Felicia Rose Chavez
Felicia Rose Chavez | |
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| Education | University of Iowa, MFA |
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| Language | English |
| Notable works | The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop |
Felicia Rose Chavez is an American writer and educator. She is the author of The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom (Haymarket Books, 2021) and a co-editor of The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT (2020).[1][2]
Career
[edit]Chavez received an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Iowa. She served as program director of Young Chicago Authors, founded GirlSpeak, and later taught writing at the University of New Mexico, the University of Iowa, and Colorado College.[3] In 2020, Colorado College named Chavez its first Bronfman Creativity & Innovation Scholar-in-Residence.[4][5]
Publications and reception
[edit]In 2020, Chavez co-edited The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT with José Olivarez and Willie Perdomo.[2][6] In a review for Newcity, Darshita Jain wrote that the anthology "works across cultures and boundaries and normalizes thinking in multiple languages".[2] In the American Studies Journal, Ignacio Carvajal wrote that the anthology highlighted poetics that had been excluded and centered the works as subjects of literary study and merit.[6] The anthology was also reviewed in Autostraddle.[7]
Her book The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom was published in 2021.[1] Coverage described the book as combining memoir and teaching guide.[1][8] The book was reviewed in Composition Studies, Journal of Creative Writing Studies, Third Coast Review, and Phoebe.[9][10][11][12] It was also discussed in Literary Hub.[13]
Works
[edit]- The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT (co-editor, with José Olivarez and Willie Perdomo; 2020)
- The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom (2021)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom". Publishers Weekly. October 2, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Jain, Darshita (July 13, 2020). "Witnessing a LatiNEXT Moment: A Review of The BreakBeat Poets Volume. 4: LatiNext". Newcity Lit. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Volel, Amanda (March 22, 2021). "The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop". Teachers & Writers Magazine. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ "CC Welcomes First Bronfman Creativity & Innovation Scholar-in-Residence". Around the Block. Colorado College. October 6, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Weddell, Leslie (Winter 2020–21). "Felicia Rose Chavez First Creativity & Innovation Scholar-in-Residence". Bulletin. Colorado College. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- 1 2 Carvajal, Ignacio (2024). "Review of The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT". American Studies Journal (69). Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Turner-Williams, Jaelani (April 7, 2020). "The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext Celebrates Latinx Community and Future-Building". Autostraddle. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ "The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom". Poets & Writers. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Schwartzlow, Siara (Fall 2021). "The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom". Composition Studies. 49 (3). JSTOR 27189083. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Sheehan, Michael (2022). "The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop". Journal of Creative Writing Studies. 7 (1). Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Setliff, Shabrayle (March 17, 2021). "Writing from the Body: Felicia Rose Chavez's The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop". Phoebe. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Reardon, Patrick T. (April 7, 2022). "Review: Anti-Racist and More, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop, by Felicia Rose Chavez". Third Coast Review. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Rubinstein, Helen Betya (January 28, 2021). "'But I Will Write Anyway.' Teaching the Anti-Racist Writing Workshop". Literary Hub. Retrieved April 20, 2026.