Ina Cariño Explained

Ina Cariño is a Filipinx American poet.^{[1] [2]} They are the winner of a 2022 Whiting Award for poetry,^{[3] [4] [5]} and the winner of the 2021 Alice James Award^[6] for her first poetry collection Feast,^[7] published by Alice James Books in March 2023.^[8]

Biography

Cariño has an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University.^[9] She has a BA in English literature with a minor in music performance on the violin from East Carolina University.

Their work has appeared in literary journals such as Guernica,^[10] Poetry Magazine,^[11] The Paris Review Daily,^[12] and elsewhere.

In 2019, Cariño founded a poetry reading series called Indigena Collective,^[13] a platform that aims to center marginalized creatives in the NC community and beyond.^[14]

Publications

• Feast^[7] (Alice James Books, March 2023)
• Reverse Requiem^[15] (Alice James Books, forthcoming 2026)

Awards and honors

• 2022 George Bogin Memorial Award^[16]
• 2022 Whiting Award for poetry
• 2021 Alice James Award
• 2021 92Y Discovery Contest winner^[17]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ABOUT .
2. Web site: Ina Cariño . 2024-02-21 . Sundress Publications . en-US.
3. Web site: Ina Cariño .
4. Web site: Sánchez . Fi O'Reilly . 2022-04-06 . 2022 Whiting Awards celebrate 10 emerging writers . .
5. Web site: Edwards . Sarah . 2022-04-07 . Two Triangle Writers Named Recipients of Prestigious Whiting Award . 2024-02-21 . INDY Week . en-US.
6. Web site: 2021 Alice James Award Winner Announced . 3 March 2021 .
7. Web site: Feast. Alice James Books.
8. Web site: Writer . Jameson Wolf, Staff . 2022-02-27 . Poet Ina Cariño explores ancestry in diasporas . 2024-02-21 . Technician . en.
9. Web site: 2022-04-07 . MFA Poetry Alum Wins Prestigious Writing Prize . 2024-02-21 . NC State News . en-US.
10. Web site: when I say hello to the oldest apples. Ina. Cariño. December 6, 2021. Guernica.
11. Web site: Ina Cariño. Poetry. Foundation. February 21, 2024. Poetry Foundation.
12. Web site: The Winners of 92Y's 2021 Discovery Poetry Contest. The Paris. Review. June 25, 2021.
13. Web site: INDIGENA COLLECTIVE. INDIGENA COLLECTIVE.
14. Web site: Cataneo . Emily . 2020-02-13 . The Indigena Series Centers the Margins at VAE . 2024-02-21 . INDY Week . en-US.
15. Web site: Reverse Requiem by Ina Cariño (Alice James Books). Alice James Books.
16. Web site: George Bogin Memorial Award .
17. https://www.92ny.org/insider/ina-carino