebrae". Guernica. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "Saudade". Prac Crit.
  6. ^ "Lithographica". McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
  7. ^ Foundation, Poetry (February 15, 2021). "Sonnet 146 by R.A. Villanueva". Poetry Magazine. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "These Bodies Lacking Parts". DIAGRAM.
  9. ^ ""Fish Heads" from Inspirit with Jumoke Fashola". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  10. ^ "R.A. Villanueva — Life Drawing". The On Being Project. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  11. ^ "2013 Literary Award Winners > Ninth Letter".
  12. ^ "Author bio > 2013 Prairie Schooner Book Prize".
  13. ^ Liu, Kenji (March 14, 2015). "Reliquaria by R. A. Villanueva". Retrieved April 29, 2015. In a time when sustained engagement with a text seems to be devalued, this collection is one to read not just for pleasure, but also for intellectual sustenance.
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