Olga-Maria Cruz is a published poet and essayist whose work explores faith, grief, embodiment, and the textures of ordinary life.

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Book

A Philosopher Speaks of Rivers — Poetry chapbook, Finishing Line Press, 2005

 

Poems

"SDF: Semper Fi" · "Questions for Srojan" — Chautauqua, 2022

"Xiouyou has a window" · "Aoife has wandered" · "I'm curious" — The Louisville Review, 2022

"Do you ever ride…?" — Pen & Brush, 2019"The One Making Toast" — Bellevue Literary Review, 2018

"Tuesday" · "Little Circe" — Limestone · Poetry East, 2007

"Drinking In the Wind" · "30 Dec" · "Kennen/Wissen" — Ars Interpres, 2006

"Love Buzz" · "Pillow Book" — The Chaffin Journal · Poetry East, 2005

 

Essays 

"Fasting: a Diptych" — Carolina Quarterly, Spring 2021

"Remain Silent: One Woman's Experience in Louisville's Baptist Churches" — The Louisville Anthology, ed. Erin Keane, Belt Publishing, 2020

"Salvaging Parts" — Same Time Next Week, ed. Lee Gutkind, In Fact Books, 2015

"Hospitality No Hardship" — Louisville Courier-Journal, 2012