What's happening. . .
New Book & Book Tour, 2025!
- Variations in Blue publication date: March 18th, 2025. Order your copy! Also, check out the Events page for book tour stops!
- Adela has new work in Poetry, Huizache, and About Place Journal.
- Volcanic Interruptions received an Honorable Mention in The Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award category.
- The California Arts Council recognized Adela Najarro as an established artist for the Central California Region and appointed her as an Individual Artist Fellow.
The Latest
- Variations in Blue--preorder a copy today!
- Volcanic Interruptions combines my poems with Janet Trenchart's paintings. Order a Signed Copy!
- Read a poem in Poetry Magazine.
- Read a poem in the About Place Journal.
- Read a poem at Split This Rock.
- Read two poems in The Rumpus.
- Interview: Hive Poetry Collective
About
Bio
Poems, Interviews, & More
Poems, Interviews, & More
Adela Najarro is the author of four poetry collections: Split Geography, Twice Told Over, My Childrens, and Volcanic Interruptions, a chapbook that includes Janet Trenchard’s artwork. The Letras Latinas/ Red Hen Collaborative has selected Variations in Blue for publication in 2025.
Poems, Interviews, & More
Poems, Interviews, & More
Poems, Interviews, & More
Adela Najarro's poems have been published in numerous journals and anthologies. Here are a few online samples:
What Poetry Told Me in Poetry Magazine
Two Poems by Adela Najarro in The Rumpus
"Los volcánes de Nicaragua" and "En la voz de mi padre" at the Anacua Literary Arts Journal
From Jamii Press
Poems, Interviews, & More
From Jamii Press
In this chapbook, Najarro’s poems and Trenchard’s paintings dialog about the feminine as power and lifeforce drawing on vibrant earth energy so that the written word and image come together in conversation.
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