Poetry Book Forthcoming Michelle Gil-Montero, assistant professor of English, has signed a contract for a book of poetry. The book, titled Attached Houses, will be published by Brooklyn Arts Press in 2013. In Gil-Montero’s words, the work emerges from a long interest in space and the way in which the mind renders abstractions as spatial. The poems in this book, in one way or another, explore this phenomenon in addition to the idea, as Bachelard put it, that “all really inhabited space bears the essence of the notion of home” and the accompanying “illusion of protection.” Poems from the book are forthcoming in the literary journals Spoon River Poetry Review and Caketrain. Other poems from the book have appeared in Colorado Review, Third Coast, Silenced Press, and Cincinnati Review. Her other publications include a translation of Poetry After the Invention of América: Don’t Light the Flower by Andrés Ajens (Palgrave MacMillan, 2011), Mouth of Hell by María Negroni (Action Books, coming 2013), and This Blue Novel by Valerie Mejer (Action Books, coming 2013). She is a 2012 recipient of a literary translation fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Dr. Arcara Now A U.S. Citizen Assistant professor of mathematics Dr. Daniele Arcara and his wife and six children became an all-American family recently when he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Dr. Arcara, 38, who emigrated to the United States from Italy 15 years ago to earn a doctorate, changed plans after he met the woman who would become his wife, Angela. “Because I have lived here so long as a permanent resident, I already felt like an American,” Dr. Arcara said, “but it’s comforting to receive the certificate and officially become a dual citizen. I am proud that I will now be able to vote, serve on juries, and do other things that other American citizens do. This country is so nice. There are a lot of opportunities.” Dr. Arcara completed the months-long process on May 18 in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, accompanied by Angela and their children. Dr. Arcara teaches mechanics and calculus. “I like the small campus where I can get to know the students,” he said. “It’s not just faces. I know a lot of the students on campus which is exciting. I also love working at a Catholic college since it is convenient for me to go to Mass in the student chapel every day. The Benedictine character of Saint Vincent shows you how to live a meaningful life.” Saint Vincent Magazine
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Fall 2012