Recent News & Events
West of Rooster Port, a full-length poetry collection, has been named a “Manuscript of Extraordinary Merit” in Tupelo Press’ 2024 Summer Open Reading Period. Read the announcement HERE.
Invited Poet, Poets in the Park / Celebrate the Roses,
Hartford Friend and Enemies of Wallace Stevens Society and Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut
with Frederick-Douglass Knowles II, Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, and others
Saturday, June 15, 2024, 1-3 p.m.
News and Contact Information
Taking Her Back (2021), a collection
poems inspired by the 38th Voyage of The Charles W. Morgan, was also a
2022 Connecticut Book Awards Finalist, “Poetry” Category.
Read an interview from Connecticut Center for the Book HERE.
Order Taking Her Back
Image at Left: Sails of the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan during the 38th Voyage, July 2014.
To learn more about Cristina’s work with the Voyage, see HERE.
Photograph taken by Cristina J. Baptista
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Some Past Events
POETRY READING 7/30/21 at 8 p.m. ET:
Please join Atmosphere Press on Friday, July 30 for a virtual evening of new and forthcoming poetry by Richard A. Jones, Nathaniel Terrell, Madeline Farber, Cristina J. Baptista, and Kate March. The reading will be followed by a Q&A. Attendees are encouraged to submit questions during the event.
Note: A recording of this reading is available upon request. Please complete the contact form above if you’re interested. The poems read from Taking Her Back also include text on-screen.
Tupelo Press’ 6th Annual Zoom Reading & Celebration (audio, visual, and closed captioned!)
My presentation of “Writing Home,” from Taking Her Back, begins HERE.
Friday, April 30th at 7PM EDT
Featuring Alumni from the Tupelo Press 30/30 Project and Conferences!
This is a unique opportunity to gather, read, and celebrate the momentum of an incredible community of poets from around the world. Come to hear a poet you know, stay to hear new voices!
International “Earth Day Poetry” Event!
Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 12 PM ET
Recording is HERE.
