Helena Mesa

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Helena Mesa (born 1972 [1] ) is an American poet.

Mesa is the author of the poetry collection Horse Dance Underwater (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2009) and co-editor of an anthology of essays, with Blas Falconer and Beth Martinelli, titled Mentor and Muse: Essays from Poets to Poets (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010). [2] In 2010 she was a Residency Recipient from Writers in the Heartland. [3] Mesa’s poems have been in journals such as Barrow Street , Bat City Review , Indiana Review , Poet Lore and Third Coast .

Helena Mesa was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Cuban parents. She is a former writer for Writers in the Schools (WITS) in Houston, TX. She has a B.A. from Indiana University, an M.F.A from the University of Maryland and a Ph.D. from the University of Houston. Currently, she lives in Ann Arbor, MI and is an Associate Professor of English at Albion College. [4]

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References

  1. Library of Congress catalogue entry for Mesa
  2. "Helena Mesa (Author of Horse Dance Underwater)". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
  3. "Residency Recipients". Writers In The Heartland. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
  4. "Helena Mesa". Humanities Tennessee. Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2011-12-14.