Matthew Shenoda
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Life
Matthew Shenoda's poems and writings have appeared in a variety of newspapers, journals, radio programs and anthologies.He has taught extensively in the fields of Ethnic Studies and Creative Writing and is currently Assistant Provost for Equity & Diversity and Professor in the School of Critical Studies at California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
. He lives in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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Awards
- 2006 American Book AwardAmerican Book AwardThe American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre...
- Nominated for two Pushcart PrizePushcart PrizeThe Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....
s - California Arts CouncilCalifornia Arts CouncilThe California Arts Council is a state agency based in Sacramento. Its eleven council members are appointed by the Governor and the state Legislature...
Fellowship - Lannan Foundation Residency
- Hala Maksoud Award for Emerging Voice
Reviews
Matthew Shenoda's Somewhere Else is today's poetry--filled with the immediacy of contemporary concerns of the diasporic identity. As Shenoda brings alive the images of the ancient, pre-Islamic Coptic community of Egypt and transports them into the American landscape and consciousness, one can see him challenging the political rhetoric of a world divided into "us" and "them."