Kristin Naca (born Washington, D.C.) is a Latina and Fillipina American poet.
Life and education
[edit]Naca grew up in northern Virginia.[1] She has a B.A. from the University of Washington, an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh,[2] and a Ph.D. in English from University of Nebraska.[3]
Her poems have appeared in Poetry,[4] ART PAPERS[5] Bloom, Harpur Palate,[6] Indiana Review, Prairie Schooner,[7] Octopus Magazine,[8] Seattle Review, Poetry Northwest, and Rio Grande Review.
Naca is a member of the prestigious Macondo Writers Workshop, the workshop founded by Sandra Cisneros.
She served as Writer In Residence with Minnesota Prison Writing Workshops.[9] She lives in Minneapolis.[8]
Firing and subsequent lawsuit against Macalester College
[edit]In 2015, Naca was fired from her position as an Assistant Professor of Poetry at Macalester College due to alleged sexual misconduct reported by a former student.[10][11][12] Naca sued Macalester in 2016, arguing that her firing was for discriminatory reasons, due to a disability and her status as a woman, a lesbian, a Filipina and Puerto Rican, and a Santeria priestess.[13][14] In 2018, the judge in the case cleared Macalester of wrongdoing in the dismissal.[13][15] On January 16, 2020, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's dismissal of the lawsuit, holding that "[e]ven assuming Naca made a prima facie case, this court concludes, on de novo review, that Macalester articulates a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for termination—her sexual relationship with Doe—that Naca does not counter with sufficient evidence of pretext".[16]
Awards
[edit]- mtvU National Poetry Series Prize. selected by Yusef Komunyakaa[17]
- 2008 National Poetry Series
- Lannan Residency Fellowship
- Bread Loaf Fellowship
- Hedgebrook women writers in residence program on Whidbey Island[18]
Works
[edit]- "Baptism", The Blind Chatelaine's Keys
- "One Foot". Prairie Schooner. Spring 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- Bird Eating Bird. HarperCollins. 2009. ISBN 978-0-06-178234-3., a Lambda Literary Award Finalist in 2010[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gist Street Reading Series - October 2, 2009: Irina Reyn (Fiction) / Kristin Naca (Poetry)". Archived from the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ "Department of English at the University of Pittsburgh". Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ a b "Kristin Naca". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Magazine, Poetry (November 5, 2019). "Eating Lorca by Kristin Naca". Poetry Foundation.
- ^ Iyawo. "Life Altars".
- ^ "Harpur Palate". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ "Project MUSE - Login". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b "Supplementi per te". Octopus Magazine.
- ^ "Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop". MPWW.
- ^ "Attorney for fired Macalester professor may have to testify about her own harassment claims". Twin Cities. 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ Mosedale, Mike (7 October 2016). "'Purple prose' in poet's prolix lawsuit irks judge – Minnesota Lawyer". Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ Specialist, The HR (2018-01-04). "Under siege on social media? Choose words carefully when responding". Business Management Daily. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ a b "Judge OKs Macalester's firing of professor who had sex with student; attorney scolded". Twin Cities. 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ "Kristin Naca vs Macalester College" (PDF). United States District Court of Minnesota. 2018-09-20.
- ^ Asher, Rebecca Edwards and Abe (2018-09-27). "Naca suit dismissed, appeal forthcoming". The Mac Weekly. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ "NACA v. MACALESTER COLLEGE, Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit 2020 - Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "Protected Blog › Log in". bjanepr.wordpress.com.
- ^ "Contributors to the Power of Language". Archived from the original on 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
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