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Carolina Hinojosa [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer
Public address: 
San Antonio, TX
Texas US
Email: 
cisneroscafe@gmail.com
Bio: 

Carolina Hinojosa is a Chicana, Tejana, and Mujerista poet, freelance writer, and storyteller. Her work focuses on faith and social justice. Her work can be found in On Being, The Rumpus, The Acentos Review, Lookout Magazine, Rock & Sling: a journal of witness, and more. Her conferences and talks include, "A Theo(poet)ic Revolution: The Language of Liberation" at Women Doing Theology, and "Writing as Liberative Praxis: A Latina Narrative" at Gemini Ink Writers Conference. (Former names used: Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros)

Her chapbook was published by FlowerSong Books titled, Becoming Coztototl. Carolina holds an MA in Literature, Creative Writing, and Social Justice from Our Lady of the Lake University. 

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Spanish
Twitter/X: 
@Cisneroscafe
Born in: 
San Antonio, TX
Texas
Raised in: 
San Antonio, TX
Texas
Website: 
https://cisneroscafe.wixsite.com/carolin… [2]
Prizes won: 

Jack Sr. and Doris McCord Smothers Scholarship

2019 Award in Theopoetics

2019 Pushcart Nominee for "Blessed be the Mother"

2019 Rubem Alves Award in Theopoetics

2020 Albert J. Griffith Ph.D. Endowed Fellowship

Quest English Fellowship

Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Immigration
Teenagers
Women

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/carolina_hinojosa

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/carolina_hinojosa [2] https://cisneroscafe.wixsite.com/carolina