Édgar J. Ulloa Luján is a performance artist and poet from Ciudad Juárez, México. He founded a pioneer multimedia poetry blog (mijuaritos.wordpress.com), when his hometown was the most dangerous city of the world. His performances negotiate border politics, cultural memory, trauma, immigration, and violence in addition to instigating audience and public participation. Ulloa received his BA in Literature at UTEP and his MFA in Creative Writing at New York University. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature at Georgetown University. He has performed in PEN World Voices Festival–PEN America and México Now Festival in NYC and The Poetry Festival Expandible in México City. He participated in the 31st Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts in Slovenia and SALTS in Switzerland at Work Off Paper exhibit, an art exhibition about how text function. Ulloa’s work was included by CONACULTA in the first national anthology of visual poetry in México. He was the 2016 Emerge-Surface-Be Poetry Fellow from the Poetry Project in NYC. He has participated virtually with Colombia and Spain reading poems online for audiences. Ulloa is currently studying a Ph.D program, his second year of Spanish Literature at Georgetown University.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Here is DC! It is waiting for you. And it is very good to have you. It is always good to keep exploring the city. I work as a language professor and I study in DC, as well. You know how it is, if it is raining or snowing. I may stay at home but not all the times. When there is a clear sky, I gotta go out riding my bike. That's what I like. I lived in Mexico City for almost two years. Born and raised in the border in Ciudad Juarez-El Paso, Texas when I was studying my bachelors. I am working on a bilingual literature project mostly poetry in Spanish and English.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed only one time in New Orleans. I did new friends, it was very cool. Moreover, I had people surfing in Mexico, Texas and NYC.

Interests

riding the bike, swimming, running, eating, loving, dancing, listening music, pic-nic, sand, sun, jungles, deserts, streets, etc.

• dogs
• writing
• literature
• poetry
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• vegan
• running
• blogging
• painting
• drawing
• music
• cycling
• surfing
• swimming
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: Holly Horrors, irreversible, El Artista, Amarcord,

MUSIC: D E C I B E L, Vegan Cannibal, Joana Brabo, Acidandali, Dj Frito, Thomas Köner, Florian Hecker, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Rashad Becker, Melt Banana, Black Pus, Coso, Monosodic, Omar Souleyman, Las Brisas, Frode Gerstrad, Hanna Hartman, Floris Vanhoof, Eli Kezler,
Ana Zaradny, Damion Romero, Eli Kezler + Frode Gerstrad, .RR, Darío Berna, Dolphins into the future, Charlemagne Palestine, Wadada Leo Smith Golden Quartet, Sudden Infant, Forest Swords, Alan Curtis, KK Kull, Raymond Scott, Burning Star Core, Jorge Reyes, Cabezas de Cera, Prurient, Gong Belaloewana Bali, Kevin Drumm, Tricesimoprimal Music, Romantic Sores, Tricky, Chairlift, Jacques Dutronc, Phantogram, Oneohtrix point never, Manrico Montero, Aaron Dilloway, Kan Mikami, Maja Ratkje, Tomunttontu

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I found a newborn puppy in the morning in the backyard of my parents. But the dog was not breathing, immediately gave him mouth-to-snout. It was amazing to see the puppy can breathe again.

Teach, Learn, Share

teaching Spanish and writing and posting poetry in my own, maintaining my own poetry blog, playing synthesizer, painting, drawing, cooking vegan food in my own style.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Cuba, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United States

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