Leticia Priebe Rocha is a poet, editor, and visual artist. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, she immigrated to Miami, FL at the age of nine and currently resides in the Greater Boston area. She earned her bachelor’s from Tufts University, where she was awarded the 2020 Academy of American Poets University & College Poetry Prize. Leticia is the author of the chapbook In Lieu of Heartbreak, This is Like (Bottlecap Press, 2024) and her poems appear in Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora, The Rumpus, Salamander, Rattle, and elsewhere. Her work has been supported by the Fine Arts Work Center, Undocupoets, CambridgeArts, and the Mass Cultural Council. Leticia is also a teaching artist, bringing creative workshops to various community spaces. She really loves the moon.

Read Tufts University's ExCollege Instructor Spotlight about the undergraduate writing course Leticia taught called "Loneliness in the 21st Century, a Writing Workshop."

Learn more about Leticia, her writing practice, and her chapbook through MassPoetry's "Getting to Know" series.

Read Yellow Arrow Publishing's March "Her View Friday," which features Leticia's chapbook, In Lieu of Heartbreak, This is Like (Bottlecap Press 2024).

Leticia sat down with the Tufts Daily to talk about her debut poetry chapbook, In Lieu of Heartbreak, This is Like (Bottlecap Press 2024). Read the article by Urvija Mafatlal here.

Read Leticia's blog post for Yellow Arrow Journal where she reflects on her time as Guest Editor for the EMBLAZON issue.

Read Leticia's blog post for Yellow Arrow Journal announcing that she will be guest editor for their next issue.

Read Leticia's responses for the March 2023 "Writers on Writing" Series from Yellow Arrow Journal here.

Leticia's interview with MassPoetry in preparation for their March 2023 U35 Reading.
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