This book began as a poem I couldn’t finish. I wrote the first lines in the back of a classroom at my first #writing craft talk seven years ago. I couldn’t finish the poem, because…
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“The 17th Day” Wins 2023 John Burroughs Nature Essay Award
Gobsmacked by this fun news! Excerpt from the announcement on Terrain.org: “The 17th Day” by Christina Rivera, which was published on January 1, 2022 in Terrain.org, has been selected as the 2023 John Burroughs Nature Essay…
That One Time I Went Viral on Twitter
Nothing like 10 thousand people making you feel good about being a notable loser! ❤️💀 Who knew Twitter could be so nice?! #eatingpopsicles
“Two Breaths” published in The Kenyon Review July/August ’22 Issue
My essay TWO BREATHS has found such a beautiful home and community in the pages of the newest @kenyonreview (July/August ’22) in an issue dedicated to climate themes and “Angry Mamas.” The piece shares space with so…
“The Smooth Sides of Darkness” published @ The Fourth River
My 😍 agent (@juliestevensonpfarr ) thought my book was missing a chapter about the foundation of my love for the #ocean and I wrote this (soft, lyrical) #essay in response. This week, @thefourthriver published the piece and I do believe the theme…
MY OCEANS book (draft) Finalist for The Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature
The Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature this year opened up submissions to unpublished manuscripts. I submitted. And a REAL (awesome) HUMAN (Deb Olin Unferth @debolinunferth )—or maybe multiple judges on a panel, I don’t…
John Burroughs Nature Essay Award Nomination
A fun little something to celebrate while I’m sitting in quarantine with (mild) covid and not checking a single item off my task list. 🙂 Image: Terrain.org nominations for the #johnburroughs Nature Essay Award 2022. Wait, I…
The 17th Day: Two Mammals Swimming in a Toxic World (Published at Terrain.org)
Excited (and a bit terrified) to share this deeply personal essay published at the wonderful at Terrain.org today. I know I am not the only one whose heart drowned in the the story of Tahlequah,…
The Endling: Facing Extinction Denial in the Eyes of the Last Vaquita @ Orion Magazine
To avoid awakening only after what we love is pronounced dead, we need to sit up. To sit upright and shake our pain awake—
until it hurts us into action.
Essay on Navigating Motherhood & Climate Grief published on HuffPost Personal
This paragraph from my HuffPost piece was cut to meet word count, so I’m reinserting it here, because I can do that. 😊 Also, super honored by the fantastic accompanying art made by @mariamedem (thank you!): “My…