Poetry Reading & Open Mic

Join Bottlecap Press authors Leticia Priebe Rocha and Indigo Kinsella for a poetry reading! After the featured readers, we open the floor for community members to share their own poems (5 minutes per person). Read more about the featured readers below:

Leticia Priebe Rocha (she/her/hers) is a poet, visual artist, and editor. She is the author of In Lieu of Heartbreak, This is Like (Bottlecap Press, 2024). Leticia earned her bachelor’s from Tufts University, where she was awarded the 2020 Academy of American Poets University & College Poetry Prize. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, she immigrated to Miami, FL at the age of 9 and currently resides in the Greater Boston area. Her work has been published in Salamander, Rattle, Pigeon Pages, and elsewhere. Leticia is a Reader for Yellow Arrow Journal and served as Guest Editor for their EMBLAZON issue. For more information, visit her website: leticiaprieberocha.com.

Indigo Kinsella (xe/xem/xeir) is a Boston based poet, baker, and beach combing fanatic. Xe explore the incredulous nature of indoctrination through intersecting identities and can’t help but note that “there’s a poem somewhere in what you just said!” Xe love public transit, tattoos, and making playlists emotively. You can find more of xeir work published in Decadent Cosmos zines and in the En*gendered Lit Mag archive. To stay in touch with xeir writerly updates you can find Indigo on IG: @uglyclogswrites.