| |
|
|
|
|
| |
Aaron
Leis
|
email:
leis.aaron (at) gmail (dot) com
|
<
back to Aaron's page
Threadbare
Home
|
|
| |
- Education
- Ph.D. Estimated
completion December 2007. Contemporary Poetry with Creative Dissertation.
University of North Texas. Denton, TX.
- B.A. English.
2000. Newman University. Wichita, KS. Summa cum laude. Minor in Philosophy.
|
|
| |
- Editing Experience
- Farrago's Wainscot/Farrago
Press, Denton, TX, 2006-Present
Founding Coeditor
- The Porch, Denton,
TX, 2004-Present
Founding Poetry Editor
- American Literary
Review, Denton, TX, Spring 2004
Reader
- The North Texas
Review, Denton, TX, Spring 2001
Poetry Editor, Layout Editor
- The Sheridan Edwards
Review, Wichita, KS, 1998-2000
Managing Editor, 2000.
Fiction Editor, 1998-1999.
Managing Editor, Layout Editor, 1998.
|
|
| |
- Publications
Creative
- “Celestial.” Lead
(New Zealand), Summer 2004.
- “The Wackness.”
The Sheridan Edwards Review, Spring 2005.
- “Celestial.”
The Beloit Poetry Journal, Spring 2002.
- “Falling.”
The Beloit Poetry Journal, Spring 2002.
- “Field Trip:
Cadavers.” Kansas Voices Anthology, 1996-2000.
- “I Went Searching
for God.” ELF: Eclectic Literary Forum, Winter, 1997
- Scholarly
- “Jack's Raging
Anterior Commisure: Bicameral Schizophrenia in William Wilson
and Fight Club.” By the Waters of Babylon: Journal of
the Humanities, Vol. 4. Newman University, 2000.
- “Chaos, Kabbalah,
and the Creation of a Modern Savior in Darren Aronofsky's Π..”
Reflections on the Edge of a New Millennium: Journal of the Humanities,
Vol. 3. Newman University, 1999.
- “The True
Dracula.” Spiritus Mundi-Spirit and the Creative Mind: Journal
of the Humanities, Vol. 1. Newman University, 1997.
|
|
| |
- Presentations
Creative
- Selected Poems.
Gallery Opening. Ghost Town Art's Collective, Denison, TX (2007).
- Selected Poems.
“Lumberjack Fest. II.” Dan's Silverleaf. Denton, TX (2006).
- Selected Poems.
“Wednesday Night Café.” Texas Women's University. Denton,
TX (2005).
- Selected Poems.
“Porchfest.” Dan's Silverleaf. Denton, TX (2004).
- Selected Poems.
The North Texas Review Reading Series. Brickhaus Café.
Denton, TX (2003).
- Selected Poems.
The Dallas Museum of Arts' “Arts and Letters Live Literary Café.”
Club Dada. Dallas, TX (2002).
- Selected Poems.
The United Nations “Dialogue Among Civilizations” Conference. University
of Texas at Arlington. Arlington, TX (2001).
- Selected Poems.
The North Texas Review Reading Series. Brickhaus Café. Denton,
TX (2000).
- Three Poems.
Preludes: A Celebration of Fiction, Poetry, and Artwork. Wichita, KS
(2000).
- Letters from
Jack. Presentation of Honors Thesis. Wichita, KS (1999).
- Selected Letters
from Jack. Ryan Library Auditorium. Wichita, KS (1999).
- Two Poems.
Preludes: A Celebration of Fiction, Poetry, and Artwork. Wichita, KS
(1999).
- Two Poems.
Preludes: A Celebration of Fiction, Poetry, and Artwork. Wichita, KS
(1998).
- Selected Poems.
The Sheridan Edwards Review Reading Series. Wichita, KS (1998)
- Scholarly
- “Jack's Raging
Anterior Commisure: Bicameral Schizophrenia in William Wilson
and Fight Club.” Newman University Humanities Conference.
Wichita, KS (Spring 2000).
- “Chaos, Kabbalah,
and the Creation of a Modern Savior in Darren Aronofsky's Π”
Newman University Humanities Conference. Wichita, KS (Spring 1999).
- “Naming the
Myth: A Defense of Shakespeare's Authorship.” Newman University
Humanities Conference. Wichita, KS (Spring 1998).
- “Semi-Exhaustive
Literary Guide to Star Wars: Luke Skywalker and the Heroic Journey.”
Multimedia Presentation. Newman University Humanities Conference. Wichita,
KS (Spring 1998).
- “The True Dracula.”
Newman University Humanities Conference. Wichita, KS (Spring 1997).
|
|
| |
Honors and Awards
- Winner, 2005 Sr.
Madeline Kisner Prize in Poetry
- Finalist, 2001
Sr. Madeline Kisner Prize in Poetry
- Lamda Iota Tau
Honors. Newman University, 2000.
- Humanities Achievement
Award. Newman University, 1999-2000.
- Finalist, 1999
Kansas Voices Poetry Competition
- Honors within
the Major (for Creative Thesis). Newman University, 1999.
|
|
| |
Film
- Author's Anonymous:
The Story of the Porch. (Feature Documentary). Co-Producer, Assistant
Editor, Sound Mixer. Black Marmot Productions, 2006. Director Darin
Bradley.
- Louche.
(Short film). Original Score, Story Development, Research. Black Marmot
Productions, 2004. Director Darin Bradley.
|
|
| |
Organizations
- Academy of American
Poets
- Skeptics Society
- Lamda Iota Tau
- The Milton Center
- 1759 Society
- Friends of Laphroaig
|
|
| |
References
- Bruce Bond, Ph.D.
Professor, University of North Texas.
- Corey Marks, Ph.D.
Professor, University of North Texas.
- Bryan D. Dietrich,
Ph.D. Professor, Newman University.
- Darin Bradley,
Ph.D. Founding Coeditor, Farrago's Wainscot/Farrago Press.
- Ashley Bender.
Editor-In-Chief, The Porch.
-
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|