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Christina Baker is a writer and homeschooling mother living in Lafayette, LA, where she and her family are active in the Catholic Worker of Acadiana community. Her essays and poetry have been published in America, The Front Porch Republic, Ekstasis, and Joie de Vivre, among others.
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The Living Fire: Bringing contemporary Catholic poetry to teachers and students

August 10, 2025 Christina Baker 1

Poetry is a human exercise and throughout human history has been one method people have used to connect to others and to God. Though readership of poetry in the United States has grown in recent […]

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