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General Interests
"I'm currently working on a manuscript of poems entitled Mother Lode, about copper mining in Arizona. I'm also working on superstition in nineteenth-century British Romanticism, a project that has led me to look at the tragic dramas of William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley."
Years at Knox: 2003 to present
Education
Ph.D. Candidate, Language and Literature, Cornell University.
M.A., English Language and Literature, 2000, Cornell University.
M.F.A., Creative Writing—Poetry, 2000, Cornell University.
B.A., English Literature, 1997, Smith College.
Teaching Interests
Nineteenth-century British literature, creative writing, romantic poetry and prose, victorian literature, contemporary american poetry and poetics, women's writing, chicana and chicano writing.
Semi-finalist, Verse Press, 2002.
Runner-up, Sarabande Books, Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry 2002.
Finalist, Ashland Poetry Press, Richard Snyder Prize, 2002.
Semi-finalist, Zoo Press, 2002.
Semi-finalist, Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prize, 2002.
Semi-finalist, Lynx House Press, 2002.
Corson-Bishop Poetry Prize, Cornell University, 2002.
Runner-up, Tupelo Press, 2001.
Finalist, Colorado Prize, 2000.
Robert Chasen Poetry Prize, Cornell University, 1998.
Recent Accomplishments
Publications
"13 sections from Utter." Copper Nickel, 2007.
"6 sections from Utter" and a photograph "Gates Pass, Tucson, AZ." BorderSenses, 2007.
"5 sections from Utter." The Eleventh Muse, 2007.
The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry (six poems). Edited by Francison Aragon. University of Arizona Press, 2007.
"The Line." Blue Collar Review, forthcoming.
"Does the Eagle Know What's in the Pit." Like a Fragile Index of the World, 2006.
Three Poems, MiPoesias, 2006.
"The Keepsake Storm." "Paraffin Days." Lasting: Poems on Aging, 2006.
"The Earth Without," Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, 2005.
"The Earth Without," "The Line," "The Box," "The God Babies," "Everything in Any Way Accessible," and "The Walk Like Old Habits" in addition to a short essay, "Was it for this that I." Anthology of Emerging Latino Poets, forthcoming.
"The Box." Fence, 2005.
"Paraffin Days" and "The Keepsake Storm." Lasting: Poems on Aging, Pima Press 2005.
The Keepsake Storm, a collection of poetry. University of Arizona Press, 2004.
"The Earth Without." Black Warrior Review, 2004.
"From the Tree, to Storm."Seneca Review, 2003.
"That Cried to the Whole City 'Sleep No More.'" The Georgia Review, 2003.
"Their Lives and Shadows." Prairie Schooner, 2003.
"Del Rio." Mosaic, 2002.
"The Spirit that Appears When You Call." Crazyhorse, 2001.
"Velvet," "Through the Glass," "These Years, in the Deepest Holes," "Couldn't I Want to Be a Man, Sometimes," "Where the Bodies, Half-Dressed, in Pieces," and "Sunday Morning." Loft and Range: An Anthology, 2001.
"Fishing." The Black Warrior Review, 1999.
Presentations
"Beatrice's Rock: the Masochistic Contract in The Cenci." Unconfinable Romanticism, Cornell University.
"The Price of the Ticket: Writers of Color and Writing Programs." Panel Presenta-tion, Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference, New York, New York, 2008.
Reading at Dartmouth College.
Reading at Casa Libre en la Solana.
Reading at Salisbury University.
Workshop. University of Colorado, Denver, 2005.
Workshop. West High School, Denver, Colorado, 2005.
"Beatrice's Rock: the Masochistic Contract in The Cenci." "Unconfinable Romanticism" conference, Cornell University, 2005.
Reading. Lasting: Poems on Aging anthology release, Tucson, Arizona, December 2005.
"Telling the Bees." National Poetry Month, Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 2004.
Reading, Prairie Lights Book Store, (broadcast live on NPR and archived on the Prairie Lights Book Store audio Web site.) Iowa City, Iowa, 2004.
"Yearning for the Word: Poetry and Suffering." Pima Writers' Conference, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona, 2004.
"Devil in a Pitcher of Water: Researching the Familiar," for "Scribbler and Scribe: Art of Research," Associated Writing Programs Conference, Baltimore, 2003.
What Students Say
"Gina Franco is one of teachers you always hear about but never seem to meet: she loves what she does and goes through every effort to get you to love your own work. You'll analyze Lord Byron right next to modern-day rap lyrics, and she'll gladly take the personal time to help you tune your craft. Most importantly though, she's more than just a teacher; she's a good friend-the kind who will listen to what you have to say instead of looking at the clock to make sure she doesn't miss a meeting. She's the perfect Knox teacher: intelligent, caring, fun, and unique."
-Evan Sawdey, Theatre Major
Contact
309-341-7087
gfranco@knox.edu
Knox College is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation for Fulbright Scholar grants awarded to faculty during 2009-2010. Karen Kampwirth is studying feminism and politics at the University of Buenos Aires, and Jeremy Day O'Connell is conducting musicology and linguistics research at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Knox College is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation for Fulbright Scholar grants awarded to faculty during 2009-2010. Karen Kampwirth is studying feminism and politics at the University of Buenos Aires, and Jeremy Day O'Connell is conducting musicology and linguistics research at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Knox-Sandburg Community Concert Band, Knox Wind Ensemble, and individual music students perform in concert and recital, November 13 through 17 at Knox College.
