Barbara Brinson Curiel’s book Mexican Jenny and Other Poems won the 2012 Philip Levine Prize and
was published in 2014 by Anhinga Press.
She has published poems in the journals: Kweli, Huizsache, and The
Acentos Review. Her poems are included in the 2011 collection Cantar de Espejos: PoesÃa Testimonial
Chicana por Mujeres published in Mexico, as well as in other anthologies.
Barbara was a 2010-2012 fellow of CantoMundo, the national
organization for Latino poets, whose coordinating committee she joins in 2014.
Barbara is a professor in the departments of Critical Race,
Gender, and Sexuality Studies and English at Humboldt State University, where
she teaches creative writing, Chicano/Latino and feminist studies, and American
literature.
You can reach Barbara at barbaracuriel@yahoo.com.