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Marcella Remund

Instructor

ENGLISH

Dakota Hall 228

Phone: (605) 677-5229

Email: Marcella.Remund@usd.edu

Teaching Interests:

creative writing, literature, poetry/poetics, composition

Research Interests:

contemporary poetry, comparative religions, sacred texts as literature

Education:

  • MA, English/Creative Writing, University of South Dakota, 1994
  • BA, English/Creative Writing, University of South Dakota, 1991
  • Ph D, English/Creative Writing, University of South Dakota,

Publications:

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

  • Remund, Marcella. The Sea is My Ugly Twin, 49 pp. Kentucky: Finishing Line Press, 2018.

Awards and Honors:

  • Honorable Mention, Stevens Poetry Manuscript Competition, National Association of State Poetry Societies, 2017
  • First Place Poetry Prize, Switchgrass Review, Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation, 2016
  • Nancy Hargrove Editor's Prize, Finalist, Jabberwok Review, Mississippi State University, 2016
  • High Plains Writers Prize, High Plains Writers, 2010
  • Rita Dove Poetry Prize, Salem College, 2009

Presentations:

  • Remund, Marcella. "Triple Goddess". Presented at the Gallery Exhibit, Vermillion SD. (January 2019)
  • Remund, Marcella, . "The Lonely body/Body Poetry Reading: Personal and Geographical Apartness". Presented at the Milton Writers Conference, Vermillion. (October 2018)
  • Remund, Marcella. "Inclusion and Integration: Reconciling Identities and Making the Frontier a Little Less Lonely". Presented at the Milton Writers Conference, Vermillion. (October 2018)
  • Remund, Marcella. The Sea is My Ugly Twin. Presented at the South Dakota Festival of Books, Brookings, SD. (September 2018)
  • Remund, Marcella. Women Poets Collective Reading. Presented at the South Dakota Festival of Books, Brookings, SD. (September 2018)
  • Remund, Marcella. "The Sea is My Ugly Twin". Presented at the Sorcerer's Apprentice Creative Writing Camp. (April 2018)
  • Remund, Marcella. "Because" Art Opening.
  • Remund, Marcella. Women Poets Collective Reading. Presented at the Great Plains Writers Conference, Brookings, SD. (March 2018)
  • Remund, Marcella. "Flatwater Stirs: An Anthology of Emerging Nebraska Poets". Presented at the Public Reading, Norfolk, NE. (October 2017)
  • Remund, Marcella. "The Trees in this Neighborhood Remember Me". Presented at the Public Reading, Sioux Falls, SD. (October 2017)
  • Remund, Marcella. Women Poets Collective Reading. Presented at the South Dakota Festival of the Book, Deadwood, SD. (September 2017)
  • Remund, Marcella. Dakota Women Poets Read. Presented at the National Poetry Month, Sioux Falls. (April 2017)
  • Remund, Marcella, Davison, Janet, . "The Changing Culture and Landscape of Mother-Daughter Relationships". Presented at the USD Women's Research Conference, Vermillion, SD. (March 2017)
  • Remund, Marcella, Obach, Melinda Obach, Schoenfeld, Staci, Beem, Katherine Beem. "Possible Lives, Impossible Places: Transplants and Locals Read:. Presented at the John R. Milton Writers' Conference, Vermillion SD. (October 2016)
  • Remund, Marcella, Obach, Melinda, Schoenfeld, Staci. "Burning the Apron: Dakota Women Poets Reimagine Midwestern Manners". Presented at the Western Literature Association Conference, Big Sky, MT. (September 2016)
  • Remund, Marcella. Dakota Women Poets Read. Presented at the Dakota Women Poets, Sioux Falls SD. (February 27, 2016)
  • Remund, Marcella. Dakota Women Poets Read. Presented at the Dakota Women Poets, SDSU, Brookings SD. (February 2015)
  • Obach, Melinda A., Remund, Marcella. Found Inspiration: Uncovering Truths. Presented at the 2014 Women and Spirituality Conference, Mankato, MN. (October 11, 2014)
  • Remund, Marcella. "Rooted & Restless: South Dakota Poets Read". Presented at the John R. Milton Writers Conference, USD. (November 1, 2013)
  • Remund, Marcella. "Peacock Dreams". Presented at the P3: Poets, Painters, Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD. (December 2012)
  • Remund, Marcella. Poetry Reading. Presented at the USD Women's Research Conference, Washington Street Arts Center. (October 16, 2012)
  • Remund, Marcella, Obach, Melinda. Coded Language: Poetry & Journaling. Presented at the Women and Spirituality Conference, Mankato MN. (October 5, 2012)
  • Remund, Marcella. "Prairie Rebellion: Four (Im)Polite Poets Read". Presented at the John R. Milton Writer's Conference, USD. (October 2011)
  • Remund, Marcella. "Settling and Unsettling the West in East River South Dakota". Presented at the Western Literature Association Annual Conference, Missoula, Montana. (October 2011)
  • Remund, Marcella. Nickerettes (musical performance). Presented at the USD Women's Research Conference, Washington Street Arts Center. (March 2011)
  • Remund, Marcella. "Totem". Presented at the P3: Poets, Painters, Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD. (December 5, 2010)
  • Remund, Marcella, Cropp, Jenny, Obach, Melinda. Midwestern Meditations: Women Poets Read. Presented at the Women & Spirituality Conference, Mankato, MN. (October 23, 2010)
  • Remund, Marcella. "Tarnished Saints". Presented at the Scissortail Writer's Conference, Ada, OK. (April 1, 2010)
  • Remund, Marcella. "Mandala". Presented at the P3: Poets, Painters, Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD. (January 30, 2010)