Irene Sperber of the MiamiArtZine interviews me and two other local writers in this article about the 2015 Miami Book Fair International.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Miami Book Fair: Further Discussions
Miami Book Fair: Further Discussions
Irene Sperber of the MiamiArtZine interviews me and two other local writers in this article about the 2015 Miami Book Fair International.
Irene Sperber of the MiamiArtZine interviews me and two other local writers in this article about the 2015 Miami Book Fair International.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Minerva Rising Literary Journal publication
Minerva Rising Literary Journal's new issue "Wide Open" is now available for purchase and includes my poem "Emily Brontë
Addresses Her Creation." This poem is my current favorite!
Miami Book Fair International appearance
The Miami Book Fair International has announced its final schedule and and I am listed as one of the featured authors! My presentation of my poetry chapbook, Shining from a Different Firmament, will be on Sunday, November 22nd, at 5:30 pm, along with two other local poets/writers. Now, it's time to begin panicking! It will be in the Centre Gallery, Bldg 1, 3rd floor, Room 1365.
I'm very excited one of my favorite poets, Kay Ryan, former U.S. Poet Laureate, will be speaking earlier that day!
I'm very excited one of my favorite poets, Kay Ryan, former U.S. Poet Laureate, will be speaking earlier that day!
My poems "Renascence" and "Caernarfon Retreat" are now available on When Women Waken's Wildlife issue:
Renascence
Caernarfon Retreat
Click on the titles to read the poems and read the whole issue of poetry by women from all over the world!
Renascence
Caernarfon Retreat
Click on the titles to read the poems and read the whole issue of poetry by women from all over the world!
Banned Books Week begins today!
To celebrate Banned Books Week, I've created two different displays in the library; one is especially for Banned YA Lit Authors, since YA Lit is the focus of this year's BBW.
This is the one for adult banned books:
This is the one for adult banned books:
Friday, September 04, 2015
Old blogs, new blogs, old poems, new poems
I just realized my link to an old poem is gone from my old website, so I'm adding the image here so I don't lose it. "Respiratory Tech at the Vietnam Memorial, 1989" began my poetry for publication efforts by winning the grand prize in Writer's Digest 2nd Annual Poetry competition (out of almost 4300 entries). I was very pleased with the presentation--at that time and even now, they don't always publish the winning poem, but they paired mine with a perfect image that really captured the emotion.
Even though it took me two more years to venture into publishing, I now have more than 50 poems published in a variety of journals and websites, from children's magazines to refereed academic journals to mainstream poetry journals, both print and online. I am slow but steady, or at least I have been the past few years!
Respiratory Tech at the Vietnam Memorial, 1989
he sees the names carved on the slick black wall
the names appear in death order
he sees the letters that make up the names of the dead
but he cannot read them
he sees the light reflecting on the black wall that bears the names of the dead
he sees his face reflected on the shiny black wall
he sees the names of the dead written on his face
but he cannot read them
the black wall turns white and he sees the faces of the near-dead on their white beds
he sees the black pictures of the black lungs of the near-dead
he sees the blue lips of the black-lunged men as they rasp for breath
their lips shape the names of the dead written on the black wall
but he cannot read them
he walks and walks beside the long wall the color of old blood
he sees the names blur into shapes that writhe like the lips of dying men
he sees the first name and the last name but he knows that is a lie
the names go and on
the pain
the pain
will never die.
(originally published in Writer's Digest, August 2007)
Even though it took me two more years to venture into publishing, I now have more than 50 poems published in a variety of journals and websites, from children's magazines to refereed academic journals to mainstream poetry journals, both print and online. I am slow but steady, or at least I have been the past few years!
Respiratory Tech at the Vietnam Memorial, 1989
he sees the names carved on the slick black wall
the names appear in death order
he sees the letters that make up the names of the dead
but he cannot read them
he sees the light reflecting on the black wall that bears the names of the dead
he sees his face reflected on the shiny black wall
he sees the names of the dead written on his face
but he cannot read them
the black wall turns white and he sees the faces of the near-dead on their white beds
he sees the black pictures of the black lungs of the near-dead
he sees the blue lips of the black-lunged men as they rasp for breath
their lips shape the names of the dead written on the black wall
but he cannot read them
he walks and walks beside the long wall the color of old blood
he sees the names blur into shapes that writhe like the lips of dying men
he sees the first name and the last name but he knows that is a lie
the names go and on
the pain
the pain
will never die.
(originally published in Writer's Digest, August 2007)
Thursday, September 03, 2015
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Heading to the Key West Literary Seminar Writers' Workshop in January!
I was accepted into Campbell McGrath's writing workshop: "Hearing Voices: Crafting the Poetic Voice"; they only accept 12 persons per workshop, so I'm very excited to have made the cut, based on a writing sample of five poems!
This workshop topic is extremely interesting to me, as I write mostly persona poems, and I've been experimenting with different voices.
Sunday, August 09, 2015
Miami Book Fair International, here I come!
I just heard that my chapbook, Shining from a Different Firmament, was accepted for presentation at this year's Miami Book Fair International!
I will be featured as a presenter, with an audience Q&A followed by a book signing.
Thursday, July 02, 2015
The Ghazal Page is back! (and contains three of my ghazals!)
I'm very thrilled to be part of the comeback of The Ghazal Page! This inaugural issue of the revived Ghazal Page is chock-full of an amazing variety of this fascinating and fun poetry form, collected by the new editor, Holly Jensen, who kindly included my poems "Hypatia's Revenge", "The Ghazal Ghazal (or How to Write a Ghazal), (which she uses as an example below) and "Ghazal Upon Hearing of a Mutual Friend's Death" in this new issue!
Wednesday, June 03, 2015
When Women Waken Wildlife issue goes live!
I have two poems in the new Wildlife issue of When Women Waken: a journal of Poetry, Prose and Images
Renascence and
Caernarfon Retreat
When Women Waken is a wonderful journal with gorgeous artwork and writing by women all over the world who support each other's creative endeavors.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
The Quarterday Review to publish my latest ghazal and review my chapbook!
I'm happy to have a new ghazal, "Thirteen Days and Nights" upcoming in the new journal The Quarterday Review: Poetry of Mythic Journeys. This is an ekphrastic ghazal inspired by the painting “The Amazon Queen Thalestris in the Camp of Alexander the Great” by Johann Georg Platzer, with thanks to Adrienne Mayor’s article on the subject in History Today 1/15. Her article and Platzer's painting really brought the encounter to life for me.
Quarterday's editor also kindly agreed to review my chapbook, Shining from a Different Firmament!
My latest poem in Minerva Rising's upcoming Open issue.
Minerva Rising Literary Journal will publish my poem "Emily Brontë Addresses Her Creation" in their upcoming Open themed issue. This is a persona poem from the pov of Emily addressing her most famous and infamous creation. I'm so happy this poem found a home promptly because it's my current favorite!
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I have yet to see the perfect Heathcliff personified on-screen--I'm still waiting!
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Librarything giveaway concurrent with Goodreads....
In celebration of my birth month, I'm giving away signed copies of my poetry chapbook, Shining from a Different Firmament via Librarything as well! So far 4 people have requested copies via LT and 68 and counting via Goodreads! These are early days, as the giveaways run for a month.
For those of you not familiar with Librarything, it's a great way to catalog and organize your own books, discover new books and share your libraries and book reviews with your friends. There are groups for every type of reader imaginable.
You can sign up for giveaways (a review is usually requested by the author or publisher giving away the book) or post your own! Ebooks as well!
Monday, May 11, 2015
Goodreads Giveaway begins May 18th!
I'm giving away five copies of my chapbook, Shining from a Different Firmament, via Goodreads.
Enter to Win
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Shining from a Different Firmament
by Beatriz Fitzgerald Fernandez
Giveaway ends June 18, 2015.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
Thursday, May 07, 2015
Authors for Nepal
I am participating in the Authors for Nepal initiative to raise funds for the Nepal earthquake. I found out about it on facebook. Authors donate services or signed books or even a character name as incentive to donors. The books or services are being auctioned off on ebay and the author will then deliver the item or service directly to the donor. I am donating signed copies of my chapbook, here: Shining from a Different Firmament--hopefully there will be some poetry lovers out there; I noticed most books were YA.
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