BIOGRAPHY

Megan Volpert is a poet and critic from Chicago who has settled in Atlanta with her wife, Mindy.  Volpert holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Louisiana State University and is a high school English teacher.

Sonics in Warholia is her fourth book (Little Rock: Sibling Rivalry Press, 2011).  The other three are The Desense of Nonfense and Face Blindness (Buffalo: BlazeVOX Books, 2009 & 2007), and Domestic Transmission (San Antonio: MetroMania Press, 2007). She is currently editing This assignment is so gay: LGBTIQ Poets on the Art of Teaching (Little Rock: Singling Rivalry Press, 2013).

This self-proclaimed love child of Joan Jett and Roland Barthes has performed with a wide range of poets, from Christian Bök and Andrei Codrescu to Laura Mullen and Daphne Gottlieb.  Volpert has been in competition at the National Poetry Slam, is a board member of Poetry Atlanta and is Co-Director of the Atlanta Queer Literary Festival with Collin Kelley.

Rooted in confessionalism and surrealism, her work has a strong interest in the performative and is also influenced by second-generation New York School poetry.  Volpert is a theory junky and cannot resist rock and roll.

Education

Certificate  Georgia Professional Standards Commission, 2007.

                  English 6-12, Level T6.
M.F.A. Louisiana State University, 2006. Creative Writing (Poetry).

           Minors in Screenwriting and Performance Studies.
B.A.    Illinois State University, 2003. English.          

           Minors in Philosophy and Women’s Studies.

 

Teaching

English teacher, Fulton County Schools, 2006-present.

Courses taught include 9R, 9H, 10R, 11R, and Speech.

 

Guest Lecturer/Instructor, over 20 college classrooms, 2004-present. 

Courses taught include Intro to Poetry & Wkshp, Intro to Fic & Wkshp, Intro to

Perf Studies, Perf Poetry, Screenplay Wkshp, Major Amer Authors, and Comp.

Publication

Poetry  

 

Order Sutra, Atlanta: Lame House Press, 2015. 

Only Ride, Little Rock: Sibling Rivalry Press, 2014. 

Editor, This assignment is so gay, Little Rock: Sibling Rivalry Press, 2013.

Sonics in Warholia, Little Rock: Sibling Rivalry Press, 2011.

The Desense of Nonfense, Buffalo: BlazeVOX Books, 2009.
Face Blindness, Buffalo: BlazeVOX Books, 2007. 
Domestic Transmission, San Antonio: MetroMania Press, 2007. 

Over 50 journals, anthologies, magazines and radio programs, 1998-present. 

Includes Black Warrior Review, Exquisite Corpse, and NPR.

 

Criticism  

Principal Reviewer, Audible.com, 2009-2011.

 

Over 20 journals, anthologies and magazines, 2002-present. 

Includes The Monkey & the Wrench, Pataphysica, and Horse Less Review.

 

 

Performance

 

Featured poet at over 100 events in over 30 cities.

Panelist at over 20 academic conferences, including AWP and NCA.

 

 

Other Accomplishments

Co-Director, Atlanta Queer Literary Festival, 2008-present.

Short-list, Indie Lit Award, for Sonics in Warholia, 2011.

Nominee, Georgia Author of the Year, GA Writers Assoc, 2008, 2010, 2012.

Member, Poetry Atlanta Inc, 2007-present.
Poetry Editor, The New Delta Review, Louisiana State University, 2005-2006.