CV
WHITNEY KOO
Email: whitney.kerutis@okstate.edu
EDUCATION
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Doctor of Philosophy in English-creative writing; May 2023
Committee: Dr. Lisa Lewis (Chair); Dr. John Andrews, Professor Sarah Beth Childers
Areas of Specialization:
Practical Poetics: The Elegy
Literature: African American Poetry- 20th Century and Beyond
Dissertation Title: Any Gesture
The University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing; May 2018
Interdisciplinary emphasis in Poetics
Committee: Professor Noah Eli Gordon (chair), Dr. Ruth Ellen Kocher, Dr. Adam Bradly
Thesis Title: Chorus Song
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Bachelor of Arts in English; May 2015
Minors in Creative Writing/French
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Guest Lecturer; Fall 2021
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Courses Taught:
ENGL3343 Reading Poetry
Graduate Teaching Assistant; August 2018-present
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Courses Taught:
ENGL 2513 Introduction to Creative Writing (Instructor of Record)
ENGL 1213 Composition II (Instructor of Record)
ENGL 1113 Composition I (Instructor of Record)
Graduate Instructor; August 2015-May 2018
The University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
Courses Taught:
ENGL 2021 Introduction to Poetry (Instructor of Record)
ENGL 1119 Introduction to Creative Writing (Instructor of Record)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Special Projects); January 2020- present
Oklahoma State University; Writing Center
Workshops Lead:
Graduate Workshop: Research Writing for Public Audiences Workshop (Fall 2022)
Undergraduate and Graduate Workshop: NSF Grant Application Workshop (Fall 2021)
Research:
REPS Feedback Tool for Student-Writing
Academic Writing Tutor; August 2019-present
Oklahoma State University; Academic Services for Student-Athletes
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
Inaugural Committee Member. Oklahoma State University’s Art and Humanities Graduate Colloquium (Fall 2021)
Lead Developer. Revising, Editing, Proofreading and Style (REPS) Feedback Tool (present)
Co-Author. Academic Services for Student-Athletes Facilitator Handbook (Summer 2020)
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Founder/Editor in chief, Gasher Press, www.gasherpress.com; February 2018-present
Poetry Editor, Timber Literary Journal; August 2017- June 2018
Manuscript Reader, Subito Literary Press; August 2015- December 2017
Social Media Editor, Letter Machine Editions, 2015
Poetry Reader, Timber Literary Journal; August 2015- May 2017
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Discordions (under consideration)
Any Gesture (under consideration)
JOURNAL
Poems in Journals:
"I Talk With a Mouth That Can't Get Up." Annulet: A Journal of Poetics (forthcoming)
"Ophelia in the Swanning." Issue 15, Poetry South (forthcoming)
"Sister As Outlasting Character." Beaver Magazine (2023) Web.
"Against Elegy" Always Crashing (2023): Web.
"Body of Shoelace" and "The Lilacs Were Wild In the Graveyard" Figure 1 (2022): Web.
“Still During the Russian Invasion" and "Ode to the Line" Jet Fuel Review (2022): Web. [nominated for Pushcart Prize]
"During the Russian Invasion" and "Seventh Elegy" Birdcoat Quarterly (2022): Web.
“On Hunger and Birthing.” American Literary Review (2020): Web.
“Galeless.” Colorado Review (2019): Print.
“Shuyet.” Bayou Magazine (2019): Print.
3 poems. Action, Spectacle (2019) Web.
“Chorus Song no. 3.” Breakwater Review (2018): Web.
“Pandering.” Projector Magazine (2018) Web.
Three Poems. Patient Sounds: Window 2 (2016): 21-23. Web.
“The Auctioneer’s Daughter.” The Thought Erotic (2015): Web.
“Palimpsest.” Anamesa Journal 13.2 (2015): 9. Web.
Creative Nonfiction in Journals:
"Anti-" The Palisades Review (forthcoming) : Print.
“An Offering of Space.” Heavy Feather Review (2020): Web. [nominated for Best of Net 2021]
Book Reviews:
"World-building in ABC Moonlight by Ben Estes." Gasher Journal (2022) Web.
“Recovery Work in Jameson Fitzpatrick's Pricks in the Tapestry.” Gasher Journal (2020) Web.
"Ending in Planes by Ruth Ellen Kocher." Volta Blog (2015) Web.
"Paradise Drive by Rebecca Foust." Volta Blog (2015) Web.
"Think Tank by Julie Carr." Volta Blog (2015) Web.
Interviews:
“An Interview with Jared Boyd.” Gasher Journal (2019) Web.
“An Interview with Poet Zachary Schomburg.” Timber Literary Journal (2018) Web.
"An Interview with Poet Susan Briante." Timber Literary Journal (2016) Web.
"Letter Machine Editions an Interview with Joshua Marie Wilkinson." Subito Press (2016) Web.
HONORS AND AWARDS
3rd Place. Marye Lynn Cummings Scholarship in Creative Writing - Poetry. Spring 2022
Longlist. Frontier Poetry 2021 Industry Prize. 2021
Winner. Edward Walkiewicz Contemporary Studies Scholarship (“The Event Horizon:Black Holes, Blackness, and Sound”). Spring 2021
Semifinalist. 2020 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. (Book: Discordions) Judge: Cathy Park Hong
Finalist. Slope Editions 19th Annual Book Prize (Book: Discordions). Judge: Sam Ace
Finalist. Ahsahta Press 2019 Sawtooth Poetry Prize. (Book: Discordions) Judge: Brian Teare
Finalist. American Literary Review Poetry Contest. (“On Hunger and Birthing”) Judge: Cyrus Cassells. 2019
Finalist. American Literary Review Creative Writing Awards (“Shuyet”) 2019
Winner First Place (Poetry). 2018 Tucson Festival of Books Judge: Mary Jo Bang. 2018
Graduate Teaching Assistantship. Oklahoma State University Dept. of English, 2018- 2023
Graduate Teaching Assistantship. The University of Colorado Boulder Dept. of English, AY2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Recipient. Battrick Poetry Scholarship AY 2015-16 University of Colorado
PANELS AND INTERVIEWS
Panelist. "Winning Words: Best Practices for Submitting to Book Prizes" AWP (2023)
Interviewee. "'How Are We Serving Emerging Writers?' A Chat with Whitney Koo, Editor of Gasher Journal" Lit Mag News Roundup (2022): YouTube
Moderator."Freedom as Literary Ecotone: Ecowriting Along the Borders of Poetry/Prose and Non/Human Communities" Oklahoma State University’s Art
and Humanities Graduate Colloquium (Fall 2021)
Panelist. "Participating and Shaping Small Press" OSUCW Publishing Panel (2021)
Panelist. "Navigating Journal Submissions" OSUCW Publishing Panel (2019)
READINGS AND PERFORMANCES
4x4 Reading Series. Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Fort Collins. 28 Apr. 2017.
A Leon Affair. Leon Gallery, Denver, CO. 25 Feb. 2017.
CU Creative Writing Reading Series. (with Susan Briante.) University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO. 20 Sept. 2016.