Dr. Deborah Miranda
Virginia, United States
Member Since: 09/01/2011
Website: www.badndns.blogspot.com
Publications
- Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir , Heyday (January 2013)
- The Zen of La Llorona , Salt (2005)
- Indian Cartography , Greenfield Review Press (1999)
Awards
- Lenfest Sabbatical Fellowship(2012)
- Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship(2011)
- Nomination for Pushcart Prize for “Cousins (Victor)”(2011)
- Lenfest Sabbatical Fellowship(2007)
- Institute of American Cultures Fellowship, UCLA(2007)
- American Philosophical Society Grant for Native American Research(2006)
- Finalist, Lambda Literary Award for Sovereign Erotics(2012)
- Silver Medalist, Independent Publisher’s Award for Sovereign Erotics(2012)
- Pathfinder Award, Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers for Sovereign Erotics(2012)
- Finalist, ForeWord “Book of the Year” Reviews for Sovereign Erotics(2012)
- Nomination for Lambda Literary Award (Zen of La Llorona)(2005)
- Invitational Week at Macondo Writer’s Workshop with Sandra Cisneros, San Antonio(2010)
- National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute: “Native American Literature and Community” at Evergreen State College(2003)
- Connie Leach Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Achieving a Doctoral Degree; Seattle Indian Services Commission(2001)
- Hedgebrook Invitational Residency, Hedgebrook Cottages for WomenWriters(2000)
- Writer of the Year (Poetry), from the Native Writer’s Circle of the Americas(2000)
- Diane Decorah Memorial First Book Award for Poetry, from the Native Writer’s Circle of the Americas (Indian Cartography)(1997)
Employment
- Full Professor at Washington and Lee University (August 2004 - )
- Assistant Professor at Pacific Lutheran University (September 2001 - June 2004)
Degrees
- Doctoral Degree in English from University of Washington (June 2001)
Genres of Interest
Fiction, Creative nonfiction, Poetry