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  • Many thanks to Diane Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review for this thoughtful review of my new book Stone & Star: Poems in Voices Across Time. The full review is at the title link but here are some excerpts: Stone & Star: Poems in Voices Across Time Stone & Star: Poems in Voices Across Time represents…

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  • I’m excited to announce the publication of my first full-length poetry book published by Old Scratch Press, an imprint of Current Words Publishing! STONE & STAR: Poems in Voices Across Time – OLD SCRATCH PRESS This is my first book dedicated solely to my husband, Dr. James R. Webb, who has been my greatest champion…

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  • I’m very thrilled to announce that I’ve been accepted into the Old Scratch Short Form and Poetry Collective! It’s the beginning of an exciting period of creativity and productivity for me.

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  • Backbone Press just published my new poetry chapbook The Ocean Between Us along with Faisal Mohyuddin‘s The Riddle of Longing.  Faisal’s book The Displaced Children of Displaced Children just won the 2017 Sexton Prize for Poetry from Eyewear Publishing; I’m very honored and excited to be published alongside him! Many thanks to editor Crystal Simone Smith for…

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  • I’m very happy and honored to announce the fall 2017 publication of my 2nd chapbook, The Ocean Between Us by Backbone Press.  Backbone’s description: “The Ocean Between Us is a collection of poems wrapped in memories and language. Beatriz Fernandez artfully weaves together dazzling imagery and alluring sounds to create concrete visions of Puerto Rico, Florida, and…

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  • I’m excited to announce that Alsina Publishing will present my fantasy fiction trilogy via LingoBites, their app for language learning via story-telling.  Writing for language learners poses a whole new set of challenges for me. I’m also so pleased and grateful that Selina Fenech, an incredible Australian artist and author, agreed to let me use her beautiful…

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  • Thirty West Publishing House produces hand-bound chaplets and chapbooks.  As I previously posted, they recently chose my poem “The Surest Poison” as winner of their sonnet challenge (part of their celebration of National Poetry Month) and now editor Josh Dale is publishing a chaplet of all the weekly challenge winners!  It will include work from four…

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