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:
51ĀŅĀ×
Graduate Assistantship, Instructor
Writing and Rhetoric, Writing and Research, Introduction to Poetry and Drama
The University of Akron
Graduate Assistantship, Instructor, August 2021 ā May 2023
English Composition I, English Composition II
Publications:
Poetry
ā.ā The Scapegoat Review, Winter 2024, online, December, 2024.
ā.ā The Headlight Review, vol. 3, no. 1, online, December 23, 2024.
ā.ā The Headlight Review, vol. 3, no. 1, online, December 23, 2024.
ā.ā The Headlight Review, vol. 3, no. 1, online, December 23, 2024.
āWombman.ā The Pinch Journal, vol. 44, no. 2, print, November 2024.
ā.ā Allium Literary Journal, online, November 2024.
āThe Gingko Drops Her Leaves.ā Humana Obscura, issue 10, online and print, September 22, 2024.
āYou, turning forty.ā Passengers Literary Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, online, September 2024.
āā New Feathers Anthology, July 19, 2024.
ā.ā Canary Lit Mag, June 20, 2024.
. Sixfold, March 2024.
ā.ā Wild Roof Journal, Nov 2023.
ā.ā The Great Lakes Review, June 2023.
ā.ā The Great Lakes Review, June 2023.
āShake.ā The Festival Review, digital edition, April 28, 2023.
ā.ā The Blood Pudding, January 1, 2023.
ā.ā The Dewdrop, October 16, 2022.
āTo my daughter, on shaving.ā Lighthouse Weekly, August 30, 2022.
āSiren Longs for Companionship.ā Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Issue 14, print and digital edition, May 2021.
Fiction
āComing Home Late.ā 1-70 Review, print, September 2024.
ā.ā 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
āPlaying in the Present Tenseā
Winter Wheat Festival, Bowling Green State University, November 8, 2024
āThe Power of Personaā
Winter Wheat Festival, Bowling Green State University, November 11, 2023
Creative
Reader, āI Canāt Be Your Motherā
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, 51ĀŅĀ×, Athens, Ohio, November 2024
Presenter, Poetry Workshop, āBeautiful Words: An Exploration of Contemporary Sound Poeticsā
The Calendar Ohio, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, January 2024
Reader, Quarter After Eight Monthly Reading Series
Quarter After Eight Literary Journal, 51ĀŅĀ×, Athens, Ohio, September 2023
Reader, Lit Youngstown Monthly Reader Series
Lit Youngstown, Youngstown, Ohio, January 2022