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Welcome to the small green plot of internet where Christina Rivera sows word seeds.

This blog was started in 2001. That’s 999 in internet-years, so please don’t judge my younger drivel. I’d make the archives disappear if I could, but the internet is the everlasting gobstopper of sentences. So I’m going to just swallow it and leave you with this disclaimer: it’s best to keep some distance from the older stuff. Rather, to stay updated on my life & literary adventures, I recommend you:

1. Follow me on Instagram, where I share the most regular snapshots of life, tips, questions, and explorations.
2. Sign up for Moby Bytes, my monthly-ish newsletter at Substack. Just candid updates here and there, from me to you.
3. Follow me on Facebook, BlueSky, or TikTok.

Here’s a list of published essays & notable awards: 

• “Two Breaths” @ Kenyon Review Aug ’22, Winner of Pushcart Prize
• “The 17th Day” @ Terrain, nominated for Pushcart ’23, Wins 2023 John Burroughs Nature Essay Award, the highest annual honor for a creative nonfiction essay on place, science, and the environment.
• MY OCEANS was a finalist for the Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature and longlisted for the Graywolf Prize in Nonfiction ’22.
• “The Endling” @ Orion Magazine Oct ’21
• “The Smooth Sides of Darkness” @ The Fourth River Apr ’22
• “Car Crashes, Climate Change, and Mothering Through Catastrophe” @ Catapult Mar ’20
• “Seismic” @ HuffPost Personal Jul ’21
• “Red Talisman” @ River Teeth Journal Mar ’21
• “Four Circles” @ Bat City Review (Michener Center), Issue 14
• “Feral” 1st Place judged by Melissa Febos @ Pacifica Jan ’20 & Nominated Best of the Net
• “Hooded” @ Atticus Review Feb ’20