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Emily Fernandez
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PROCESSION OF MARTYRSThe poems inside Emily Fernandez’s chapbook, Procession of Martyrs, hold a haunting beauty, much like an old cemetery at sunset. The language and imagery the poet often employs make up a “veil of stars:” “I sent my caterpillars in/ and out of your mouth butterflies/ fluttered, yellow as sunflowers.” The poetry deftly considers weighty subjects, all the while grounding us readers on this Earth, “dust clouded the windshield,” and “needle skips on vinyl” and “your grizzled cheek melting into ground like discarded gum.” I was moved by the stories that wounded like jagged edge of broken glass against the skin. The poems “An Inheritance” and “Resuscitate” and the title poem were among my favorites, and stayed with me long after I finished reading her beautiful book.
–Devi S. Laskar, Author of Gas & Food, No Lodging (Finishing Line Press, 2017) and Anastasia Maps (Finishing Line Press, 2018) |
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Emily Fernandez is the author of the poetry chapbook, Pliny and Other Problems (Bamboo Dart Press 2023) and Procession of Martyrs (Finishing line Press 2018). She is a professor at Pasadena City College where she teaches composition and poetry. Her poems have been published in LEON Literary Review, SHIFT, Antithesis, Tiny Seed Journal, Pangyrus, The Dewdrop, Angel City Review, Edgar Allan Poet Journal, EAT/ATE, poeticdiversity, Verse Virtual, and several others. She has read at local venues throughout Los Angeles and in San Francisco. She lives in El Sereno with her husband and two sons.
Life of JEM Podcast Guest 2023
Trailer for Pliny and Other Problems 2023
LEON Literary Review "With Words Lighter Than Air" 2023
Shoutout LA "Meet Emily Fernandez" 2023
The Dewdrop "Please begin" 2023
ZzyZx SundaZe: Chosen Family Holiday Feature Poet 2022
Black Fork Review "Spikemoss" 2022
Tiny Seed Journal "Even the Desert" 2022
Ekphrastic Review Writing Challenges "Prodigal Musings" 2022
Pangyrus "Midnight in Quarantine" 2021
Moving Arts MADlab Playwright "Cage and Lung" 2020
Interview at Kenyon Review by Kirsten Ogden 2018
The Dewdrop Isolation Shorts "The Master" 2020
Angel City Review Issue 3 "Echo of the Heart" & "Arthur" 2016
Poeticdiversity.org "At Forty" & "The Ex: A Novel" November 2015
Verse-Virtual.com 4 Poems September 2014
Trailer for Pliny and Other Problems 2023
LEON Literary Review "With Words Lighter Than Air" 2023
Shoutout LA "Meet Emily Fernandez" 2023
The Dewdrop "Please begin" 2023
ZzyZx SundaZe: Chosen Family Holiday Feature Poet 2022
Black Fork Review "Spikemoss" 2022
Tiny Seed Journal "Even the Desert" 2022
Ekphrastic Review Writing Challenges "Prodigal Musings" 2022
Pangyrus "Midnight in Quarantine" 2021
Moving Arts MADlab Playwright "Cage and Lung" 2020
Interview at Kenyon Review by Kirsten Ogden 2018
The Dewdrop Isolation Shorts "The Master" 2020
Angel City Review Issue 3 "Echo of the Heart" & "Arthur" 2016
Poeticdiversity.org "At Forty" & "The Ex: A Novel" November 2015
Verse-Virtual.com 4 Poems September 2014
