Margarita Pintado Burgos was born and raised in a small rural town from Puerto Rico. After finishing a bachelor鈥檚 degree in communications at the University of Puerto Rico, she started her graduate studies at Emory University, Atlanta, where she obtained her Ph.D. in Spanish. Pintado's work and teaching combines her interests of language, poetry, creative writing, exile, and feminism. After teaching for 6 years at Ouachita Baptist University, a liberal arts college in a small town from Arkansas, Margarita joined the LJWL faculty at 国产剧麻豆剧 in 2017. She lives in San Diego with her husband, Eric Morelli, a Plato鈥檚 scholar and a philosophy teacher at 国产剧麻豆剧. They have two children: Milo (4) and Nina (almost 2).
Margarita is the author of two books of poetry: 贵颈肠肠颈贸苍 de Venado (2012) and Una muchacha que se parece a 尘铆 (2016), winner of the Poetry Prize awarded by the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture. Her third book, Sobreanimal, is forthcoming in 2021.
Education
- Ph.D., Spanish, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- M.A., Spanish, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- B.A., Communications, Universidad de Puerto Rico, R铆o Piedras
Courses Taught
- Elementary Spanish I - SPA 1001
- Literature and Culture - LIT 2000
- Existentialism in Latin American and Caribbean Poetry - SPA 3080
- Latin American Literature Since 1910 - SPA 4039
- Post-Colonial Classics and Theory - LIT4048
Previously Taught
- Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry (Ouachita Baptist University)
- Nostalgia, Resistance, Assimilation: Latinx Experiences in the US (Ouachita Baptist University)
- Caribbeans In Their Own Words: Literature, Film & Performance (Ouachita Baptist University)
- Narrating the Nation: The Latin American Short Story (Ouachita Baptist University)
- Latin American Culture and Civilization (Ouachita Baptist University)
- Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction (English Department) (Ouachita Baptist University)
- Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction (English Department) (Ouachita Baptist University)
- Disobedient Narratives: Poetics & Politics in Latin American Literature (Emory University)
- Modern Hispanic Literatures and Cultures (Emory University)
- Hispanic Cultures & Spanish Language II (Emory University, Ouachita Baptist University)
- Reading in Spanish: Texts and Contexts (Emory University, Ouachita Baptist University)
- Conversation & Composition (Emory University, Ouachita Baptist University)
- Advanced Spanish Grammar (Ouachita Baptist University)
- Advanced Conversation (Ouachita Baptist University)
- Intermediate Spanish I, II (Emory University, Ouachita Baptist University)
- Elementary Spanish I, II (Emory University and Ouachita Baptist University)
- Spanish Reading Comprehension for Graduate Students (Emory University)
Experience in Field
- Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Language and Literature, Ouachita Baptist University, 2012-2018
- Assistant Instructor of Spanish, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Emory University, 2006-2011
Professional and Community Involvement
- Member of the Enrollment Management Committee, 国产剧麻豆剧 2019-2020.
- Member, Honors Council at Ouachita Baptist University, Fall 2017.
- Member, Search Committee for the position of Spanish Lecturer in the Language and Literature Department at Ouachita Baptist University, Spring 2017.
- Judge, Committee for the Premio de poes铆a del Instituto de Cultura 笔耻别谤迟辞谤谤颈辩耻别帽补, 2016.
- Chair, Faculty Development Committee at Ouachita Baptist University, Fall 2014-Spring 2016.
- Chair, Discussion Group: Puerto Rican Literature and Culture, MLA, 2015.
- Member, Faculty Development Committee at Ouachita Baptist University, Fall 2013.
- Member, Search Committee for the position of Assistant Professor in the Language and Literature Department at Ouachita Baptist University, Spring 2013.
Awards and Honors
- 2022 -
- 2016 - Recipient of the 2015 Poetry Award given by the Instituto de Cultura 笔耻别谤迟辞谤谤颈辩耻别帽补.
- 2013 - Library Endowment Competition Grant, Ouachita Baptist University.
- 2009 - Graduate School Funds for International Research, Emory University. Researched correspondence between avant-garde painter Xul Solar and Argentinean writer Macedonio Fern谩ndez at Casa Museo Xul Solar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2008 - Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams Passed with highest honors, Emory University.
- 2007 - International Graduate Research Award, Emory University. Research on the sustainability aesthetics of Elo铆sa Cartonera, and their recycled publications made with reclaimed cardboard.
- 2006 - Archival Training Grant, University of Salamanca, Spain. Paleography and archival research training program.
Dissertations, Presentations, and Publications
Dissertation
- "Lorenzo 骋补谤肠铆补 Vega, poeta sin paisaje"
Books in Progress
- Retrato de un escritor no-escritor: Lorenzo 骋补谤肠铆补 Vega y la gram谩tica del fracaso
- Ping-Pong Zuihitsu, Novela epistolar a dos manos con Lorenzo 骋补谤肠铆补 Vega
- A Girl Who Looks Like Me, an English translation of Una muchacha que se parece a 尘铆,
- Luz Animal/ Animal Light
Published Books
- . Richmond, VA: Editorial Casa Vac铆a, 2022.
- Palabras que repito. 础苍迟辞濒辞驳铆补 辫辞茅迟颈肠补 de Lorenzo 骋补谤肠铆补 Vega. Sao Paulo, Brazil: Lumme, 2017.
- Projeto inacabado da ru铆na. Sao Paulo, Brazil: Lumme, 2017.
- Una muchacha que se parece a 尘铆. San Juan, PR: Instituto de Cultura 笔耻别谤迟辞谤谤颈辩耻别帽补, 2016.
- 贵颈肠肠颈贸苍 de Venado. San Juan, PR: La Secta de los Perros, 2012.
Selected Articles
- "Cinco poemas," "Sobre Ping- Pong Zuihitsu de Margarita Pintado y Lorenzo 骋补谤肠铆补 Vega." Chiric煤 Journal Latina/o Literatures, Arts and Cultures. Vol.4. #1, Fall 2019.
- 鈥淢etaf铆sica de un escritor no-escritor,鈥� La Patria Albina: Exilio, Escritura y Conversaciones con Lorenzo 骋补谤肠铆补 Vega. Edited by Carlos Aguilera. Ediciones InCUBAadora, 2015.
- 鈥淢a帽ana ser谩 otro d铆a: Homenaje a Lorenzo 骋补谤肠铆补 Vega鈥�. Miami Herald, June 6, 2013.
- 鈥淟orenzo 骋补谤肠铆补 Vega: Poetizar la vida, humanizar la literatura,鈥� , No.5 (December 2011).
- 鈥淟orenzo 骋补谤肠铆补 Vega: Un paisaje imposible,鈥� Diario de Cuba, April 9, 2011: www.diariodecuba.com.
- 鈥淓l Otro 翱谤铆驳别苍别蝉: Negaci贸n y Reverso en las 辫辞茅迟颈肠补s de Virgilio Pi帽era y Lorenzo 骋补谤肠铆补 Vega,鈥� La Habana Elegante: Revista Semestral de Literatura y cultura 肠耻产补苍补,&苍产蝉辫;颁补谤颈产别帽补 y latinoamericana, y de 别蝉迟茅迟颈肠补, No. 47 (Spring-Summer 2010): www.habanaelegante.com.
- 鈥淟a palabra que amarra: el presagio en La Celestina,鈥� Cuaderno Internacional de 贰蝉迟耻诲颈辞蝉&苍产蝉辫;贬耻尘补苍铆蝉迟颈肠辞蝉 y Literatura. Vols. 3-4, (2003-2004): 133-136.
Presentations
- Podcast: "A la escucha: Poetry in times of Covid19, " a conversation with Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia. Saturday, April 11, www.bonitaradio.net.
- 鈥淔inding God (and Poetry) in All Things,鈥� Festival of Faith and Writing, Grand Rapids, Michigan (April 12-15, 2018).
- 鈥淔rom Minor to Master: Demarginalizing Minor Literature,鈥� ACLA, UCLA (March 29-April 1, 2018).
- 鈥�60 poems later鈥� A Girl Who Looks Like Me,鈥� Faculty Colloquium, Ouachita Baptist University (March 1, 2017).
- 鈥淭he Question of Authenticity in Manuel Ramos Otero鈥檚 la novelabingo,鈥� Modern Language Association, Vancouver, Canada (January 8-11, 2015).
- 鈥淭ouched by Death: The afterlife of the poem,鈥� American Comparative Literature Association, New York University, New York (March 20-24, 2014).
- 鈥淩einvenci贸n y radicalizaci贸n del ser insular en la novelabingo, de Manuel Ramos Otero,鈥� Radical Caribbeans Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans (October 2-5, 2013).
- 鈥淯n gigante al que hay que mirar con lupa. Homenaje a Lorenzo 骋补谤肠铆补 Vega,鈥� Invited Talk, Miami International Book Fair (November 11-18, 2012).
- 鈥淟a otra vanguardia: Jos茅 Mar铆a Lima y Lorenzo 骋补谤肠铆补 Vega,鈥� Boricuas and Other Border Crossers: Of Diasporas and Latinidades, 10th Biannual Conference, SUNY Albany (October 24-28, 2012).
- 鈥淪earching for the Poetic Within and Beyond the Classroom,鈥� Faculty Colloquium, Ouachita Baptist University (October 18, 2012).
- 鈥淓scrituras en fuga en la m谩s reciente producci贸n literaria del Caribe,鈥� The Languages of Resistance, First Annual Texas A&M Department of Hispanic Studies Graduate Students Symposium (Fall 2010).
- 鈥淟orenzo 骋补谤肠铆补 Vega: Desv铆os y desvar铆os de un escritor no-escritor,鈥� Merging Textualities, Emerging Paradigms in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Linguistics, Conference at University of Austin, Texas (Fall 2009).
- 鈥淎lmost There: The Empty Space of Memory in Marta Minuj铆n鈥檚 Ephemeral Art,鈥� Latin American Studies Association, R铆o de Janeiro, Brazil (June 2009).
- 鈥淢aquinaciones maquia-b茅licas en la 辫辞茅迟颈肠补 de Roberto Arlt,鈥� Monsters: Between Anomaly and Dissidence, First Graduate Student Conference, Emory University (Fall 2008).
- 鈥淭he Frozen Hostage: Aesthetics of Loss in Pizza, Birra, Faso and La Ci茅naga,鈥� Transnational Cinema in Globalizing Societies鈥擜sia and Latin America, Universidad Iberoamericana of Puebla, M茅xico (Fall 2008).
- 鈥淔(r)icciones Pol铆ticas: El simulacro y la estrategia populista en Borges y Cort谩zar,鈥� Latin American Studies Association, Montreal, Canada (September 2007).
- 鈥淐onsejos para sobrevivir el Caribe urbano en La estrategia de Chochueca, de Rita Indiana Hern谩ndez,鈥� 尝别迟谤贸辫辞濒颈蝉, Graduate Student Conference, Stony Brook, New York (October 14, 2006).
- 鈥淥bsceno Caribe: La Habana de Pedro Juan Guti茅rrez,鈥� Kentucky鈥檚 59th Annual Foreign Language Conference (April 20-22, 2006).
