Breaking Bread

Catherine Marenghi's poetry has been published in literary journals in the U.S. and Mexico and has received several honors. The acclaimed poet Richard Blanco selected her poem "Long-Awaited Man" as first-place winner in a 2018 poetry competition sponsored by Crossroads Magazine. Poet Jennifer Clement selected her poem "Letter to My Son in Brooklyn" as first-place winner in the same Crossroads competition in 2019. Her poems, including "The Protest," have twice won first-place honors from the Academy of American Poets University and College Poetry Prize program. Most recently her work has appeared in Sisyphus, Peregrine Journal, Crossroads, Solamente en San Miguel, Italian Americana, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, and Phi Kappa Phi Forum. Her 2016 memoir Glad Farm is a critically acclaimed story of poverty, loss, and resilience. Among its many endorsements, former President Jimmy Carter called it "inspiring." She divides her time between Mexico and Massachusetts.