Edgar Morales

Edgar Morales is a current Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) and PartTime Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and Arts. He is affiliated with the Helen Zell Writers' Program and specializes in Poetry within the English MFA program.

His research and creative work intersect with Creative Writing, Poetry, and Bilingual Literature, with a focus on themes like Mexican-American identity and migrant labor narratives. Though not a faculty member in the traditional sense, his teaching and writing roles qualify him under the academic_rank category.

Edgar’s literary contributions have appeared in

• Hipócrita Lector
• The Nassau Literary Review
• Frontier Poetry

He received the 2023 Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award for his poem “Swim.”

His email address is edgarmor@umich.edu. Edgar is the son of Mexican parents, born and raised in Los Angeles, and holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Dartmouth College.