Samantha Imperi
Doctoral Student, Concentration in Creative Writing
Education:
MFA in Poetry, NEOMFA Program, The University of Akron, graduated 2023
BA in English, The University of Akron, graduated 2018
AA, The University of Akron, graduated 2016
Teaching Experience:
Ohio University
Graduate Assistantship, Instructor
Writing and Rhetoric, Writing and Research, Introduction to Poetry and Drama
The University of Akron
Graduate Assistantship, Instructor, August 2021 – May 2023
English Composition I, English Composition II
Publications:
Poetry
“To my child, on existing.” The Scapegoat Review, Winter 2024, online, December, 2024.
“The Mother Inside Me.” The Headlight Review, vol. 3, no. 1, online, December 23, 2024.
“Biological Clock.” The Headlight Review, vol. 3, no. 1, online, December 23, 2024.
“Single, Thirty-something, Female.” The Headlight Review, vol. 3, no. 1, online, December 23, 2024.
“Wombman.” The Pinch Journal, vol. 44, no. 2, print, November 2024.
“Wilting.” Allium Literary Journal, online, November 2024.
“The Gingko Drops Her Leaves.” Humana Obscura, issue 10, online and print, September 22, 2024.
“You, turning forty.” Passengers Literary Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, online, September 2024.
“Another Date Asks Me…” New Feathers Anthology, July 19, 2024.
“Seabird.” Canary Lit Mag, June 20, 2024.
Five Poems. Sixfold, March 2024.
“Recipe for Rabbit Stew.” Wild Roof Journal, Nov 2023.
“To my daughter, on sexual education.” The Great Lakes Review, June 2023.
“To my son, on consent.” The Great Lakes Review, June 2023.
“Shake.” The Festival Review, digital edition, April 28, 2023.
“Woman-Bird.” The Blood Pudding, January 1, 2023.
“To my child, on God.” The Dewdrop, October 16, 2022.
“To my daughter, on shaving.” Lighthouse Weekly, August 30, 2022.
“Siren Longs for Companionship.” Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Issue 14, print and digital edition, May 2021.
Fiction
“Coming Home Late.” 1-70 Review, print, September 2024.
“The Other.” Voidz Mag, May 2024.
Conference Presentations
Critical
"Writing the Narrative Poem: Telling Stories Through Traditional Poetic Techniques"
Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, February 21, 2025
“Playing in the Present Tense”
Winter Wheat Festival, Bowling Green State University, November 8, 2024
“The Power of Persona”
Winter Wheat Festival, Bowling Green State University, November 11, 2023
Creative
Reader, “I Can’t Be Your Mother”
The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature Annual Symposium, East Lansing, Michigan, May 2024
Readings and Workshops:
Reader, Quarter After Eight Monthly Reading Series
Quarter After Eight Literary Journal, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, November 2024
Presenter, Poetry Workshop, “Beautiful Words: An Exploration of Contemporary Sound Poetics”
The Calendar Ohio, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, January 2024
Reader, Quarter After Eight Monthly Reading Series
Quarter After Eight Literary Journal, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, September 2023
Reader, Lit Youngstown Monthly Reader Series
Lit Youngstown, Youngstown, Ohio, January 2022