Rafael J Gamero
- rafael.gamero@famu.edu
- PHONE
- 850-599-3013
- OFFICE
- English
Tucker Hall Rm #427
Tuesdays • 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. & 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Thursdays • 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
CRW 3110-001 Techniques in Fiction Writing • Tu. — 5:00 p.m. -7:30 p.m.
ENC 2300-003 Improving Writing • Tu. Th. — 9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
ENC 1102E-501 Freshman Communicative Skills II • Online
ENC 1102E-502 Freshman Communicative Skills II • Online
ENC 1102E-505 Freshman Communicative Skills II • Online
Rafael Gamero is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Modern Languages teaching fiction writing and first-year writing. He completed his MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and his fiction and non-fiction works have appeared in The Caribbean Writer, Wasafiri, and Litro Magazine among others. He is also the editor of the Apalachee Review, an independent literary journal.
- Creative Writing
- Fiction
- Short Stories
- Novels
- Caribbean Literature
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC • May 2017
M.F.A in Creative Writing (Fiction) - East Carolina University, Greenville, NC • May 2015
M.A. in English w/ a concentration in Creative Writing (Fiction) - University of Belize, Belize, C.A. • 2009
B.A. in English
- Assistant Professor of English • 2019 - Present
Department of English & Modern Languages
Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL - Assistant Professor of English • 2017 - 2019
Shaw University, Raleigh, NC - Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record) • 2014 - 2015
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
“The Selected Letters Between a Mentor and a Novice Belizean Writer,” The Caribbean Writer, 2024, Vol. 37
“The Cheating Game,” Bent Pin Press, Issue #1, 2021
“Local writer Michael Trammell sets first novel in a North Florida sci-fi world.” Book Review, Tallahassee Democrat, 2020
“What To Do Next,” Flash Fiction Magazine, 2020
“Gringo Pobre,” The Caribbean Writer, 2020, Vol. 34
“Ray,” Wasafiri, 2017
“The Boy We Called Laura,” The Caribbean Writer, 2015, Vol. 29
“Blankets in the River with Oranges” Cadaverine Magazine, 2015
“Looking Brown Under a Sunset” Litro Magazine, 2015
“A Cruelty Undeserved: My Apology to Limpo” Drunk Monkeys, 2014. Nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology in Sundress Publications 2015 in the creative nonfiction category.
-
CRW 3110 - Techniques in Fiction Writing
-
CRW 4120 - Fiction Writing Workshop
-
ENC 1101 - Freshman Communicative Skills I
-
ENC 1102 - Freshman Communicative Skills II
-
ENC 2300 - Improving Writing
-
Cake: A Literary Journal — 'Cake: A Literary Journal' is produced by the students and faculty of Florida A&M University’s Department of English and Modern Languages
- Home | Apalachee Review