FULL-LENGTH DEBUT POETRY COLLECTION:
OXBLOOD
Able Muse Press 
Available now through Able Muse Press, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, and other booksellers.

SELECTED POEMS, VIDEO, & REVIEWS

Dear Readers: (Content Notice) Nicole Caruso Garcia is a poet bearing witness. Thus in many poems, the subject matter is emotionally challenging or potentially triggering. #BelieveSurvivors #BelieveWomen #BlackLivesMatter #EndGunViolence    #Enough #Fem2 #Infertility #Metoo #NeverAgain #RapeCultureIsWhen #SandyHook #StayAlive #TimesUp #vaw  #WhyIDidntReport #WhyILeft #YesAllWomen        
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S E L E C T E D   R E V I E W S  of  OXBLOOD

OXBLOOD reviewed in Literary Matters, Issue 15.2
"For When the Days Seem Absent Any Answers": Poems of Skepticism and Faith, by Ned Balbo


F E A T U R E D   W O R K

Featured Poet in Mezzo Cammin: An Online Journal of Formalist Poetry by Women
“Active vs. Passive”
“After Performing a #MeToo Poem, the Schmooze Gets Awkward”
“The Gift of Fear”
“The ‘J’ Stands for Jackass”
“Landay #5”
“Nasty Women Poets”
“What It Was”


S E L E C T E D   V I D E O  

Carmine Street Metrics. Co-feature with Moira Egan. Garcia performs from 10:31 to 21:20. (02 APRIL 2023)

Rattlecast #169. Guest Poet. Host Tim Green interviews Garcia, who reads from her debut poetry collection, Oxblood. (21 NOV 2022)

FUMFA Poets and Writers Live #87: Guest Poet. Garcia performs from 9:36 to 33:30. (13 MARCH 2022)

FUMFA Poets and Writers Live #40: Guest Poet. Garcia performs from 10:31 to 37:38. (07 FEB 2021)

Rattle Poets Respond Live: Guest Poet. Garcia reads and discusses "The Year That Sorrow Shook Me by the Cuff" from 2:25 - 13:53. (12 JULY 2020)

Light Verse for Dark Times (hosted by Light Poetry Magazine): Garcia reads from 21:15 to 28:10. (virtual/online event, 31 MAY 2020)

VIA/Italian Americana: A Night of Poetry at the Calandra Italian American Institute: Garcia reads from 31:42 to 37:20. (05 APRIL 2019)


S E L E C T E D   A U D I O   W I T H   F U L L   T E X T 

PANK
“Stigmata” 

Rattle 
"Lockdown Drill" 
"Warning Sign" (nominated for Best New Poets)
"The Year That Sorrow Shook Me by the Cuff" (a cento in memory of Kim Bridgford)


S E L E C T E D   P O D C A S T S

The Poetry Space Episode #54. Hosted by Katie Dozier of the NFT Poetry Gallery and Tim Green of Rattle. Guests: Nicole Caruso Garcia, Joe Barca, Brian O'Sullivan, Christine Potter, and Dick Westheimer. Topic: "Revision." Listen at Apple podcasts or on Spotify. (Rec. 29 FEB 2024; Aired 01 MARCH 2024)

People & Their Poems. Host Sandy Carlson interviews Nicole Caruso Garcia in this podcast. (Rec. 04 FEB 2023; Aired 13 MAY 2023)


S E L E C T E D   P O E M S
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Antiphon​
“Capacity” Issue 13, p. 44 (p. 48 in PDF)
“Ode to Carlos” Issue 13,  p. 12 (p. 16 in PDF)

Atticus Review 
Review of Siham Karami's To Love the River

Crab Orchard Review 
“Annual Giving”
“The Pope’s Vagina”

DIAGRAM
"no ransom, no savior"

Light Poetry Magazine
“Anachronism”
"My Dirty Bedroom Secret" (nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize)
​"Nacho Body of Christ"
"A Ringing Endorsement"
"Tailgaters" (Beginning with lines by Marvell and Shakespeare)
"Taylor at the Super Bowl: A Dispatch from the Tortured Poets Department" (parody of William Blake)
"Twitter Permanently Bans Trump, Online Menace"
​“Wonder Woman as Rap Star”

Mezzo Cammin: An Online Journal of Formalist Poetry by Women
“Appraisal” and "On Desire" 
“Naming Names” and “Extension”
“Oxblood” and “Route 15: Daydream” 
and as Mezzo Cammin's Featured Poet
“Active vs. Passive”
“After Performing a #MeToo Poem, the Schmooze Gets Awkward”
“The Gift of Fear”
“The ‘J’ Stands for Jackass”
“Landay #5”
“Nasty Women Poets”
“What It Was

The New Verse News 
"Circus" (For Dr. Christine Blasey Ford who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee)  

ONE ART: a journal of poetry 
"At the Field's Edge"
"Doomscrolling"
"Easy Money"
"In Praise of Gray"
"Landay #4"
"Ghost Ship" (nominated for Best of the Net)
haiku: "junk food"
"It's Been Two Years"
"Prop Gun"
"Sijo for Two Sparrows"
"What Were You Wearing?" (nominated for Best of the Net)
"When They Called My Name at Graduation"

The Orchards Poetry Journal
“All Things Lost” (nominated for the Pushcart Prize)
“Dear Reader" 
“Embrace”

Plume
"By the Numbers" and author's note in The Poets Speak feature

RHINO
"Trigger Warning"

Sonora Review
"Is This Your Cow?" After 100 days learning German on Duolingo.com (selected by Kaveh Akbar for Best New Poets 2021)

Tupelo Quarterly
"The Exterminator"