Carlos Cumpian Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2890 Chicago IL 60690 County: Cook Cellphone : 773-636-5163 Genre: Poetry

Periodical Publications:

• Real Things: An Anthology of Popular Culture in America, Indiana U. Press, 1998
• Astillas de Luz/Shards of Light, Tia Chucha Press, 1998
• Telling Stories: An Anthology for Writers (ed. Joyce Carol Oates), Norton, 1998

Book Publications:

• Armadillo Charm, Tia Chucha Press, 1996
• Latino Rainbow: Poems about Latino Americans, Children's P. Grolier, 1994
• Coyote Sun, March/Abrazo P., 1990

Forthcoming Publications:

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Gwendolyn Brooks Significant Illinois Author Award
• Cultural exchange guest, Guadalajara International Book Fair (Guadalajara, Mexico)
• Two Community Arts Program Grants from the City of Chicago
• Honored by the Illinois State Library

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• "Future of Creativity" performance with Guillermo Gomez Pena at the school of the Art Institute, Chicago, 2001; University of California (Riverside, Calif.) 2001
• "Words on Fire" performed by Steppenwolf Art Exchange Ensemble, Chicago, 2000.

Recent Workshops:

• "Phoenix Creative Writing Workshop," Senior High School Division, Morton College, Cicero, IL. 2002
• "Words to Rhythm" poetry workshops, Chicago Public Libraries, 2002
• "Celebrating the Book" poetry workshops, Lake Geneva junior high schools, 2001

Present Employment:

• Poetry writing teacher, Columbia College (Chicago, IL)
• High school English teacher, Chicago public schools

Preferred Audience:

• No preferred audience. "Can lead workshops in Spanish for children as well.

Willing to travel:

• yes