A poet and essayist originally from New York City, Emma is the author of the poetry collections Preferred Internal Landscape (Ornithopter, 20205) and The Real World (BlazeVOX Books, 2022) and translator of A Failed Performance: Short Plays & Scenes by Daniil Kharms (Plays Inverse, 2018). She has a BA in Russian History & Literature from Harvard, an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and a PhD in Literature from the University of California Santa Cruz. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, The Drift, ZYZZYVA, Fence, DIAGRAM, and elsewhere. She’s currently a Teaching Professor in English at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.
She’s also the co-author of The Complete College Essay Handbook, and works one-on-one with a select group of students on their college application essays each year.
