# Emma Trelles

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'''Emma Trelles''' is a [Latina poet](/source/Latino_poetry), writer, and professor. She served as [poet laureate of Santa Barbara, California from 2021-2023](/source/List_of_municipal_poets_laureate_in_California).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-04-05 |title=Emma Trelles to Become City of Santa Barbara's Next Poet Laureate |url=https://www.independent.com/2021/04/05/emma-trelles-to-become-city-of-santa-barbaras-next-poet-laureate/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=The Santa Barbara Independent |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbac.ca.gov/poet-laureate|title = Poet Laureate - City of Santa Barbara}}</ref>

==Life==
Trelles earned an MFA from [Florida International University](/source/Florida_International_University) in the 1990s, where she was mentored by the poet [Campbell McGrath](/source/Campbell_McGrath) and fiction writer [John Dufresne](/source/John_Dufresne).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/salmond/2011/04/an-interview-with-emma-trelles/ |title="An Interview with Emma Trelles" by Steve Almond |date=April 20, 2011  |publisher=[The Nervous Breakdown](/source/The_Nervous_Breakdown_(magazine)) |accessdate=May 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.poemhunter.com/campbell-mcgrath/biography/ "Campbell McGrath," PoemHunter.com]</ref> Trelles is a professor of composition and creative writing at [Santa Barbara City College](/source/Santa_Barbara_City_College).

A contributor to the [Best American Poetry](/source/Best_American_Poetry) blog, Trelles's poetry and prose have been anthologized in ''Ocho'', ''[Gulf Stream](/source/Gulf_Stream_Magazine)'', ''Verse Daily'', ''MiPOesias Magazine'', ''The Rumpus'' and ''Tigertail: A South Florida Annual''. Her journalism has been featured in the ''[Miami Herald](/source/Miami_Herald)'' and the ''[Sun-Sentinel](/source/Sun-Sentinel).'' 
Her work appeared in ''Best American Poetry 2013''.<ref name="Lehman2013">{{cite book|author=David Lehman|title=The Best American Poetry 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NVwLgSnhFI4C&pg=PT162|date=10 September 2013|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4767-0814-0|pages=162–}}</ref> She is series editor for the Alta California Chapbook Series published by [Gunpowder Press](/source/Gunpowder_Press).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Poets |first=Academy of American |title=Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara, CA |url=https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/academy-american-poets-laureate-fellowships/poet-laureate-65 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Poets.org |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, Trelles was name an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Poets |first=Academy of American |title=Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara, CA |url=https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/academy-american-poets-laureate-fellowships/poet-laureate-65 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Poets.org |language=en}}</ref>

Trelles has been the recipient of fellowships from the [CantoMundo](/source/CantoMundo) and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. Her book ''Tropicalia'',<ref>[http://undpress.nd.edu/book/P01471 University of Notre Dame Press > Books > ''Tropicalia'']</ref> was selected by [Silvia Curbelo](/source/Silvia_Curbelo) for the 2010 [Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_Montoya_Poetry_Prize).<ref>[http://www.nd.edu/~latino/poetry_prize/winner10.htm Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize > 2010 Winner]</ref> ''Tropicalia'' takes its title from the 1960s Brazilian arts movement of the same [name](/source/Tropic%C3%A1lia).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldliteraturetoday.com/2011/september/tropicalia-emma-trelles |title="Tropicalia by Emma Trelles", review by Jeanetta Calhoun Mish  |date= September 2011 |publisher=World Literature Today}}</ref>

==Works==
*''Tropicalia'', University of Notre Dame Press, 2011, {{ISBN|9780268042363}}
*''Little Spells'',  CreateSpace, 2008, {{ISBN|9781440433900}}

===Non-fiction===
*''Miami'', Longstreet, 2001, {{ISBN|9781563525193}}

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120427022625/http://emmatrelles.com/ Author website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120830191154/http://www.loc.gov/poetry/poetpoem2.html Trelles interviewed with] [Grace Cavalieri](/source/Grace_Cavalieri) on the [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress)' ''Poet and the Poem'' program.
* [http://www.postnoills.com/main/?p=268 Review of ''Tropicalia'' at Post No Ills Magazine]
* [http://thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_american_poetry/ Best American Poetry Blog]

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