Faculty Directory
Charles
Cantalupo
Professor of English, Comparative Literature and African Studies
Contact:
Penn State Capital College, Schuylkill Campus
Office Phone:
570-385-6055
cxc8@psu.edu
Brief Bio:
Educational History:
Ph.D., M.A. Rutgers University (New Brunswick)
B.A. Washington University (St. Louis)
Research Interests:
Early modern literature; American poetry; African literature and languages; translation
Awards:
African Students Association, Penn State University, Faculty Achievement Award, 2001
Penn State Schuylkill, Faculty Organization Research Award, 1996
Penn State Schuylkill, Faculty Organization Research Award, 1991
Penn State Schuylkill, Student Government Association Teaching Award, 1987
Penn State Schuylkill, Faculty Organization Teaching Award, 1986
Major Publications:
Light the Lights. Poems. (The Red Sea Press, 2004)
We Invented the Wheel. Translations. (Red Sea Press, 2002)
We Have Our Voice. Translations. (Red Sea Press, 2000)
Anima/l Wo/man and Other Spirits. Poems. (Spectacular Diseases, 1996)
Ngugi wa Thiong'o: Texts and Contexts. Editor. (Africa World Press, 1995)
The World of Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Editor. (Africa World Press, 1995)
A Literary Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes's Masterpiece of Language. (Bucknell University)
Other Publications:
Journals which have published Professor Cantalupo's poetry include a.bacus, AI Performance, Angel Exhaust (London), Arras, Brief, BullHead, Drunken Boat, First Intensity, Exquisite Corpse, Intimacy (UK), Mirage #4 Period(ical), New Virginia Review, The New York Times, Object Permanence (Glasgow), Oasis (London), Osiris, Salt Hill, Shearsman (London), Stone Hill, Sulfur, Talisman, Titanic Operas and The Edgar Allan Poe Review.
Journals which have published his essays include apex of the M, Connect, Language and Style, Left Curve, PN Review, Prose Studies, Renascence, Restoration and Samizdat.
Dr. Cantalupo has also recorded a two-volume bilingual CD with Reesom Haile, We Have Our Voice.
His work has received grants from the Ford and Rockefeller foundations and from the World Bank. Co-author of the "Asmara Declaration on African Languages and Literatures," he serves as organizing chair of Against All Odds: African Languages and Literatures into the 21st Century (Eritrea) and Buwa: African Languages and Literatures into the 21st Century (South Africa)
