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3403 Banton Road
Austin, TX, 78722


Phone: 512-626-0553
Email:
Web: http://rexrose.com

 

education

 

  • MFA, Creative Writing, May 2000. Louisiana State University. Thesis: Toast (novel). Committee: Prof. Andrei Codrescu, Prof. Moira Crone, Prof. Mark Jude Poirier.
  • BA, English, May 1996. Tulane University.

     

    recent positions

     

  • Contributing Editor, Exquisite Corpse literary journal (www.corpse.org), LSU, Baton Rouge, LA.

     

    university teaching experience

     

  • 1 year, English 1001, Louisiana State University.

     

    conferences and appearances

     

  • Speaker, Creative Writing Panel One, Conference on "(Dis)Unified States," LSU, Baton Rouge, February 7, 2002.
  • Panel Participant, Creative Writers' Perspectives on All the King's Men," Conference on Rediscovering Robert Penn Warren, LSU, Baton Rouge, November 2001.
  • Lectured on photographer Ernest J. Bellocq at the New Orleans Museum of Art, at the Julie Saul Gallery in New York City, and on the "Steppin' Out" television program in New Orleans.

     

    awards, grants, and honors

     

  • Received the John Kennedy Toole Writing Scholarship, Tulane University, 1995/1996.
  • Twice nominated for the Scribner Prize by Vance Bourjaily and Andrei Codrescu.
  • Twice received the Barton Williams Benedict merit scholarship, Tulane University, 1993-1994.
  • Served as the Louisiana State University English Graduate Student Association Technology Coordinator.
  • Sat on the Tulane Literary Society editorial board.
  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Tulane University, 1996.

     

    professional experience

     

  • Assistant Producer, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, (the Louisiana PBS affiliate.) Duties included script consultation and revision, editing, research, and image license negotiation during the production of the Louisiana History documentary and others.
  • Graduate Editorial Assistant to poet, novelist and NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu at Exquisite Corpse, A Journal of Letters and Life, 1999-2001. Developed Web submission guidelines and Web publishing procedures to migrate the print journal to the Web and was involved in all phases of running the journal, including acquisitions consultation, editing, and proofreading. Also worked closely with Codrescu on the publication of Thus Spake the Corpse (the Exquisite Corpse anthology) V.2, Black Sparrow Press, 2000.
  • Assistant Curator of Photography at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
  • Contributing Editor and Graphic and Layout Artist, Go Gulf magazine. Edited and wrote articles. Created and laid out ads using Quark Xpress and Photoshop. Laid out the entire magazine, edited the photographs, collected the files, and worked with the printing company. Attended industry functions to digitally photograph events, represent the magazine, and report the proceedings.
  • Created and/or maintained Web sites for the LSU Creative Writing Program, Andrei Codrescu, Exquisite Corpse, Readers & Writers, the LSU English Graduate Student Association, author Mark Spitzer, and New Delta Review.
  • Editor, Webmaster and NT Server Administrator, LSU Division of Continuing Education Office of Independent Study, LSU’s distance learning office, 1998. Edited and developed distance learning and online classes.
  • Staff writer for Tribe Magazine, New Orleans. Authored the monthly technology column “Phreakers” along with assorted band interviews, music articles and CD reviews.
  • Five years experience creating graphics, web sites and publications using Adobe Photoshop, Quark Xpress and Dreamweaver. Created logos for companies, graphics for websites, and book covers. Six months experience in all phases of the graphic design and layout of the Gulf of Mexico upstream oil and gas bi-monthly Go Gulf magazine. Used Quark and Photoshop on both the Mac and Windows platforms.
  • Assisted veteran Life magazine photographer and author Bradley Smith and freelanced as a photographer.
  • Framed and hung gallery exhibitions of photographs representing the entire history of photography at A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans. Worked with and hosted Helmut Newton, Jerry Eulsmann, George Tice, Bradley Smith, and Herman Leonard during their gallery exhibitions.
  • Volunteer on-air reader, WRBH Radio for the Blind and Print Handicapped, New Orleans.
  • Volunteered at Louisiana State Museum.

     

    novel

     

  • Toast Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2002.

     

    short fiction

     

  • A Funny Story. Tulane Literary Magazine Spring, 1995: 12-21.

     

    poetry

     

  • “Leaving the Quarter.” Milk Magazine 2 December, 2000
  • “The Nobel Prize” “Chewed Lip” “Picking a Horse” “Irritant” “Red Neck” and “The Men Who Get the Kind of Women We Never Get.” Exquisite Corpse 4 April/May 2000. http://www.corpse.org/issue_4/burning_bush/rose.htm

     

    articles

     

  • “Emergency Broadcast Network: Sound Bytes Back.” Tribe Magazine 4 Jan 1996: 11-12.
  • “Welcome Home E.J. Bellocq.” Arts Quarterly v.18 2 July August September 1996: p.10
  • “The State of Free Speech on the Net.” Tribe Magazine 9 June/July 1996: 14.
  • “Fashion is Hard to Swallow.” Tribe Magazine 6 March 1996: 12.
  • “Pleasure Club Dues.” Tribe Magazine 14 December 1996: 26-28.
  • “Let Tribe Drag You Kicking and Screaming into Our Future.” Tribe Magazine 9 June/July 1996: 14.
  • “FS Who? FSQ!” Tribe Magazine 15 January/February 1997: 26-28.
  • “Dem Bones.” Tribe Magazine 17 1997: 17 (Written under the pseudonym Amanda Andrews.)
  • “The Empire Funks Back.” Tribe Magazine 17 1997: 21
  • “Doll Parts.” Tribe Magazine 18 1997: 20-21.
  • “Fever Pitch.” Tribe Magazine 18 1997: 59.
  • “Homosocial Positionalities: An Interview with Barry Hannah.” Exquisite Corpse/Cyber Corpse 8: http://www.corpse.org/issue_8/critiques/rose.htm
  • “The Last Days of Ernest Bellocq.” Exquisite Corpse/Cyber Corpse 10 Fall/Winter 2001/2002: http://exquisitecorpse.org/issue_10/gallery/bellocq/index.htm
  • “SPE-GCS: Committed to Education & Technology” Go Gulf magazine July/August 2000: 16-18.
  • “Mud Dog Makes for a Clean Rig” Go Gulf magazine July/August 2000: 34.
  • “LOSCO Office of the Governor Maps Louisiana” Go Gulf magazine September/October 2000: 18-21.
  • “Gulf Marine Institute of Technology” Go Gulf magazine September/October 2000: 22-25.
  • “The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Preserve: Fragile Ecosystems Thriving Among Oil Platforms” Go Gulf magazine September/October 2000: 27-29.
  • “From the Cane Field to the Oil Field: Ab-Sorb-It Cleans Up Oil Spills” Go Gulf magazine September/October 2000: 32.
  • “Go Gulf Goes South by 7500 Miles” Go Gulf magazine November/December 2000: 20-24.
  • “The Pacific Dove” Go Gulf magazine November/December 2000: 20-27.
  • “Texas Oilman’s Bass Invitational: One of the World’s Largest Bass Tournaments” Go Gulf magazine November/December 2000: 28-29.
  • “American Bureau of Shipping” Go Gulf magazine November/December 2000: 30-33.
  • “M-I, Smith Dedicate C-Port II and EnviroCenter” Go Gulf magazine Jan/Feb 2001: 31.

     

    reviews

     

  • Rev. of (What’s the Story) Morning Glory, by Oasis, Tribe Magazine 3 Dec. 1995: 52
  • Rev. of Paranoid & Sunburnt, by Skunk Anansie, Tribe Magazine 3 Dec. 1995: 53
  • Rev. of It’s Great when You’re Straight, Yea, by Black Grape, Tribe Magazine 3 Dec. 1995: 53
  • Rev. of Disco Volante, by Mr. Bungle, Tribe Magazine February. 1996: 53
  • Rev. of It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah, by Black Grape, Tribe Magazine Dec. 1995: 53
  • Rev. of Tales from the Punch Bowl, by Primus, Tribe Magazine October. 1995: 49
  • Rev. of Fight for Your Mind, by Ben Harper, Tribe Magazine October. 1995: 49
  • Rev. of The Great Escape, by Blur, Tribe Magazine November. 1995: 48
  • Rev. of Outside, by David Bowie, Tribe Magazine November. 1995: 48
  • Rev. of Circus, by Lenny Kravitz, Tribe Magazine November. 1995: 49
  • Rev. of Portrait of an American Family, by Marilyn Manson, Tribe Magazine November. 1995: 49
  • Rev. of Example, by For Squirrels, Tribe Magazine Jan. 1996: 50
  • Rev. of Clutch, by Clutch, Tribe Magazine Jan. 1996: 50
  • “Silicone Dharmas.” Tribe Magazine 5 February 1996: 13.
  • Rev. of Star Maps, by Possum Dixon, Tribe Magazine Mar. 1996: 56
  • Rev. of Heavy Petting Zoo, by NOFX, Tribe Magazine Mar. 1996: 56

     

    special

     

  • Attended life drawing and painting classes at The New Orleans Academy of Fine Art.
  • Attended cartooning and animation classes through the Open Education Exchange in San Francisco.
  • Attended a Jerry Eulsmann seminar on darkroom superimposition.
  • Speak Spanish
  • Currently do volunteer ESL tutoring for Literacy Austin.

     

    references


    Prof. Andrei Codrescu
    English Department
    26 Allen Hall
    Louisiana State University
    Baton Rouge, LA. 70801
    Office: (225) 338-2823
    (Request Email Address Here.)
    http://www.codrescu.com
    http://www.exquisitecorpse.org
    http://english.lsu.edu/dept/programs/creative_writing/codres.htm

    Prof. Moira Crone
    English Department
    212N Allen Hall.
    Louisiana State University
    Baton Rouge, LA. 70801
    (225) 388-2987
    moiracrone@aol.com
    http://english.lsu.edu/dept/programs/creative_writing/crone.htm

    Judy Kahn
    MFA Coordinator/Readers & Writers Coordinator
    English Department
    228B Allen Hall
    Louisiana State University
    Baton Rouge, LA. 70801
    (225)578-3124
    jkahn@lsu.edu
    http://english.lsu.edu/dept/orgs/readerswriters

    Prof. Peter Cooley
    Tulane University
    Department of English
    Norman Mayer 223
    New Orleans, LA 70115
    Phone: 504-862-8174
    cooley@tulane.edu
    http://www.tulane.edu/~english/Faculty/cooley.htm

    Prof. Molly Rothenberg
    Tulane University
    Department of English
    Norman Mayer 212
    New Orleans, LA 70115
    Phone: 504- 862-8166
    mollyr@tulane.edu
    http://www.tulane.edu/~english/Faculty/rothenberg.htm

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