Cristina Baptista

Poet

Newington, CT
Connecticut US
Email: 
cjbherdsofwords@yahoo.com
Website: 
www.facebook.com/CristinaJeanBap…

Author's Bio

Cristina J. Baptista is a first-generation Portuguese-American poet and author of The Drowning Book (Finishing Line Press 2017). Her work has appeared in Structo Magazine, The Cortland Review, CURA, and elsewhere. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Fordham University and teaches American Literature at a private school in Connecticut. In 2014-15, Cristina created a collection of poetry about her experience as a 38th Voyager—one of 85 people in the world selected to travel on the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan, an 1841 wooden whaleship that is the last remaining one in the world. She served as a documenter of the Portuguese immigrant experience aboard whaleships during this Voyage, hosted through Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea, and has presented on the experience.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
The Drowning Book (Finishing Line Press, 2017)
Prizes won: 

Academy of American Poets Prize, 2012, Fordham University

Finalist: Luso-American Foundation Scholarship, Disquiet International Literary Program, 2017

 

Semi-Finalist: Disquiet International Literary Program, 2016—for Poetry & Finalist for Luso-American Foundation Scholarship.

 

Semi-Finalist: Paradise of the Fake Soldiers (poetry collection), 2015, Ashland Poetry Press’ Snyder Prize

 

Semi-Finalist/Honorable Mention: “The Packers” (poem), 2015, New Millennium Writings Contest

 

Semi-Finalist: Lonesome for Her Heroes (poetry collection), 2015, The Word Works’ Washington Prize

 

Semi-Finalist: Paradise of the Fake Soldiers (poetry collection), 2015, The Word Works’ Washington Prize

 

Semi-Finalist: West of Rooster Port (poetry collection), 2015 Black Lawrence Press St. Lawrence Book Award

 

Semi-Finalist: Disquiet International Literary Program, 2015—for Poetry

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Portuguese American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Hartford, CT
Connecticut
Raised in: 
Newington, CT
Connecticut
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Last update: Jul 29, 2019