'cause who doesn't love poetry about growing up awkward and immigrant-raised in 'Murica?

Guys, my first full-length collection of poems is OUT.

Like, NOW.

Like, AVAILABLE FOR ORDERING AND OWNING.

Needless to say, one of the most important ticks off my bucket-list has happened. I am so grateful to so many for so many things that inspired this work: my wonderful grandparents who forged a life in this country as immigrants (1974-1996) without knowing a lick of English; my parents who did their best as working-class humans to educate and support two unruly, smart daughters; my writer friends from the MFA world to Brick City Collective; the hundreds of poets&writers whose words have brought so much light in times of darkness and discovery; my childhood friends who never liked poetry but liked that their friend wrote it; my two gorgeous,wild things that keep me moving and shaking; my beautiful, brilliant partner who (co)pilots my heART better than I ever could; to my readers and to YOU, hopefully, future reader.

Esteemed author Rigoberto Gonzalez ( who i am lucky to call my mentor) describes "Save the Bathwater" in the most poignant, generous way:

In this gorgeous new collection of poems, Marina Carreira breathes life into the bittersweet stories of family and culture, a sensory journey into the striking beauty and hard truths of the immigrant landscape cultivated as an American experience. Her poet soul sings—like a Portuguese saudade—in service to safeguarding what has been lost and what should never be forgotten, “to remember it all—sweat and tears, / Luso ancestry, to run roots through/ my future great-granddaughter’s bones.”

—Rigoberto González, author of over twenty books , most recently Unpeopled Eden (Four Way Books 2013), winner of the Lambda Literary Award and the Lenore Marshall Prize 

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