Education
M.F.A. Poetry, Warren Wilson College
M.A. English, Iowa State University
B.A. Writing and Politics, Loyola University Maryland
Undergraduate Coursework, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Lecturer
M.F.A. Poetry, Warren Wilson College
M.A. English, Iowa State University
B.A. Writing and Politics, Loyola University Maryland
Undergraduate Coursework, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Poetry
Creative Writing
Expository Writing
BIOGRAPHY
Joseph J. Capista teaches creative writing and expository writing at Towson University. His collection Intrusive Beauty was selected by Beth Ann Fennelly for Ohio University Press鈥檚 2018 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. Poems by Capista have appeared in AGNI, The Georgia Review, The Hudson Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Daily, and Slate. Prose by Capista has appeared in the Baltimore Sun. His work in education has taken him into group homes, high schools, universities, preschools, and a state penitentiary.
A recipient of awards from the Bread Loaf Writers鈥 Conference, the Sewanee Writers鈥 Conference, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Capista holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College. He and his spouse are longtime residents of Baltimore, where they raise their daughters.
SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH
Poetics and Poetic Craft
Creative Writing Pedagogy
William Butler Yeats
Expository Writing
Creative Nonfiction
First-Year Composition
PUBLICATIONS AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
Book Publication
Intrusive Beauty (Ohio University Press, Spring 2019)
Selected Journal Publications
"40鈥 Poetry Northwest XII.2 (2018): 41.
鈥淛别濒濒测蹿颈蝉丑鈥 The Journal 42.1 (2018): 93.
鈥淢id-Flight Mid-Ascension Virgin Photograph,鈥 Image: Art, Faith, Mystery 94 (2017): 79.
鈥淓苍迟谤别补迟测鈥 Image: Art, Faith, Mystery 94 (2017): 78
鈥淓xplication of Consciousness on a Day of Rain鈥 The Hudson Review LXIX.3 (2016): 432.
鈥淭he Beautiful Things of the Earth Become More Dear as They Elude Pursuit鈥 The Hudson Review LXIX.3 (2016): 431.
鈥淭别濒别蝉肠辞辫别鈥 Poetry Daily Dec. 7, 2016.
鈥淜id Happens鈥 AGNI 84 (2016): 161.
鈥淭别濒别蝉肠辞辫别鈥 AGNI 84 (2016): 160.
鈥淐辞谤苍颈肠别濒濒辞鈥 The Georgia Review 69.3 (2015): 456.
鈥淥n Music鈥 The Hopkins Review 6.3 (2013): 339.
鈥淕耻迟-叠辞尘产鈥 Ploughshares 38.1 (2012): 52.
鈥淭hirtysomething Blues鈥 Smartish Pace 19 (2012): 42.
鈥淟ast Request鈥 Smartish Pace 19 (2012): 43.
鈥淓xit Wound鈥 Literary Imagination 12.1 (2010): 48.
鈥笔濒补测产辞测鈥檚 Guide to Lingering鈥 Slate July 28, 2009.
鈥沦辞飞别产辞鈥 Beloit Poetry Journal 59.1 (2008): 12.
鈥淚n the Event of a Fire鈥 America 10 Sept. 2007: 43.
鈥淗istory of the Inevitable鈥 Colorado Review 34.2 (2007): 76.
鈥淐atch-and-Release Rat Fishing鈥 Rattle 12.2 (2006): 20.
Selected Readings
Waiters鈥 Reading (Bread Loaf Writers鈥 Conference)
Smartish Pace Issue #19 Release (Baltimore)
KGB Bar (New York City)
Towson Literary Reading Series (Towson University)
Baltimore Book Festival (Maryland State Arts Council Reading)
Des Moines Poetry Festival
Presentations
Advanced Poetry Writing: Guest Speaker (Loyola University Maryland)
Baltimore Writers鈥 Conference (Critique Faculty)
Writing in the World: Alumni Panel (Loyola University Maryland)
Do a Little Dance, Write a Little Poem: Structure, Tone, and Intonation in 鈥淒anse Russe鈥 (Warren Wilson College)
M.F.A. Mentor (Warren Wilson College)
Alpha Program: Guest Speaker (Loyola University Maryland)
Young Writers鈥 Workshop (Mercy High School, Baltimore)
Picture This: Enhancing the Poetry Workshop Through the Language of Visual Design (AWP Conference, New York)
Coupling Prose and Poetry in the Composition (AWP Conference, Chicago)
Visual Texts as Tools for Written Analysis (AWP Conference, Baltimore)
Teaching English Composition/Proseminar: Guest Speaker (Iowa State University)
Creative Writing Mentor (Fort Dodge State Penitentiary)
Shelter Education Coordinator (Montana Youth Homes)
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Maryland State Arts Council, Individual Artist Award in Poetry, 2011. ($6,000.)
Maryland State Arts Council, Individual Artist Award in Poetry, 2007. ($3,000.)
Sewanee Writers鈥 Conference, Mona Van Duyn Scholarship, 2009. ($1,500)
National Endowment for the Humanities, 鈥淲.B. Yeats and the Two Irelands鈥 Summer Seminar, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2006. ($2,500.)
MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS
American Association of University Professors
Association of Writing Programs and Writing Professionals (AWP)
Creative Writing Studies Organization
Italian American Writers Association
Poetry Society of America
SERVICE
Baltimore Writers鈥 Conference Critique Faculty
English Departmental Advisor
Transferring Student Summer Advisor
First Year Composition Mentor Committee Member
Lectureship Search Committee Member
University Service Roles
Academic Advisor (Department of English)
Transferring Student Advisor
First Year Composition Mentor
Lectureship Search Committee
First-Year Composition Mentor
Lectureship Merit Committee
Honors Thesis Committee
Course Co-Developer: Writing Baltimore
Departmental Teaching Observer
Accolades
Hollis Summers Poetry Prize (Ohio University Press)
Pushcart Prize Nominee (2018, 2017)
Bread Loaf Writers鈥 Conference (Work-Study Scholar)
Maryland State Arts Council: Individual Artist Award (2011, 2007)
Sewanee Writers鈥 Conference (Mona Van Duyn Scholar)
National Endowment for the Humanities: Summer Seminar 鈥淲.B. Yeats and the Two Irelands,鈥 National University of Ireland (Galway)
Teaching Excellence Award (Iowa State University)