CURRICULUM VITAE

ANTHONY

SUTTON
2400 South Loop West, Houston, TX 77054
anthonysutton7@hotmail.com

210.296.4907

EDUCATION
MFA in Creative Writing, Purdue University, tentative (Spring
2017).
B.A. in English and Creative Writing, University of Houston, 2012.
Advisors: Tony Hoagland, Martha Serpas, Ange Mlinko, Sam
Amadon, and Karyna McGlynn.

PUBLICATIONS
POETRY
O, Injury. O, Wolf. O, God. No-- Connotation Press, Forthcoming.
The King of Doom Lesson On Connotation Press, Forthcoming.
Have You Met the Husbands Son? Primitive, Forthcoming.
Of The Domestic Wife Whos Tired of House Life Glass
Mountain, Fall 2014.
Prayer From a Fifteen Year-Old Boy Who Cider Press Review,
Fall 2014.
Some Days I Sound Like a Nihilistic John Lennon (Song).
Identity Theory, Spring 2014.
When You Are A Little Bit Homeless. Poetry at Round Top
Festival Anthology, Spring 2014.
Thing Theory. Nothing. No One. Nowhere. Forthcoming 2014.
Ghazals that are Trying to Rationalize Last Winter. Poets
Anonymous, Summer 2013.
Death by Fire, Lay on Your Stomach and Shut Up The
Aletheia Online, Spring 2013.
Wisdom, Pastoral. The Aletheia, Fall 2012.
REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, AND ESSAYS
Review of The Other Side by Lacy M. Johnson, Ostrich Review, Fall

2014.
Review of The Infinitesimals by Laura Kasischke. Ostrich Review,
Fall 2014.
Pity the SuperHero, Its Forced Embrace of the Human Form.
Ostrich Review, Fall 2014.
Review of TwERK by Latasha N. Nevada Diggs. Ostrich Review,
Spring 2014.
Fear of Place, Fear of Leaving. Ostrich Review, Spring 2014.
Review of Red Doc> by Anne Carson. Ostrich Review, Fall 2013.
Review of Belmont by Stephen Burt. Ostrich Review, Fall 2013.
Review of Ethical Consciousness by Paul Killebrew. Ostrich
Review, Summer 2013.
Review of Render / An Apocalypse by Rebecca Gayle Howell.
Ostrich Review, Summer
2013.
Pabl@ Nerud@, Or An Intersection Between Gender Neutrality
and Languages Struggle
to Understand Gender. Ostrich
Review, Summer 2013.
Review of Elegy Owed by Bob Hicok. Ostrich Review, Summer
2013.
Review of Palm Trees by Nick Twemlow. Ostrich Review, Summer
2013.
Review of Actual Air by David Berman. Ostrich Review, Spring
2013.
Review of I Am Your Slave, Now Do What I Say by Anthony
Madrid. Ostrich Review, Spring
2013.
Interview with Lo Kwa Mei-en. Gulf Coast Online, Fall 2012.
Review of Space, in Chains by Laura Kasischke. Ostrich Review,
Fall 2012.
I Love Shitty Gifts. Ostrich Review, Fall 2012.
Exhibitor Spotlight: Interview with Zine Fest Houston.
indiebookfest.org, Spring 2012.
Exhibitor Spotlight: Interview with Writers ReVision.
indiebookfest.org, Spring 2012.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Looseleaf Creative Writing Instructor, Looseleaf, Fall 2014
Present.
Teaching Assistant, (ENGL 106: First Year Composition), Purdue

University ICaP Program, Fall 2014Present.

Studio Facilitator, University of Houston Writing Center, Spring
2013Spring 2014.
Teaching Assistant (ENGL 1300: Developmental Composition),
University of Houston Writing Center, Fall 2011Spring 2014.
Writing Consultant, University of Houston Writing Center, Fall
2011Summer 2014.
Partial list of programs consulted for:
General Consultant
BIO 3324
ENGI 2304
MATH 3379
GEN B 4350 (Business Law and Ethics)
HRMA 4353 (Business Leadership)
Service Project with Phyllis Wheatley High School

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
Reader (Poetry/Fiction/Non-fiction), Sycamore Review,
September 2014Present.
Content Developer, OWL Purdue, October 2014-December
2014.
Social Media Coordinator, Ostrich Review, October 2013
Present.
Assistant Editor, Anklebiters Press, July 2013May 2014.
Poetry Editor, Houston & Nomadic Voices Magazine, February
2012October 2014.
Senior Editorial Assistant, Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature
and Fine Arts, August 2012May 2014.
Guest Blogger, Ostrich Review, December 2012October 2013.
Poetry Editor, Glass Mountain, May 2012August 2013.
Intern, Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts, January
2012May 2012.
Editorial Assistant, Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine
Arts, August 2011
December 2011.

READINGS

AND

PERFORMANCES

Youre in Indiana Now Reading Series, February 2015.

MFA Friendlies Bloomington Indiana, October 2014.
Youre in Indiana Now Reading Series, September 2014.
Write About Now Haiku Battle ft. Austin Poetry Slam, July 2014.
The Big Machine Arts Festival, July 2014.
Barbee Man-shun Open Gallery, May 2014.
Gulf Coast Vs. Poison Pen: Haiku dEtat, December 2013.
Houston Poetry Festival Satellite Reading, October 2013.
Poetic Justice Performance Art and Poetry Fest, June 2013.
Houston Indie Book FestGlass Mountain Editors Reading, April
2013.
Houston And Nomadic Voices Magazine Editors Reading, March
2013.
Glass Mountain Reading Series, February 2013.
Aletheia Reading Series, February 2013.
An Alternative Ekphrastic Evening, January 2013.
Live at Bacchus, April 2012.

PANELS

AND LECTURES

Houston Baptist University Writing Conference, More Than Just

the Love of It: Houston Editors Talk about Working on Literary
Magazines, Spring 2014.
Houston Baptist University Writing Conference, Applying to MFA
Programs, Spring 2014.
Post Oak Montessori High School, Guest Speaker on DIY Book
Making, Spring 2014.

EVENT COORDINATION
Clean-up Crew, Purdue Writers Harvest, Fall 2014.
Assistant Organizer, Houston Indie Book Festival, Spring 2014.
Assistant Event Coordinator and PR Assistant, Gulf Coast
Reading Series, Fall 2011Spring 2014.
Staff and Representative in the Dorms, Boldface Writers
Conference, Summer 2013.
Social Media Crew Captain, Houston Indie Book Festival,
Spring 2013.

Event Co-Organizer, Perfect Pairings: A Poetry and Prose

Reading Series, Writers' ReVision, Fall 2012Spring 2013.
Co-Series Organizer, Glass Mountain Reading Series, Spring
2013.
Assistant Organizer and Interviewer, Houston Indie Book
Festival, Spring 2012.

Docent Experience
Volunteer Decent, Blaffer Gallery, Antena Installation, Spring
2014.

AWARDS

AND

RECOGNITIONS (WRITING)

Boldface Robertson Prize, Fall 2014.

Boldface Conference Scholarship, Spring 2014.
Poetry At Round Top Festival Fellowship, Spring 2014.
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center, Community Member Scholarship
For IART 3395/6395
Writing, Arts, Politics, Spring 2014.
Gemini Ink Scholarship, Natalie Diaz Workshop, Summer 2013.
AWP National Program Directors Prize for Content, Glass
Mountain, Spring 2013.
Gulf Coast Undergraduate Fellowship in Creative Writing, Spring
2012.
Brian Lawrence Award in Poetry (Honorable Mention), University
of Houston, Department of English, Spring 2012.

AWARDS

AND

RECOGNITIONS (TEACHING)

ICaP Q Awards - Emerging Scholars Award, Spring 2015.

REFERENCES
Tony Hoagland, Professor of English and Creative Writing.
Martha Serpas, Professor of English and Creative Writing.
James Zebroski, Professor of English and Rhetoric and
Composition.