a poetry memoir
In this intimate and brave collection, poet Carvalho invites readers to walk with her from her days as a young immigrant, as she navigated challenging childhood events, to the calm that manifested when love entered her life. We feel the deep pain of her experiences and see how she learned the path to peace. What a blessing that she has opened up her heart to share her secrets with us!
—Diana Raab, MFA, PhD Author of Writing for Bliss and Lust: Poems
about jina
Jina Carvalho was raised by her grandparents in rural Portugal, before immigrating to Canada. She has a degree in Psychology and the Performing Arts and has performed in theater, poetry and dance productions in Canada and the United States. Jina wrote a full length play Birth in a Meantime which explores women’s experience of giving birth in contemporary life. She is currently working with a mental health nonprofit in Santa Barbara, CA. The Weight of Desire: a Poetry Memoir is her first poetry collection.
writing
Read Jina’s latest blogs, poems, and essays.
readings
Watch Jina read a selection of her poems at a live reading in Santa Barbara, California.