I love to tell stories through poetry, novels, and translations — inspired by movement, belonging, and the lives between languages.
Assistant Director of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in Sicily: an intensive seven-day writers' conference held every September in Erice, an ancient, hilltop town on the western coast of Sicily. Featuring five workshops with six participants in each group, the conference provided a small group of writers with a concentrated and personalized Bread Loaf experience.
Founder and Director of Sotto Voce Poetry Festival (2005-2012): annual poetry festival that offered readings and workshops. Guests included Stanley Plumly, Peter Stitt, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Natasha Trethewey, Edward Hirsch, Michael Collier, Terrance Hayes, and others.