Christina D. Rodriguez is a New York-born Puerto Rican poet and entrepreneur. Living what she calls “The Writer’s Life”, she is the editor of the literary journal Typoetic.us (www.typoetic.us), writes about the sunshine and pitfalls of writing and life in the arts on her blog, The Write Queen (www.thewritequeen.com), and runs Christina Rodriguez Online (www.crodonline.info), where she provides freelance services in branding, web development, and consulting. She is currently working on a few ventures that include starting a tech company for web and mobile applications for writers, a creative writing salon, a non-profit literary arts organization, and starting her own small publishing press.

Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in: QueensZine, a handful of stones, Daily Love, amphibi.us, High Coup Journal, Train Write, Short, Fast, and Deadly, 50 to 1, fri haiku, rust+moth, Other Rooms Press, Yes, Poetry, The Body Narratives, The Operating System, Tupelo Quarterly and the anthologies, pay attention: a river of stones, Old Hollywood, Skeletons, and A Thing of Beauty Painted By Words as well as various college publications.

After earning degrees from schools under the City University of New York, an Associate of Applied Science in Music Production from Queensborough Community College and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Brooklyn College, Christina is currently residing in Chicago, where she obtained her Master degree in Arts Management at Columbia College Chicago to expand on her emerging business practices in poetry and the arts.

She is a board member of the Chicago Writers Association (www.chicagowrites.org) and has been a member of the advisory board of the #GrowFierce writing community (www.growfierce.com).

Her hope is not to touch millions with the power of one word, but to touch one with the power of a stream of words.

Resume & CV

Recent graduate of Columbia College Chicago's Master of Arts Management program with an interest in the areas of administration, communications, editorial, publishing, digital marketing, and the management of arts, small business, and non-profit organizations. 

You can download a copy of Christina's CV for Writing and Publication and her resume in Arts Management and Office Administration below.

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Portfolio

Poetry

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  1. Demi'urge, "The Idiosyncrasies of Lust." Poetry. The Penman Lounge: Freestyle Vision. 16 Nov. 2007. Web. 
  2. "Wording Love." Poetry. Queensborough Communique 15.48 (Dec. 2007): 9. Print. 
  3. "Team Player." Poetry. Queensborough Communique 15.48 (Dec. 2007): 9. Print.
  4. "Graceful." Poetry. Party of Fingers Under the Porch 1 (2008): 3. Print.
  5. "Defining the Poet." Poetry. Brooklyn College English Majors Magazine 26 (2008): 61. Print.
  6. "Beyond Illusion." Poetry. They Wanted Blood, They Got Poetry 2 (2009): 16. Print.
  7. "Growing Empty." Poetry. They Wanted Blood, They Got Poetry 2 (2009): 29. Print.
  8. "The Idiosyncrasies of Lust" The Penman Lounge 2007. Poetry. They Wanted Blood, They Got Poetry 2 (2009): 45. Print.
  9. "Block." Poetry. They Wanted Blood, They Got Poetry 3 (2010): 6. Print.
  10. "Two Poems: 'Hook' and 'Cento: A Twitter Bio'." Poetry. They Wanted Blood, They Got Poetry 3 (2010): 39. Print.
  11. "Memory Lane" Poetry. fri haiku. 6 Sept. 2010. Web.
  12. "Oracular Spectacular." Poetry. amphibi.us. 10 Sept. 2010. Web. 
  13. "Reconstruction." Poetry. a handful of stones. 13 Sept. 2010. Web. 
  14. "Retort." Poetry. Daily Love. 18 Sept. 2010. Web. 
  15. "Love-You-In-Haiku." Poetry. Daily Love. 22 Sept. 2010. Web. 
  16. "Two Poems: 'Stuck on Newkirk' and 'Weekend Travel'." Poetry. TrainWrite. 24 Sept. 2010. Web. 
  17. "New Owner Lease, Abandoned." Poetry. Daily Love. 25 Sept. 2010. Web. 
  18. "This is Not A Love Poem." Poetry. Daily Love. 29 Sept. 2010. Web.
  19. "Four Haiku." Poetry. High Coup Journal. 1 Oct. 2010. Web.
  20. "Movie Night." Poetry. amphibi.us. 5 Oct. 2010. Web. 
  21. "Shuttle from Rockaway Park." Poetry. Short, Fast, and Deadly i.46. 24 Oct. 2010. Web. 
  22. "Two Poems: 'Sunken Ships' and 'Dusted'." Poetry. rust + moth. 5 Jan. 2011. 16-17. Web. 
  23. "Music Lessons." Poetry. Yes, Poetry. 5 Feb. 2011. Web. 
  24. "Snack." Poetry. pay attention: a river of stones (2011): 98. Print.
  25. "<Insert Age> and <Insert Mistake>." Poetry. Short, Fast, and Deadly i.77 "In Search of Lost Words". 29 May 2011. Web. 
  26. "An Inventory of Your Omentum." Poetry. Other Rooms Press Issue 8 "Occidental Riboflavin". 23 Nov. 2011. Web. 
  27. "Swedish Sphinx: The Wikipedia of Garboism - Cento Poetry." Poetry. Old Hollywood (2013): 38. Print.
  28. "Two Poems: 'Generations: La Familia' and 'Woman: a series of haiku'." Poetry. A Thing Of Beauty Painted By Words (2013): 20-23. E-Book. 
  29. "Five Poems." Poetry. Skeletons (2013): 77-84. Print.
  30. "Two Poems: 'Wisdom' and 'Puzzle'." Poetry. The Body Narratives. 4 Dec. 2013. Web.
  31. “Daily Bread.” Poetry.  Tupelo Quarterly. i8. 15 Oct. 2015. Web. 
None currently
2010

The Awesome Sauce Award from High Coup Journal, October 2010

2016

The 2016 Commencement Poetry Contest, May 2016

Journalism

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Queensborough Communique, September 2007 - December 2007
Reporter, Editorial Team Member

NYCityBeat Blog (http://nycitybeat.wordpress.com), September 2009 - December 2009
Blogger for the Music Industry Beat

Brooklyn Kingsman, Issue 8 October 2009
Reporter

NYCityWatch.org , December 2009 and February 2010 - May 2010
Reporter, Rewrite

Examiner.com (http://www.examiner.com), September 2010
NY Poetry Examiner
Chronological order

Publications:
  1. "I Want to be HEARD!" Queensborough Communique 15.46 (Oct. 2007): 5. PDF File. 
  2. Rodriguez, Christina, and Breanne Hanson. "Students Graduate ASAP." Queensborough Communique 15.47 (Nov. 2007): 3. Print. 
  3. "Get Published with the QCC Student Publication Club." Queensborough Communique 15.48 (Dec. 2007): 3. Print. 
  4. "Billboard’s Women in Music Event and the Rising Star Recipient." NYCityBeat. 28 Sept. 2009. Web. 
  5. "A Music Blog Moves Beyond the Screen." NYCityBeat. 28 Sept. 2009. Web. 
  6. "The 127th AES Convention is Coming!" NYCityBeat. 8 Oct. 2009. Web.
  7. "Death Does Not Stop You From Giving Credit." NYCityBeat. 15 Oct. 2009. Web. 
  8. "Screw The Rain, Stop The Campaign." Brooklyn Kingsman. Oct. 2009. Print.
  9. "What will replace the Sound System in your living room?" NYCityBeat. 3 Dec. 2009. Web. 
  10. "The swine flu is taking a swing at musicians." NYCityBeat. 3 Dec. 2009. Web. 
  11. "Straight out of Queens: Leeia Music." NYCityWatch. 18 Dec. 2009. Web. 
  12. "Doc Testifies in Police Brutality Trial." NYCityWatch. 3 Feb. 2010. Web. 
  13. "School Bus Drivers Picket Their Own Union." NYCityWatch. 5 Mar. 2010. Web. 
  14. "Climax of Queens Murder Trial Featuring ‘Touch DNA’ Evidence." NYCityWatch. 17 Mar. 2010. Web. 
  15. Rodriguez, Christina, and Alshawn Rushing. "Hate Crime Trial Begins in Brooklyn." NYCityWatch. 21 Apr. 2010. Web. 
  16. "Poem-A-Day: The top ten weekly poetry events in New York." Examiner. 2 Sept. 2010. Web.
  17. “Christina Rodriguez on Clarice Lispector, Agua Viva, and the Art of Breathlessness.” The Operating System. 20 Apr. 2014. Web. 
Education and Coursework*:
*samples of work from each class included

CUNY Brooklyn College
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, June 2010
Specialization in Music and Arts Journalism

Classes Taken:
Intro to Journalism (taken at CUNY Queensborough Community College) CUNY Queensborough C.C. Communique Articles:
Intro To Journalism Samples.pdf
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Reporting:
Reporting Samples.pdf
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Advanced Newswriting:
Advanced Newswriting Samples.pdf
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Feature Writing:
Feature Writing Samples.pdf
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Beat Reporting, Beat: Music Industry:
Beat Reporting Samples.pdf
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Magazine Journalism:
Magazine Journalism Samples.pdf
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Multimedia Journalism:
Multimedia Journalism Sample.pdf
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Press in America:
Press In America Samples.pdf
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News Lab:
News Lab Samples.pdf
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Editing/Adobe inDesign*:
* Headlines and captions written by me. Stories and photos taken from various sources. 
Various Layouts
Brooklyn Paper Layout

Marketing

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  • Social Media Planning
  • The Write Movement
  • Christina Rodriguez Online/The Write Queen
  • Typoetic.us
  • Miscellaneous
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Writing Prompt Series

Web Development

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  • Founding Projects
  • Client Websites: Weebly
  • Client Websites: Wix
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*Please note that some client websites may have changed or are no longer active.

Photography/Design

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  • Mobile Photography
  • Instagram
  • People
  • Outdoor
  • Indoor
  • Manipulations
  • Design
  • Literary Art
  • Photo Projects
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between me&you: postcards to london (photos taken by Elizabeth Ramanand and Alisandra Karimullah. Poetry Postcards by Christina Rodriguez)

Publications

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  • 2005-2009
  • 2010-2015
  • Future Publications
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2005
  1. "Photo Album." Memoir. QueensZine 1.2 (Sept. 2005): 3. Web.

2007

  1. "I Want to be HEARD!" Queensborough Communique 15.46 (Oct. 2007): 5. Print.
  2. Rodriguez, Christina, and Breanne Hanson. "Students Graduate ASAP." Queensborough Communique 15.47 (Nov. 2007): 3. Print.
  3. Demi'urge, "The Idiosyncrasies of Lust." Poetry. The Penman Lounge: Freestyle Vision. 16 Nov. 2007. Web. 
  4. "Get Published with the QCC Student Publication Club." Queensborough Communique 15.48 (Dec. 2007): 3. Print.
  5. "Wording Love." Poetry. Queensborough Communique 15.48 (Dec. 2007): 9. Print. 
  6. "Team Player." Poetry. Queensborough Communique 15.48 (Dec. 2007): 9. Print.

2008
  1. "Graceful." Poetry. Party of Fingers Under the Porch 1 (2008): 3. Print.
  2. "Defining the Poet." Poetry. Brooklyn College English Majors Magazine 26 (2008): 61. Print.

2009

  1. "Beyond Illusion." Poetry. They Wanted Blood, They Got Poetry 2 (2009): 16. Print.
  2. "Growing Empty." Poetry. They Wanted Blood, They Got Poetry 2 (2009): 29. Print.
  3. "The Idiosyncrasies of Lust" The Penman Lounge 2007. Poetry. They Wanted Blood, They Got Poetry 2 (2009): 45. Print.
  4. "Billboard’s Women in Music Event and the Rising Star Recipient." NYCityBeat. 28 Sept. 2009. Web.
  5. "A Music Blog Moves Beyond the Screen." NYCityBeat. 28 Sept. 2009. Web.
  6. "The 127th AES Convention is Coming!" NYCityBeat. 8 Oct. 2009. Web.
  7. "Death Does Not Stop You From Giving Credit." NYCityBeat. 15 Oct. 2009. Web. 
  8. "Screw The Rain, Stop The Campaign." Brooklyn Kingsman. Oct. 2009. Print.
  9. "What will replace the Sound System in your living room?" NYCityBeat. 3 Dec. 2009. Web.
  10. "The swine flu is taking a swing at musicians." NYCityBeat. 3 Dec. 2009. Web. 
  11. "Straight out of Queens: Leeia Music." NYCityWatch. 18 Dec. 2009. Web.
2010

  1. "Doc Testifies in Police Brutality Trial." NYCityWatch. 3 Feb. 2010. Web.
  2. "School Bus Drivers Picket Their Own Union." NYCityWatch. 5 Mar. 2010. Web.
  3. "Climax of Queens Murder Trial Featuring ‘Touch DNA’ Evidence." NYCityWatch. 17 Mar. 2010. Web.
  4. Rodriguez, Christina, and Alshawn Rushing. "Hate Crime Trial Begins in Brooklyn." NYCityWatch. 21 Apr. 2010. Web.
  5. "Block." Poetry. They Wanted Blood, They Got Poetry 3 (2010): 6. Print.
  6. "Two Poems: 'Hook' and 'Cento: A Twitter Bio'." Poetry. They Wanted Blood, They Got Poetry 3 (2010): 39. Print.
  7. "Poem-A-Day: The top ten weekly poetry events in New York." Examiner. 2 Sept. 2010. Web. 
  8. "Memory Lane" Poetry. fri haiku. 6 Sept. 2010. Web. 
  9. "Oracular Spectacular." Poetry. amphibi.us. 10 Sept. 2010. Web.
  10. "Reconstruction." Poetry. a handful of stones. 13 Sept. 2010. Web.
  11. "Retort." Poetry. Daily Love. 18 Sept. 2010. Web. 
  12. "Love-You-In-Haiku." Poetry. Daily Love. 22 Sept. 2010. Web.
  13. "Two Poems: 'Stuck on Newkirk' and 'Weekend Travel'." Poetry. TrainWrite. 24 Sept. 2010. Web. 
  14. "New Owner Lease, Abandoned." Poetry. Daily Love. 25 Sept. 2010. Web. 
  15. "This is Not A Love Poem." Poetry. Daily Love. 29 Sept. 2010. Web. 
  16. "1st line by Christina Rodriguez." Micro Fiction. 50 to 1. 30 Sept. 2010. Web. 
  17. "Four Haiku." Poetry. High Coup Journal. 1 Oct. 2010. Web. 
  18. "Movie Night." Poetry. amphibi.us. 5 Oct. 2010. Web.
  19. "Shuttle from Rockaway Park." Poetry. Short, Fast, and Deadly i.46. 24 Oct. 2010. Web.

2011

  1. "Two Poems: 'Sunken Ships' and 'Dusted'." Poetry. rust + moth. 5 Jan. 2011. 16-17. Web.
  2. "Music Lessons." Poetry. Yes, Poetry. 5 Feb. 2011. Web. 
  3. "Snack." Poetry. pay attention: a river of stones (2011): 98. Print.
  4. "<Insert Age> and <Insert Mistake>." Poetry. Short, Fast, and Deadly i.77 "In Search of Lost Words". 29 May 2011. Web. 
  5. "An Inventory of Your Omentum." Poetry. Other Rooms Press Issue 8 "Occidental Riboflavin". 23 Nov. 2011. Web. 

2013

  1. "Swedish Sphinx: The Wikipedia of Garboism - Cento Poetry." Poetry. Old Hollywood (2013): 38. Print.
  2. "Two Poems: 'Generations: La Familia' and 'Woman: a series of haiku'." Poetry. A Thing Of Beauty Painted By Words (2013): 20-23. E-Book. 
  3. "Five Poems." Poetry. Skeletons (2013): 77-84. Print.
  4. "Two Poems: 'Wisdom' and 'Puzzle'." Poetry. The Body Narratives. 4 Dec. 2013. Web. 

2014

  1. “Christina Rodriguez on Clarice Lispector, Agua Viva, and the Art of Breathlessness.” The Operating System. 20 Apr. 2014. Web. 

2015

  1. “Daily Bread.” Poetry.  Tupelo Quarterly. i8. 15 Oct. 2015. Web. 
Future Publications:

None currently
2010

The Awesome Sauce Award from High Coup Journal, October 2010

2008

CUNY Brooklyn College Department of English: The Dean Myrtle Saxe Jacobson Award in Expository Prose, May 2008

2016

The 2016 Commencement Poetry Contest, May 2016