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Every love, though there may be ups and downs to keep our interest, is true and living. Every ending happy when the time must come at last for endings. - Kelly Link
DR. MAIREAD CASE (rhymes with parade; she her) is a writer, teacher, and editor. The author of the books Tiny and See You In the Morning (featherproof), and the chapbook TENDERNESS (Meekling Press), Mairead is also an editor at Public Media Institute and Maggot Brain magazine (Third Man Records). Mairead teaches writing, rhetoric, poetry, and literature to graduates, undergraduates, and students at the Colorado School of Mines, the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Denver, Naropa University, Denver Public Schools, and the Denver Women's and Centennial jails. Before moving to Denver, Mairead lived in Chicago for a decade, working for organizations including the Poetry Foundation, Northwestern University Press, and the Chicago Public Library. She was a Legal Observer for the National Lawyers' Guild for over twenty years.
COURSES TAUGHT: Nature and Human Values, Critical and Creative MFA Thesis, Poetry (all levels), Fiction (all levels), Rooting in the Archive, Contemporary Topics in Writing, Contemplative Practices, Professional Development for Writers, Prison Narratives, Time and Gender, American Literature, Global Literature, Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, Trans Literature, Literature and Society, Queer Narratives, Futures in AI/ML.
SELECTED BYLINES: POETRY, JSTOR Daily, Los Angeles Review of Books, The New Inquiry, Pitchfork, Best American Comics.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, TALKS & PERFORMANCES: The Whitney Biennial (with Neighborhood Public Radio), MCA Chicago, AWP, The Bronx Museum, The Nightingale Chicago, The Museum of Pop Culture.
SELECTED EVENT PRODUCTION: The Pitchfork Music Festival Book Fort (co-founder), Printers' Ball, MDW Fair, The Louder Than a Bomb Youth Poetry Festival, Naropa Summer Writing Program, Hugo House, Dil Pickle Club, Version & Select Media Festivals, Dikeou Reading Series, Children's Day at the Poetry Foundation Library.
GRANTS & RESIDENCIES: Ragdale, ACRE, The Wassaic Project, Seattle Arts and Culture, Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs.
EDUCATION
BA, University of Notre Dame
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
PhD, University of Denver
Certifications: RYT-200, full-inclusion ELA/ELD, Warrior Exams
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