Carlos Hiraldo is a published theorist, book reviewer, and poet. His works include Segregated Miscegenation: on the Treatment of Racial Hybridity in the US and Latin American Literary Traditions (Routledge, 2003) and various poems published in national and international journals, such as Fire, Other Poetry, and 3rd Muse. His book reviews have appeared in such journals as Book/Mark, Galatea Resurrects, and Jacket. He teaches Basic Writing, Composition I, Writing through Literature, Introduction to Poetry, Introduction to Short Fiction, Creative Writing, and The Novel. He received his Ph. D. from SUNY at Stony Brook and his scholarship focuses on ethnic studies and other post-colonial issues.

Schools Attended: SUNY at Stony Brook (Ph.D. )

Area of Specialization: Post-Colonial Literature, 20th American Literature, Latino Literature

Favorite Quote: "I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different." - Kurt Vonnegut

Authors I teach: James Baldwin, Charles Bukowski, Kurt Vonnegut, Jose Saramago, Amiri Baraka, Julia Alvarez, Fyodor Dostoevsky and etc and etc and etc.

Books: Segregated Miscegenation: On the Treatment of Racial Hybridity in the U.S. and Latin American Literary Traditions. New York & London: Routledge, 2003.

Editorial: Assistant Editor, Transplanting Your Head and Other Feats of the Future. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2001.
Assistant Editor, The Highway of Light and Other Engineering Oddities. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2001.
Co-Editor, SNARK: A Journal of Poetry and Short Fiction, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1997-1999.

Articles: The Class of Bukowski: Engaging LaGuardia's Working-Class Students with the Novels of Charles Bukowski. In Transit: The LaGuardia Journal of Teaching and Learning Volume 3, Fall 2008.

Arroz Frito with Salsa: Asian Latinos and the Future of the United States, Asian American Law Journal Volume 15, May 2008.

Class in the Class: Sharing Bukowski's Class with Community College Students, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Volume 35, Number 4, May 08.

Poems: Fat People Exercising. Other Poetry. Series III, Number 1, Winter 2008.

Off Sylvia Plath, Bay of Pigs and I Give You A Song. Still Standen: A Celebration of the Poet's Life. Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.: Other Poetry Editions, 2007.

Kate Winslet. Miracle & Clockwork: The Best of Other Poetry, Series Two, 2005.

Conferences and Presentations: Chaired panel on Race and U.S. Literature and Round Table on Poets and Teaching Poetry for North Eastern Modern Language Association Conference in Buffalo, New York. April 10-13, 2008.

Guest Lecturer, Identity against the Grain: Caribbean Latino Authors and Their Encounters with the Racial Ideology of the United States. CUNY Graduate Center, New York, October 5th 2007.

Presented Novel Concepts: The Role of the Novel in Developing Ideas of Race and Nation in the Americas, 47th Annual Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 10 – 13, 2005.