Benji Katz

**** ******** ***** ! Cincinnati, OH *5242

Phone: 513-***-**** ! E-Mail: ac8o3z@r.postjobfree.com 5496 Kenridge Drive ! Cincinnati, OH 45242

Phone: 513-***-**** ! E-Mail: ac8o3z@r.postjobfree.com Education

MFA in Creative Writing, Bowling Green State University August 2018 BFA in Creative Writing, Bowling Green State University August 2016 Experience

Graduate Assistant at Bowling Green State University

• 4C Program Coordinator - ESOL Department

! Directed all elements of cross-cultural communication program for international students, including: marketing, event planning, group leader recruiting and training, and program documentation.

• Instructor, ENG 2040: Imaginative Writing (multi-genre)

! Developed curriculum, lectured, and lead workshops for undergraduate course consisting of fiction, poetry, and drama units. Assistant Editor for Mid-American Review

• Reviewed submissions and edited final selections for literary journal Fall 2016-

Spring 2018

Fall 2016-

Spring 2017

Humanities Intern at Toledo-Lucas County Public Library

• Contributor to Story Matters: The Blog of Toledo Lucas County Public Library

• Organized events for Poetry Speaks Series

Spring 2016

Publications

Poems

• “Mother Incubates a Broken Egg”, The Oakland Review

• “Junior”, Lagom.

• “Meditations on the Kuleshov Effect”, “Ghost Note Polyphony”, Watershed Review

• “Maritime Age”, Military Experience & the Arts

• “An In-Aqueous Ogallala Wasteland”, “Gravitas of Rot”, Prairie Margins

• “Sketchy Flat”, Polaris

2019

2018

2017

2017

2016

2016

Music – Writer, Vocalist, Bassist

• Swarm Sounds, Solo EP

• Prophet Holographic, Tree No Leaves LP

• Confluence Boom, Indian Opinion LP

2018

2018

2017

Book Reviews

• “Playful Song Called Beautiful”, Mid-American Review - Volume 37 2017

Fellowships

Devine Fellow - Awarded to two poets in the Bowling Green MFA program Summer 2018

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