Edward M. Test 798 Sycamore Walk, Apt. G Goleta, CA 93117 Tel: (805) 893-1577 Email: emtest@umail.ucsb.edu University of California, Santa Barbara (2004-2008); PhD English, expected June 2008 Portland State University; M.A., English Literature (Creative Writing Emphasis), 2000 Carleton College; B.A., English Literature, 1988

Areas of Interest

• Renaissance Literature and Culture
• New World and Transatlantic Studies
• Creative Writing - Poetry
• Translation

Current Projects and Publications

Dissertation Title: "Consuming the Americas: New World Flora and Fauna in English Literature, 1580-1620." Advisers: Richard Helgerson (Chair), Patricia Fumerton, Michael O'Connell, Ken Hiltner.

Book Chapters

• "New World Gardens," in A Companion to the Global Renaissance, 1550-1660, ed. Jyotsna Singh. (forthcoming from Blackwell, 2008)
• "The Tempest and The Newfoundland Cod Fishery," in Global Traffic: Discourses and Practices of Trade in English Literature and Culture from 1550 to 1700, eds. Barbara Sebek and Steve Deng (forthcoming from Palgrave, May 2008)

Poetry Books

• Under Weigh (manuscript under consideration) (semi-finalist, Ontario Prize 2006)
• Fata Morgana, bilingual edition, (Ediciones El Tucán de Virginia (Mexico, 2004)

Books in Translation (Spanish to English)

• The Moon Man, poems by Les Murray (forthcoming, Ediciones El Tucán de Virginia, 2008)
• Torn Awake, by Forrest Gander, Ediciones El Tucán de Virginia (Mexico, 2005)
• The Zoo Father, by Pascale Petit, Ediciones El Tucán de Virginia (Mexico, 2005)
• Appalachia, by Charles Wright, Ediciones El Tucán de Virginia (Mexico, 2005)

Poems in Magazines

• Poetry Wales (winter 2008; summer 2006)
• Malabar (Aug. 2007)
• Quadrant (May 2007; March 2007)
• Poetry London (March 2006; March 2005; June 2004)
• El Petit Journal (Nov. 2003)
• Southern Poetry Review (winter 1996)
• Black Buzzard Review (winter 1997)

Poetry Translations

• Into Spanish: poems by W.D. Snodgrass, X.J.Kennedy, Forrest Gander, C.D. Wright, Ruth Fainlight, in El Petit Journal 4, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 2003; by Paul Muldoon, in La Reforma, Mexico, 2003 and El Petit Journal (Jan. 2004); and poems by Ruth Padel, in El Petit Journal (Sept. 2004)
• Into English: poems by Mexican poets Valerie Mejer and Víctor Manuel Mendiola, in Translations (vol. 1, 2005, UCSB), 2005; by Cuban poet Orlando Gonález Esteva and Spanish Luis Alberto de Cuenca, in Poetry London (March 2004); and by Spanish poet Luis Alberto de Cuenca, in El Petit Journal (Nov. 2004); and poetry by Victor Manuel Mendiola, in El Petit Journal (Jan. 2004)

Other Publications

• Book Review, "Breaking Out of Prison with Poetry," Poetry London, of César Vallejo: Complete Later Poems, and César Vallejo: Trilce, eds. and trans. Michael Smith and Valentino Gianuzzi, 2006
• Interview, "Paul Muldoon y la ópera," El Petit Journal (June 2005)
• Interview, Ruth Padel, El Petit Journal (Sept. 2004)
• Essay, "La red que se cierre: pescando en el mar de Bering," Parque Nandino 01, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2003
• Book Review, "Poemas de la Isla, poems by Josefina de la Torre, translated by Carlos Reyes," Fireweed, 2001

Presentations

• "Tobacco: from Myth to Market" Shakespeare Association of America, Dallas (March 2008)
• "New World Gardens: Holy Wood and the Pox" Renaissance Society of America, Chicago (April 2008)
• Respondent, "Fall Colloquium with Maureen Quilligan and Lynn Festa" University of California, Santa Barbara (forthcoming 2007)
• Respondent, "Epistemologies of Torture: Limits, Bodies, Black Sites" University of California, Santa Barbara, April 2007
• "The Tempest and the Newfoundland Cod Fishery," GEMCS, Chicago, February 2007
• "Aztec sacrifice in the Faerie Queene" Spenser Society, Toronto, May 2006
• "The Hunt for Amaranthus: Transcribing New World Histories in Spenser's Faerie Queene" University of California, Santa Barbara, February 2005
• "Transcribing New World Histories in Spenser's Faerie Queene" South Central Renaissance Conference, Pepperdine University, Malibu, March 2005
• Translation of 10 poems by Les Murray for presentation at Letras en el Golfo, Tampico, Mexico, 2004
• Translation of 5 poems by Ruth Padel for Letras en el Golfo, Tampico, Mexico, 2004
• Translation of 12 poems Paul Muldoon for Letras en el Golfo, Tampico, Mexico, 2003
• Translation of the poem Papel Revolucion by Victor Manuel Mendiola for presentation at the British Museum Aztec Exhibit, London, 2003

Writer's Conferences and Readings

• Public Reading, "Renaissance to Rococo," Santa Barbara Art Museum, 2006
• Poetry Month reading, Santa Barbara, 2005
• Hispanic Poetry in Translation, Santa Barbara Art Museum, 2004
• Fata Morgana book launch, UCSB Multicultural Center, 2004
• Letras en el Golfo, International Literary Festival, Tampico, Mexico, 2004
• Letras en el Golfo, International Literary Festival, Tampico, Mexico, 2003
• Public Reading, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Public Library, 2003
• Public Reading, San Miguel de Allende, Mexcio, Public Library, 2002

Selected Awards and Honours

• "Making Publics," UCSB with McGill University, Research Grant, 2008
• Humanities Research Fellowship, UCSB, 2007-08
• Dean's Fellowship nominee, UCSB, 2007
• IHC pre-doctoral Fellowship, UCSB, Fall 2006
• "Making Publics," UCSB with McGill University, Research Grant, Fall 2006
• National Maritime Museum, London, UK, excerpt of poem "Half-Made Moon" used in Bridge Gallery exhibit, 2005
• Humanities/Social Sciences Research Grant, UCSB, 2005
• Graduate Student Association Teaching Award nomination (UCSB Campus-wide), 2005
• UC Poet Laureate, second place, 2005
• English Department Fellowship, UCSB, 2003-2004
• Gartrell Scholarship, UCSB, 2003
• Hall of Fame for Track & Field, Carleton College, 1998
• Six-time NCAA All-American, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field, High Jump and Long Jump, 1987-1988

Academic Employment Experience (at UCSB)

• Literary Program Assistant, College of Creative Studies, 2007-08
• Early Modern Center Fellow, Winter, Spring 2007
• English Ballad Archive Research Assistant, Summers 2003, 2004

Other Employment

• First Mate / Medical Officer / Purser; American Seafoods Co., Seattle, WA, 1991-2003

Organizational Committees

• Chair and Chief Organizer, "Translating the Vernacular" Les Murray (Australia) and Valerie Mejer (Mexico), Winter 2007
• Coordinator, "Straws in the Wind: Ballads and Broadsides, 1500-1800," Winter 2006
• Chair and Chief Organizer, "Graduate Student and UCSB Faculty poetry reading," Spring 2006
• Chair and Chief Organizer, “The Welsh Connection,” poets Robert Minhinnick and Pascale Petit, Fall 2006
• Chair and Chief Organizer, “Make Weigh,” a graduate student reading, Fall 2004

Professional Affiliations

• Modern Language Association
• Renaissance Society of America
• Shakespeare Association of America
• "Making Publics" McGill University, Graduate Associate

Languages

• Spanish: fluent
• German: basic reading proficiency

Teaching Interests

Renaissance/Early Modern Literature, Shakespeare, Spenser, Jonson, Marvell, Donne, Restoration & 18th century Literature, 20th century Anglophone literature, Creative Writing (Poetry), Poetics, Literary Theory

Teaching Experience

• Instructor (with full course responsibility):
• English 105B, Shakespeare's Later Plays, Summer 2007
• English 10, Introduction to Literary Study, Summer 2006
• Writing Department, academic year, 2005-2006
• English 101, English Literature from the Medieval Period to 1650, Summer 2005
• Teaching Assistant:
• English 101, English Literature from the Medieval Period to 1650 (Fall 2004)
• English 105A, Shakespeare's Early Plays, (Winter 2005)
• English 15 Introduction to Shakespeare (Spring 2005)

• English Instructor, 1995