REN KOPPEL TORRES

9/9/2021 0 Comments

"Antebellum // Postbellum": Counterclock mag

My poem, "Antebellum // Postbellum" is now published in COUNTERCLOCK'S latest issue! I love this magazine and I'm overjoyed my pandemic poetry found a home in their OUTBREAK column! I had a lot of fun writing "Antebellum // Postbellum" in regards to the form, because it is a reverso poem, meaning that it can be read starting from either the top of bottom of the page and have different meanings. You can read it here: https://counterclock.org/ren-koppel-torres.

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8/30/2021 0 Comments

"GOldenhair" in nymphs magazine

"I’ll preserve what is mine until I choose to cede because swimming in amber provokes the unknown..."

I'm so excited to have a new poem published in Nymphs! I'm so grateful that the magazine not only selected my piece for publication, they also did a beautiful job capturing the aesthetic of my words in their graphic design. I'm very proud of this! Please read it here!

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8/15/2021 0 Comments

"La Calle Vieja": Poem in Hispanecdotes

I'm honored that Hispanecdotes magazine has featured my poem, "La Calle Vieja," in their latest issue, themed "Fleeting Moments." I wrote this poem about my memories of my wonderful bisabuela. I'm very lucky that I was able to not just meet my great grandmother, but to be very close with her until she passed away when I was in fifth grade. A lot of my memories of my bisabuela are connected to her home where we would visit her in La Feria, TX, my maternal family's border-town, so I tried to imbue this imagery into my poem about her along with the legacy that she leaves behind. You can read the full poem on Hispanecdotes' website here: http://hispanecdotes.com/la-calle-vieja/.

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8/1/2021 0 Comments

"Tralfamadore" Published by inksounds

"You don’t know what I’d give to be charming sometimes, / but I’d rather drink bottles of / whatever substance oozes out of a clenched fist..."

My poem "Tralfamadore," named after Kurt Vonnegut's fictional alien planet, was published today in INKSOUNDS' inaugural issue of the poetry collective, POPPIES. You can read my poem here! I'm so happy to be featured in such a beautiful magazine. The other poets' pieces are absolutely amazing, so be sure to check out their poems as well in POPPIES and in INKSOUNDS' Gallery!

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6/30/2021 0 Comments

"A Portrait Of Preeminence" in The Hearth

My poem, "A Portrait of Preeminence," was just published in The Hearth magazine's seventh Issue! The Hearth Is a literary magazine devoted to showcasing teen creatives and advocating for mental health activism, and I'm so proud to be featured by them. Read my poem here: https://www.thehearthstories.org/archive/ren-koppel-torres.

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About me

Ren Koppel Torres has adored fantasy books since the dawn of time and started The Shadow in Her Pocket at nine years old. Ren was born in New York City in a Jewish-Mexican-American family and now lives in Austin, Texas. Ren is passionate about advocating for child literacy and is donating a portion of the proceeds from book sales to Bookspring, a nonprofit in Central Texas. Ren is also a freelance writer, a visual artist, a guitarist in a rock band, a succulent aficionado, and a high school student.

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"Antebellum // Postbellum": Counterclock mag

"GOldenhair" in nymphs magazine

"La Calle Vieja": Poem in Hispanecdotes

"Tralfamadore" Published by inksounds

"A Portrait Of Preeminence" in The Hearth

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