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Beatriz Fitzgerald Fernandez

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Beatriz F. Fernandez is the author of The Ocean Between Us (Backbone Press, 2017) and Shining from a Different Firmament (Finishing Line Press, 2015) which she presented at the Miami Book Fair International. She has read her poetry on WLRN, South Florida’s NPR news station and was the grand prize winner of the 2nd annual Writer’s Digest Poetry Award. Her poems have appeared in Boston Literary Magazine, Falling Star Magazine (2014 Pushcart Nomination), Fiolet & Wing: an Anthology of Domestic Fabulist Poetry (2020 Pushcart Nomination), Label Me Latino/a, Minerva Rising, Spark: A Creative Anthology (winner of two awards, twice voted Reader’s Favorite), Thirty West Publishing House (2017 Pushcart nomination), and Writer’s Digest, among others.

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Beatriz Fitzgerald Fernandez Hi Laurie! So nice to hear from you! I guess it never came up in Spain! Also, Jim tends to tell everyone so I just assumed he had. My 2nd chapbook of …moreHi Laurie! So nice to hear from you! I guess it never came up in Spain! Also, Jim tends to tell everyone so I just assumed he had. My 2nd chapbook of poetry just came out in Oct 2017 from Backbone Press. I have a third out there, looking for a publisher. Oh, I have to tell you, that trip to Spain inspired a ghazal about Rilke: Rilke returns to Ronda--http://ghazalpage.com/63-fernandez (remember we parked in the Poeta Rilke parqueo?) and a short story (A Pleasing Shape, unpublished as of now) about a robot who is the caretaker of a villa (similar to the place we went for the conference dinner, but in my story it's outside Mijas! ) I also used the cathedral of Malaga in the story. I really milked the trip for all it was worth! I haven't figured out how to use the Mayan Monkey Mijas chocolate factory yet! I need to travel more--I just don't have the stamina for it, unfortunately! I hope you've continued traveling and are doing well!(less)
Beatriz Fitzgerald Fernandez Recently, (well, since the election, actually!) I experienced a poetry writing block due to the depression I felt at the state of affairs in our count…moreRecently, (well, since the election, actually!) I experienced a poetry writing block due to the depression I felt at the state of affairs in our country. What brought me out of it was trying something new: flash fiction for second language learners. I had never tried writing flash fiction stories before, much less using a limited vocabulary and simple sentences suitable to second language learners. So the challenge piqued my interest and got me writing again! Soon, I was also writing poetry as well.(less)
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Voices, Visions, and Poetry: A Live Reading & Book Launch

Old Scratch Press presents a live event!

This special online poetry reading and book launch will spotlight:  

  Alan Bern, Dreams of the Return

 Anthony Doyle, Jonah’s Map of the Whale

 Virginia WattsTracing Bodies

  Date: Saturday, October 25

  Time: 2:00 PM PT | 5:00 PM ET

  Format: Virtual meeting (Zoom)

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“we are two like-minded creatures too well-matched, both equal halves of a whole not altogether wholesome”
Beatriz Fitzgerald Fernandez, Shining from a Different Firmament

“Our past sins, our fractured lives--soon nothing but drowned stars in dark skies.”
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“Hers is a timeless life weaving through other longer lives like a flash of lightning in a clouded evening sky.”
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“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
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“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”
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“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
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“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
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