RECENT MEDIA

Diannely Antigua at CreativeMornings Portsmouth, NH, Jan 27, 2023. Part storytelling, part poetry reading, this CreativeMornings talk focuses on the journey of making and remaking personal sanctuaries, a glimpse into the world of ongoing survivorhood.


RECENT MENTIONS and reviews

  • RHINO POETRY, Review: Good Monster by Diannely Antigua

    The fierce intelligence of Good Monster shines in the distance between Antigua and her speaker. An exhilarating and painful read, Good Monster will strike a chord with anyone who struggles with the self-love necessary for deep relationships.

  • POets & Writers Magazine, Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin

    “This isn’t an apology but rather a confession: / I loved your body before I was born.” Good Monster (Copper Canyon Press, May 2024) by Diannely Antigua. Second book, poetry collection. Agent: None. Editors: Michael Wiegers and Ash Wynter. Publicist: Ryo Yamaguchi. Listen to Diannely Antigua read from her book here.

  • The Academy of American Poets Awards $1.1 Million to 23 Poets Laureate Across the United States

    Diannely Antigua, Poet Laureate Fellow, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Diannely Antigua will develop The Bread & Poetry Project, which will honor The Hoot Poetry Reading series and the Esther Buffler Poet-in-Residence program, two legacy projects created by former Portsmouth poets laureate. She will also continue her Bread & Poetrypodcast and partner with local organizations NH PANTHER and HAVEN to lead writing workshops, putting into practice poetry’s power to enact social change. 



Recent PRESS


  • Graywolf Press Partners with Letras Latinas on New Latinx Anthology: GrayWolf Press, Feb 26, 2025

    Graywolf Press is partnering with Letras Latinas to publish a new anthology of Latinx poetry. We Come from Everything: Poetry for the 21st Century will gather twenty-five poets who have not yet published more than one full-length book of poetry with the goal of highlighting a representative swath of Latinx poets of this moment, especially those with a sense of identity that is bound to multiplicity and capaciousness. Anthology co-editors Diannely Antigua and Laura Villareal further explained the anthology’s focus and their hopes for it.