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W.o.W. #46
Leticia Priebe Rocha
Describe an early experience where you learned that language has power.
When my family immigrated to the United States when I was 9 years old, I learned English by reading fiction. To be transported into entirely different universes during a time of such challenging personal transition was transformational.
What is a book you wish someone would write?
A poetry collection centering on Brazilian folklore.
What word do you find yourself using most often in your writing?
I am currently gravitating toward the word “unspool.”
What does your inner writing voice tell you?
Go deeper.
Leticia Priebe Rocha’s poem “Lost In” was included in Yellow Arrow Journal PEREGRINE (Vol. VII, No. 2). Leticia received 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, Florida, at nine and currently resides in the Greater Boston area. Find her on Instagram @letiprieberochapoems, Twitter @LetiPriebeRocha, or Facebook @leticiaprieberocha and online at leticiaprieberocha.com.
Leticia participated in “Fly to Me, Speak to Me: A PEREGRINE Reading” from December 2022. Support Leticia and the rest of the authors by watching the reading on the Yellow Arrow YouTube channel.