Positions

Overview

  • Dr. Alessandro Porco is associate professor of English at UNC Wilmington; he specializes in twentieth and twenty-first century poetry and poetics.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

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    2018-10-01 “The Life and Art of Mary Parks Washington.”.  The New Americanist .  1:9-50. 2018-10-01
    2018-04-01 “The Poetry of Jane Mayhall”.  Appalachian Journal (Special issue on Black Mountain College).  44-45:318-329. 2018-04-01
    2015-01-01 “Throw Yo’ Voice Out: Disability as a Desirable Practice in Hip-Hop Vocal Performance.”.  Disability Studies Quarterly .  34. 2015-01-01

    Chapter

    Year Title Altmetric
    2018-01-01 “A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory.” -- Encyclopedia of Hip-Hop Culture.  Thomas Riggs / Gale. 263-266. 2018-01-01
    2018-01-01 “Early Hip-Hop Performance Venues (1970s)” -- Encyclopedia of Hip-Hop Culture.  Thomas Riggs / Gale. 137-140. 2018-01-01
    2017-01-01 “Throw Yo’ Voice Out: Disability as a Desirable Practice in Hip-Hop Vocal Performance.” -- Disability Media Studies: Media, Popular Culture, and Meanings of Disability.  NYU Press. 87-106. 2017-01-01
    2012-01-01 “‘Let the Rhythm Hit ’Em’: Hip-Hop, Prosody, and Meaning.” -- From Text to Txting: New Media in the Classroom.  Indiana University Press. 155–182. 2012-01-01

    Document

    Year Title Altmetric
    2019-01-01 For It Is a Pleasure and a Surprise to Breathe: Selected and New Poems, edited with an introduction by Alessandro Porco.  Wolsak and Wynn. 256. 2019-01-01
    2019-01-01 “The Life of Mary Parks Washington.” -- Atlanta: Remembrances Beyond the Veil—The Art of Mary Parks Washington (exhibit catalogue).  Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History. 3-4. 2019-01-01
    2018-01-01 Deportment: The Selected Poetry of Alice Burdick, edited with an introduction by Alessandro Porco.  Wilfred Laurier University Press. 88. 2018-01-01
    2014-06-01 "Loopholes to avoid dying": Alex Porco in Conversation with Kerri Pullo.  Lemon Hound. 2014-06-01
    2014-01-01 "The Secular Prophet": A review of Ken Babstock, ON MALICE.  Postmodern Culture. 2014-01-01

    Presentations

    Research Overview

  • Twentieth and twenty-first century poetry and poetics; small press and micro press publishing; hip hop music and culture.

    • Investigator On

    Teaching Overview

  • Twentieth and twenty-first century literature (poetry, fiction, performance, and criticism).

    • Full Name

  • Alessandro Stefano Porco