Emma Trelles
Emma Trelles is a Latina poet, writer, professor, and current poet laureate of Santa Barbara, California. Life. Trelles earned an MFA from Florida International University in the 1990s, where she was mentored by the poet Campbell McGrath and fiction writer John Dufresne. Trelles is a professor of composition and creative writing at Santa Barbara City College. A contributor to the Best American Poetry blog, Trelles's poetry and prose have been anthologized in "Ocho", "Gulf Stream", "Verse Daily", "MiPOesias Magazine", "The Rumpus" and "Tigertail: A South Florida Annual". Her journalism has been featured in the "Miami Herald" and  the "Sun-Sentinel." Her work appeared in "Best American Poetry 2013". Trelles has been the recipient of fellowships from the CantoMundo and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. Her book "Tropicalia", was selected by Silvia Curbelo for the 2010 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. "Tropicalia" takes its title from the 1960s Brazilian arts movement of the same name.