Etc.
Creative Projects
—Cromwell Arts Alliance, “Poetry Night” Presentation (May 2021) [Cromwell, CT]
Watch and listen HERE. My poem “Connectivity,” from Taking Her Back (2021), is the final piece, beginning about 10:16.
—Taking Her Back: Portuguese Presence & the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan. Served as one of Mystic Seaport’s 38th Voyagers. Also functioned as a Charles W. Morgan Poet & Researcher Reflecting the Portuguese/Immigrant Voice (2014-2015) [Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America & The Sea, Mystic, CT]
A collection of the poems written for this project, Taking Her Back, was published by Atmosphere Press in 2021. See the “Publications” tab for more information and to order.
At left: Cristina with the Morgan in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the morning before her leg of the voyage began.
Photograph (c) Cristina J. Baptista
—Tupelo Press’s 30/30 Poetry Project (March 2014); Contributors by Month Listing
Interviews & Profile Pieces
“Q & A with Connecticut Authors: Cristina J. Baptista”—Connecticut Book Awards 2022 Finalist, Connecticut Center for the Book, September 23, 2022.
“Reintroducing Our Fit List: Meet Cristina Baptista”—Feature, She’s Fit to Lead, April 9, 2017. Interview by Marissa Licursi.
“Sacred Heart Greenwich teacher publishes book of poetry”—front page, Greenwich Time, December 12, 2016. Interview by Emilie Munson.
“The Drowning Book”—Author News, Structo Magazine, November 23, 2016. Interview by Euan Monaghan.
“Living history: Cristina Baptista documents the Morgan final voyage – Interview,” The Portuguese American Journal, October 2015. Interview by Millicent Borges Accardi.
“Sacred Heart teacher sets sail on whaleship,” Greenwich Real Time, Hearst CT News Blogs, July 18, 2014. By Paul Schott.
“Cristina J. Baptista, Ph.D., English, Alumni Profile,” Fordham.edu, Fordham University. Graduate Student Resources.
Selected Readings / Performances
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.
Atmosphere Press’ Poetry Reading
with Richard Jones, Nathaniel Terrell, Cristina J. Baptista, and Kate March, moderated by Cameron Finch
Friday, July 30, 2021, 8-9:30 p.m. ET
Atmosphere Press Staff and Poets, July 30, 2021, on Zoom
Tupelo Press’ 6th Annual Alumni Reading & Celebration
Friday, April 30, 2021, 7 - 9 p.m. ET
Adanna—Women & Spirituality Poetry Reading
Sunday, May 22, 2016, 3 - 5 p.m.
Saint Mary’s Church, Grand Street, New York, NY
Creative Writing @ Fordham University Prizes Reading Series
Academy of American Poets Prize Winner
Friday, April 27, 2012, 6 p.m.
Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, New York
Poets Out Loud, POL 2011 Inaugural Reading
A Focus on New York, with Edwin Torres and Patricia Spears Jones
Monday, September 12, 2011, 7 p.m.
Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, New York
No, Dear Magazine Launch / Issue #1 Celebration
Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Word Bookstore, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York
No, Dear Magazine Launch / Issue #1 Celebration
Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Stain Bar, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
Fordham University Graduate Student Writers
Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 6 p.m.
McMahon Hall 109, Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York, New York
Fordham University Graduate Student Writers
Sunday, October 29, 2006, 6 p.m.
Rodriguez Coffeehouse, Fordham University, Rose Hill, Bronx, New York
Wednesday Night Slam Open
Wednesday, June 14, 2006, 9 p.m.
Nuyorican Poets Café, New York, New York
Fordham University Graduate Student Writers
Thursday, March 23, 2006, 9:30 p.m.
Book Court, Brooklyn, New York
The Literati
Saturday, May 1, 2005, 12 p.m.
Sacred Heart University (Fairfield), private reading, Bethel, Connecticut
Honors
Longlist Finalist: Disquiet International Literary Program, 2023—for Poetry
Finalist: Taking Her Back (2021, Atmosphere Press), 2022 Connecticut Book Awards, Poetry category [Ceremony from October 23, 2022 recorded HERE].
Shortlist Finalist: Paradise of the Fake Soldiers (poetry collection), 2019 International Beverly Prize (Eyewear Publishing)
Finalist: Paradise of the Fake Soldiers (poetry collection), 2019, Colorado Prize for Poetry
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