Lecturer, Asian American Studies
Office: EP 104
Phone: 415-405-0714
Email: bjreyes@sfsu.edu
2015 Year of first appointment in Asian American Studies
Education
MFA, San Francisco State University, Creative Writing (Poetry)
BA, University of California at Berkeley, Comparative Ethnic Studies
Courses Taught
216 Introduction to Asian American Literature
352 Filipina/o American Literature, Art, and Culture
Honors, Awards, and Grants
2014
Creative Work Fund grant recipient in the Literary Arts.
2013
James D. Houston Memorial Lecturer, Center for Literary Arts at San Jose State University.
2012
Global Filipino Award in Poetry for D iwata.
2011
California Book Award Finalist for D iwata.
Northern California Independent Booksellers Award Finalist for D iwata.
2007
Coal Royalty Chairholder in Creative Writing, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
2006
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship, Bates College, ME.
2005
James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets for P oeta en San Francisco.
Current Community Involvement
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Minneapolis 2015 Subcommittee.
Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc., Board of Directors and Vice President
Small Press Traffic, Board of Directors
Selected Publications
2015
To Love as Aswang. S F: PAWA Inc.
2010
Diwata. R ochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd.
2005
Poeta en San Francisco. K ane`ohe, Hawai`i: Tinfish Press.
2003
Gravities of Center. San Francisco: Arkipelago Books Publishing.