ET ALIA
BOOK REVIEWS
Palumbo, Rina. “Power and Justice in Post-Roe. v. Wade America.” Poetry Review of Dear Justice, by Jennifer Martelli. Ovunque Siamo, Winter, 2025.
CRAFT ESSAYS
100 Rejections a Year: Where to Start?, Okay Donkey Newsletter, October 2025.
Hard Drive to Hard Copy: Revisiting Your Writing in a New Form, Okay Donkey Newsletter, June 2025.
INTERVIEWS
talking about strawberries all of the time: The Art of Writing #100: Rina Palumbo. October, 2024.
Screamin’ Mamas: Let’s Talk: Meet Rina Palumbo. July 2024.
Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour: Dorinda Wegener and Rina Palumbo. July 2024.
Birch Bark Editing: InConversation with Jamie Zvirzdin and Rina Palumbo. February 2023.
READING EVENTS
The Prose Garden: Open Mic (ZOOM). October 19, 2024.
Switch Anthology of Microfiction: Book Launch (ZOOM). July 21, 2024.
The Hopkins Review: Portfolio on Walking. 2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles, CA, February 21, 2024.
Third Street Writers Open Mic Events, Various venues, Laguna Beach, CA, 2015-current.
Workshops and Residencies
Dorland Mountain Arts Residency (Temecula, CA)
Tin House Summer Short Fiction Workshop (Portland, OR)
TEACHING
Writer’s Bootcamp: Doing the work and Getting it Done. Winter/Spring 2025. Susi Q Community Center, Laguna Beach, CA. (with Marrie Stone)
Keep It Short: Writing Fiction and Creative Nonfiction in Flash Format. Fall, 2024. Susi Q Community Center, Laguna Beach CA. (with Marrie Stone)
Ekphrastic Writing: Exploring the Work of Joseph Kleitsch. September 19, 2023. Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA. (with Third Street Writers)
Third Street Writer’s Monday Writer’s Workshop. Laguna Beach Public Library/ Susi Q Community Center, Laguna Beach, CA. 2015-2025.
LITERARY CONTEST JUDGE
Festival of the Arts, High School Senior Literary Scholarship Judge, 2020-present.
National Parent Teacher Association, Reflections Arts Program, K-12 Literature Judge, 2018-present.
AWARDS
First Place (Adult). 26th Annual John Gardiner Poetry Contest. June 1, 2024.
Laguna Beach Library, Laguna Beach CA.
