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Raina J. Leon is an Afro-Latina poet with over 50 publications in various journals. She is a member of the Carolina African American Writer Collective. Leon is also a Cave Canem graduate fellow, CantoMundo fellow, and a Macondo fellow. Her books have been nominated for the Cave Canem First Book Poetry Prize, the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize, and the Naomi Long Madgett Prize. She has received fellowships and residencies from various institutions. Leon is the founding editor of The Acentos Review, and an associate professor of education at Saint Mary’s College of California.

Life
Leon grew up surrounded by religion, so some of that can be seen in her poetry. In her first book, Canticle of Idols, she has various poems in which she incorporates biblical references. Her mother is African American, her father is Puerto Rican, and she was born and raised in Philadelphia. She has been a writer since she was a child. From the age of eight, she’s kept a journal, and she has a very visual memory. Since she is mixed, growing up was difficult because people questioned her race. These experiences, among other things, helped to inspire the stories told through poems in her second book, Boogeyman Dawn.

Leon has received fellowships and residencies with Macondo, Cave Canem, CantoMundo, Montana Artists Refuge, the Macdowell Colony, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Vermont Studio Center, the Tyrone Guthrie Center in Annaghmakerrig, Ireland and Ragdale. She taught military dependents in Bamberg, Germany in the Department of Defense Education Activity for three years before becoming an associate Professor at St. Mary’s College of California. She got her Bachelors in Journalism from Pennsylvania State University in 2003, her Masters in Teaching of English from Teachers College Columbia University in 2004, her second Masters in Educational Leadership from Framingham State University in 2014 and her Doctorates in Education under the Culture, Curriculum and Change strand at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill in 2010. She completed her Master of Fine Arts in Poetry at Saint Mary’s College of California in 2016. She’s currently married to Matteo Monchiero, who she married in October of 2015.

Literary Contributions
Leon is the founding editor of The Acentos Review. This is an international journal that focuses on promoting and publicizing LatinX arts. In 2013, she was named a West Catholic Preparatory Hall of Fame honoree. In 2015 she was a recipient of the SMC Provost Research Grant, in 2016 an SMC Faculty Early Career Awardee, in 2016 a recipient of the CILSA Engaged Faculty Award, and in 2017 a recipient of the Saint John Baptist de la Salle Faculty Service Award from the Saint Mary’s College of California Alumni Association.

Works
Books – Poetry Collections

León, Raina, J. Profeta Without Refuge. Oakland, CA: Nomadic Press (Chapbook), September 2016

León, Raina, J. Sombra: Dis(locate). Ireland: Salmon Poetry, February 2016

León, Raina, J. Boogeyman Dawn. Ireland: Salmon Poetry, October 2013

León, Raina, J. Canticle of Idols. Cincinnati, OH: Wordtech Communications. Inc., 2008

Articles León, R. J., & Thomas, N. D. “Critical Race Theory and the Cultivation, Mentorship and Retention of Black Women Faculty.” American International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2016, 2(1), 1-16. León, R. J. “Fight or Flight: An Account of a Professor's First Year Obsession”. Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2014, 24(1), 20-25. León, R. “Am I a Lasallian Educator?: Lessons from Home. José Cervantes”. Educational Perspectives, 2013 Thomas, N. D., & León, R. J. “Breaking barriers: Using poetry as a tool to enhance diversity understanding with youth and adults.”. Journal of Poetry Therapy, 2012, 25(2), 83-93. Poetry Fiction Nonfiction
 * 1)        León, R. J. “Comfort Woman”. New Madrid. 2016.
 * 2)        León, R. J. “Poet in Hermitage from Whiteness”. New Madrid. 2016.
 * 3)        León, R. J. “When Your Mother is God”. Torch: Poetry, Prose and Short Stories by African American Women. 2016. Web
 * 4)        León, R. J. “Vessel Strut”. Torch: Poetry, Prose and Short Stories by African American Women. 2016.
 * 5)        León, R. J. “Salvage Yard”. Torch: Poetry, Prose and Short Stories by African American Women. 2016.
 * 6)        León, R. J. “Poet: Rigor Mortis, Zombies and Dehumanization”. Aster. 2016.
 * 7)        León, R. J. “Archangel”. Monday Night. Fall 2015.
 * 8)        León, R. J. “Villanelle to Blink Pastique”. Monday Night. Fall 2015.
 * 9)        León, R. J. “Vial Two”. Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora. Fall 2015
 * 10)       León, R. J. “After the Cinema”. Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora. Fall 2015.
 * 11)       León, R. J. “”Olir” and “Mire””. Fourteen Hills. Dec. 2015.
 * 12)       León, R. J. “All That Time, Waiting to Bloom”. Remembering the Days that Breathed Pink. Edited by Nicole Borello. San Jones, CA: Quaci Press, 2015.
 * 13)       León, R. J. “A Place to Press Roses”. Remembering the Days that Breathed Pink. Edited by Nicole Borello. San Jose, CA: Quaci Press, 2015.
 * 14)       León, R. J. “Madrina”. Remembering the Days that Breathed Pink. Edited by Nicole Borello. San Jose, CA: Quaci Press, 2015.
 * 15)       León, R. J. “How to Live Forever”. Remembering the Days that Breathed Pink. Edited by Nicole Borello. San Jose, CA: Quaci Press, 2015.
 * 16)       León, R. J. “What to Do”. Remembering the Days that Breathed Pink. Edited by Nicole Borello. San Jose, CA: Quaci Press, 2015.
 * 17)       León, R. J. “Querencia”. Mrs. Dalloway’s (Berkeley) Limited Edition Poem Series (run of 3000). 2015.
 * 18)       León, R. J. “Eden”. Eleven and a Half. 2015.
 * 19)       León, R. J. “Genocide Bop”. Eleven Eleven. 2015.
 * 20)       León, R. J. “Every(where)”. Eleven Eleven. 2015.
 * 21)       León, R. J. “Portrait of a Landscape”. Saint Mary’s College of California Journal. 2014.
 * 22)       León, R. J. “Tango Criollo”. Black Gold Anthology. Edited by  Ja A. Jahannes. Turner Mayfield Publishing, 2014.
 * 23)       León, R. J. “Calypso and the DJ”. Black Gold Anthology. Edited by Ja. A. Jahannes. Turner Mayfield Publishing. 2014.
 * 24)       León, R. J. “Querencia”. Acentos Review. 2014. Web.
 * 25)       León, R. J. “Ferguson: Here, Everywhere”. Somos en Escrito. 2014.
 * 26)       León, R. J. “Roundtable for Poetry Society of America”. Poetry Society of America. 2013. Web.
 * 27)       León, R. J. “Between the Sea and Prayer”. Omniverse Journal. 2012. Web.
 * 28)       León, R. J. “Little Swift”. Feile-Fiesta Journal. 2011.
 * 29)       León, R. J. “Cemberlitas Hamami”. Damazine. Syria. 2011.
 * 30)       León, R. J. “Monologue of Shallow River”. Mandala Journal. University of Georgia. 2010.
 * 31)       León, R. J. “Looking Glass: Isis / Osiris”. Mandala Journal. University of Georgia. 2010.
 * 32)       León, R. J. “All Around, He’s There”. Connotation Press Journal. 2010.
 * 33)       León, R. J. “An Owl Questions with a Human Face”. Connotation Press. 2010.
 * 34)       León, R. J. “Persephone Returns”. Connotation Press Journal. 2010.
 * 35)       León, R. J. “Phoebe”. Connotation Press Journal. 2010.
 * 36)       León, R. J. “Elective”. Connotation Press Journal. 2010.
 * 37)       León, R. J. “Brujeria”. Contrary Press Journal. 2010.
 * 38)       León, R. J. “Exotic”. Danse Macabre Journal. 2010.
 * 39)       León, R. J. “Exotic”. The Journal. England. 2010.
 * 40)       León, R. J. “Funk”. Packinghouse Review Journal. 2010.
 * 41)       León, R. J. “Journal”. Packinghouse Review Journal. 2010.
 * 42)       León, R. J.  “Detention in a Casket”. Packinghouse Review Journal. 2010.
 * 43)       León, R. J. “The Rising”. Magma Journal. England. 2010.
 * 44)       León, R. J. “The Disappearance of Fireflies”. The Externalist Journal. 2009.
 * 45)       León, R. J. “Appalachian Scenes in a Family’s Life”. Sixers Review. 2009. Web.
 * 46)       León, R. J. “Lately I’ve Grown Accustomed”. Sixers Review. 2009. Web.
 * 47)       León, R. J. “On the Football Field”. Sixers Review. 2009. Web.
 * 48)       León, R. J. “The Pistol’s Confession”. Bosphorus Arts Project Quarterly. 2009. Web.
 * 49)       León, R. J. “To Survive”. Verdad Magazine. 2009. Web.
 * 50)       León, R. J. “Beyond Edible”. Verdad Magazine. 2009. Web.
 * 51)       León, R. J. “Vox Populi”. Verdad Magazine. 2009. Web.
 * 52)       León, R. J. “Face”., Holly Rose Review. 2009. Web.
 * 53)       León, R. J. “Philomela Teaches a Child to Sew”. Poem, Memoir, Story Journal. 2008.
 * 54)       León, R. J. “Student-Inmate”. African American Review. June 22 2008.
 * 55)       León, R. J. “To Josephine from Napoleon, Black and White”. African American Review. 2008.
 * 56)       León, R. J. “A (Second) to Consider (Generations)”. OCHO. 2008. Print companion.
 * 57)       León, R. J. “Psychomachia”. OCHO. 2008. Print companion.
 * 58)       León, R. J. “Want”. The Cherry Blossom Review. 2008.
 * 59)       León, R. J. “Haiku”. Minglewood. 2008.
 * 60)       León, R. J. “GED”. Spindle Magazine. 2007.
 * 61)       León, R. J. “Paranoid, I Live”. Womb. 2007. Web.
 * 62)       León, R. J. “Sisterly Advice”. Womb. 2007. Web.
 * 63)       León, R. J. “Wolf Rock School”. Womb. 2007. Web.
 * 64)       León, R. J. “How We Sleep on the Nights When It Rains”. Black Arts Quarterly. 2007
 * 65)       León, R. J. “Spanish Interpreter Certificate”. Black Arts Quarterly. 2007
 * 66)       León, R. J. “The Mouths of Babes”. Boxcar Poetry Review. 2007. Web.
 * 67)       León, R. J. “Tracks”. In the People’s Hands. 2007.
 * 68)       León, R. J. “The Hidden Face of the Moon”. In the People’s Hands. 2007.
 * 69)       León, R. J. “Left Behind”. In the People’s Hands. 2007
 * 70)       León, R. J. “The Meaning of Sarah”. In the People’s Hands. 2007.
 * 71)       León, R. J. “Christ and Magdalene (with quotations from Wuthering Heights)”. Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating     Cave Canem’s First Decade. Edited by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady. University of Michigan Press, 2006.
 * 72)       León, R. J. “Conversacion”. Salt Hill Journal. 2006.
 * 73)       León, R. J. “Over Café”. Poetic Voices Without Borders. Edited by Robert L. Giron. Arlington, VA: Gival Press, LLC, 2005
 * 74)       León, R. J. “Lesson”. Farmhouse Magazine. 2005. Web.
 * 75)       León, R. J. “Voz: Sweet Child”. Furnace Review. 2005. Web.
 * 76)       León, R. J. “Voz: Mamá”. Furnace Review. 2005. Web.
 * 77)       León, R. J. “After the Bloody Gown”. Cave Canem Anthology (VIII), 2003
 * 1)        León, R. J. “Albert Remembered”. The Osprey Journal, Scotland. 2009. Web.
 * 2)        León, R. J. “Sisters”, Novel Excerpt. Torch. 2007. Web.


 * 1)        León, R. J. “Micro-essay on Fear”. Kenyon Review. October 2015. Web.
 * 2)        León, R. J. “Dragon Spine Girl”. The Packinghouse Review Journal. 2012.
 * 3)        León, R. J. “Interview with Verso and Flor”. The Acentos Review Journal. 2012. Web.
 * 4)        León, R. J. “Latino Round Table”. Poetry Society of America. 2011. Web.
 * 5)        León, R. J. “Inside Out: Paul Martinez Pompa’s My Kill Adore Him and Julia’s Story Post Moxie”. Post No Ills. 2011. Web.
 * 6)        León, R. J. “View of the World: Germany”. The Crisis Magazine. 2011.
 * 7)        León, R. J. “Running Man: A Review of Christian Campbell’s Running the Dusk”. Post No Ills. 2010. Web.
 * 8)        León, R. J. “Costa Rica”. Come Bien Press. 2009.
 * 9)        León, R. J. “Poetry, Hip Hop and Global Revolutions”. Words, Beats and Life Journal. 2005