Poetry, Avant-Gardes, Surrealism, Mexican Literature, Women and Gender Writings, Orientalism, Literature and the Visual Arts, Aesthetics and Science.
Selected Publications
In Spite of the Dark Silence.Translation. and critical note on the novel A pesar del oscuro silencio by Jorge Volpi. (Swan Isle Press, Autumn 2010).“Código de Barras, y Caída Libre: la poesía de Tina Escaja”. Letras Femeninas. January, 2010.
Revista Iberoamericana.Editor and contributor for special issue on “Vanguardia en Latinoamérica”, Volume 74: Num. 224, Pittsburgh University, 2008.
Surrealismo en la poesía de Xavier Villaurrutia, Octavio Paz, y Luis Cernuda. México (1926-1963). Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008.
“Entonces Partióel higo: Espontaneidad surrealista en Arabian Knight de Manuel Ulacia Altolaguirrey “Poema circulatorio” de Octavio Paz”. Revista Iberoamericana, Volume 74, Num. 224, 2008. Partió el Higo
“Alteración de los sentidos: En la alcoba de un mundo por Pedro Ángel Palou”. Actas del XXXVII Congreso Internacional-Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana. Benemérita Universidad de Puebla. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Junio 26, 2008.
“Poetics with Anthony Stanton. On the poetry of Pablo Neruda and Octavio Paz” clas.uchicago.edu/events/PazyNerudaOliviaMaciel.pdf -March, 2007.
Sombra en plata / Shadow in Silver. Poems. (Swan Isle Press, 2005).
Education
Ph.D. The University of Chicago, Romance Languages and Literatures
M.A. University of Illinois at Chicago, Hispanic Studies
B.A. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Spanish
Courses Regularly Taught
Spanish 250 Composition and Conversation I
Spanish 251 Composition and Conversation II
Spanish 270 Survey of Spanish Literature I (From the Middle Ages to the 17th C.)
Spanish 271 Survey of Spanish Literature II (From 18th C. to Modernity)
Spanish 489 "El cuento hispanoamericano"
Activities
Collaboration with Radio Cosmos, as hostess of a program on Spanish and Latin American poetry: "Vislumbres de estética y poesía" (Glimpses of aesthetics and poetry). This digital radio station links Chicago with Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Audio Recording: Dr. Maciel Edelman comments on Mexican poet-chemist Jorge Cuesta and reads one of her poems.
Member of Midwest Modern Language Association, Modern Language Association.
Collaboration with institutions and community organizations in bringing literature, creative writing, and the humanities to city neighborhoods, (The Art Institute of Chicago, Harold Washington Library, Chicago Cultural Center, Instituto Cervantes, National Museum of Mexican Art).
