Lorraine Caputo

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer, Translator

MO
Missouri US

Author's Bio

Lorraine Caputo is a travel writer, poet, translator and artist who has journeyed the length and breadth of the Americas for over three decades. Her literary works appear in English and Spanish in over 400 journals on six continents; 23 chapbooks; 40 anthologies; and five recordings, including Latin Nights / Latina Noches (Dimby, 2000). Caputo also has done more than 200 literary readings from Alaska to Patagonia, and is a prize-winning slam poet. She co-founded performance artist collectives and organized events in several US states. She has translated the works of Uruguayan poet Cristina Rodríguez Cabral, among other writers. Through these expressions, Lorraine Caputo teaches, affirms and inspires, creating bridges of understanding between cultures, between pueblos.

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Lorraine Caputo es escritora de viajes, poeta, traductora y artista y desde hace más de tres décadas recorre el continente americano a lo largo y a lo ancho. Su obra literaria aparece en inglés y español en más de 400 revistas en Canadá, EE.UU., Latinoamérica, Europa, África, Asia y Australia; 23 poemarios; 40 antologías y cinco grabaciones, entre ellas Latin Nights / Latina Noches (Dimby, 2000). Caputo ha participado en más de 200 encuentros de lectura literaria, desde Alaska hasta la Patagonia y fue premiada en concursos de poesía conocidos como “poetry slam”. Es co fundadora de colectivos de artistas de performance art o arte en vivo y organizó eventos en varios estados de EE.UU. Tradujo al inglés la obra de la poeta uruguaya Cristina Rodríguez Cabral, entre otras. A través de estas expresiones, Lorraine Caputo enseña, afirma e inspira, la creación de puentes entendimiento entre culturas, entre pueblos.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthology:
Drive: Women's True Stories from the Open Road (Seal Press, 2002)
Journals:
Aji Magazine
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Dirty Chai
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Dissident Voice
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Fear of Monkeys
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Flapper Press
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Invisible City
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Magnolia, A Journal of Women’s Socially Engaged Literature
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Potato Soup Journal
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Rabble Review
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Sugar Mule
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Synchronized Chaos
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Contemporary Verse 2

Poetry

Anthologies:
Stories & Poems in the Song of Life (Sweetycat Press, 2022)
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The Gift (Sweetycat Press, 2022)
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The Jewels in the Queen's Crown (Sweetycat Press, 2022)
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The Poppy: A Symbol of Remembrance (Southern Arizona Press, 2022)
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The Stars and Moon in the Evening Sky (Southern Arizona Press, 2022)
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Zooanthology (Sweetycat Press, 2022)
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Around the World: Landscapes & Cityscapes (Sweetycat Press, 2021)
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Nothing Divine Dies: A Poetry Anthology About Nature (Vita Brevis Press, 2021)
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Woman Scream (Woman Scream, 2020)
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Beat Texas Anthology (Lamar University Literary Press, 2016)
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Not Somewhere Else But Here: A Contemporary Anthology of Women and Place (Sundress Publications, 2014)
Chapbooks:
Endless Rains (Origami Poems Project, 2023)
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In the Jaguar Valley (Dancing Girl Press, 2023)
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Patagonian Sketches (Origami Poems Project, 2023)
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Caribbean Interludes (Origami Poems Project, 2022)
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Chaco Dreams (Journeys through Argentina’s Chaco Region) (Origami Poems Project, 2022)
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Escape to the Sea (Origami Poems Project, 2021)
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Quito Suites (Origami Poems Project, 2021)
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Beneath the Enchanted Moon (Origami Poems Project, 2020)
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On Galápagos Shores (Dancing Girl Press, Chicago, 2019)
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Notes from the Patagonia: A Year in the Patagonia & Tierra del Fuego of Chile & Argentina (Dancing Girl Press, Chicago, 2017)
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Caribbean Nights (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2014)
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Andina Aquarelles (Snark, 2003)
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Noches Latinas / Latina Nights (DiMBy Productions, 2001)
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Seeking Flight (Writing Center, Cuyahoga Community Collage, 1993)
Journals:
A New Ulster
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Academy of the Heart and Mind
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Adelaide Literary Magazine
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Agave Magazine
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As Above So Below
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As It Ought To Be Magazine
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ASU Canyon Voices
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Blue Fifth Review
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Blue Heron Review
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Blue Violin
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Bones
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Book of Matches
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Buffalo Bones
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Canopic Jar
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Cavalcade of Stars
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Chachalaca Poetry Review
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Contemporary Verse 2
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Crêpe & Penn
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Dissonance Magazine
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DoveTales
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Dragonfly
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Dream International Quarterly
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Dreich
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Drumvoices Revue
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Edgz
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EntreMares Magazine
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Field Guide Poetry Magazine
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Fish Rapper Digest / Radical Journey
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Freshwater
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Halfway Down the Stairs
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Hobo Camp Review
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Impetus
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Impspired
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Ink Sweat & Tears
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Knot Magazine
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Last Stanza Poetry Journal
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Loch Raven Review
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Lothlorien Poetry Journal
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Mark Literary Review
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Mid-American Poetry Review
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Mojave River Review
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Moon Reader
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Muddy River Poetry Review
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Munyori Literary Journal
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naturewriting.com
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Nebo
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Night Heron Barks
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Nixes Mate Review
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Orchards Poetry Journal
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Otoliths
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Outside In Literary & Travel Magazine
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Panoply
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Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality and the Arts
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Pine Cone Review
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Plum Tree Tavern
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Poet Magazine
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Poetica Review
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Poetry Breakfast
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Poetry Motel Wallpaper
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Poets Against the War
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Praxis
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Quintessence
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Raconteur
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Raving Dove
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Red Eft Review
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Red Fern Review
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Red Ochre Lit
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Red River Review
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River King Poetry Supplement
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River Poets Journal
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River Sedge
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Rockhurst Review
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San Fernando Poetry Journal
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Scarlet Dragonfly Journal
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Sea Stories
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Second Chance Lit
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Seeding the Snow
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Silver Birch Press
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Sin Fronteras
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South Broadway Ghost Society
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South Shore Review
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Sparks of Calliope
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Struggle
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Synchronized Chaos
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Talking Leaves
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The Drabble
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The Fem
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The Literary Yard
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The Mas Tequila Review
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The Word Enamel
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Topology
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Verse-Virtual
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Voice of Eve
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Voices on the Wind
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Well Versed
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you are here: the journal of creative geography
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Your Daily Poem
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Las Vegas Sagradas

Translation

Journals:
Lyrikline, poems by Diana Vallejo, translated from the Spanish
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Lyrikline, poems by Diana Vallejo, translated from the Spanish
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Lyrikline, poems by Diana Vallejo, translated from the Spanish
Prizes won: 

Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate, Poem of the Month (March 2011)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
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Last update: Jan 01, 2024