Emma is an essayist, poet, writer of experimental forms, writing workshop instructor, and co-founding editor of A Velvet Giant, a genreless literary journal. She teaches multimedia/hybrid writing writing, poetry, and essay/creative nonfiction, workshops. Sign up is now open for “Rewilding: Nature Poetry” at Brooklyn Poets.
Emma’s writing has been published by TILT, Cobra Milk, Voicemail Poems, TriQuarterly, Barrelhouse Magazine, Milk Press, Juked, Metatron Press, The InQueery, Cherub Magazine, Glass Mountain, and elsewhere. Learn more on the publications page.
Her unpublished essay “Painmemory” received an Honorable Mention for The 2026 Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize. Explore the awards and recognition her writing has received here. She has also been a Brooklyn Poets Poet of the Week.
Emma has been featured in a variety of readings and panels: Learn more about her literary events here.
She has completed literary residencies at The Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) for Hybrid Writing and The Poetry Society of NY Pride Month Micro-Residency at Books are Magic.
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Emma earned her Bachelor of Arts in Writing with concentrations in Nonfiction and Creative Writing from Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY. She also minored in English Literature, Counseling (Psychology & Sociology), and the Honors Program and was passionate about editing the department literary magazine Stillwater (EIC 2016-2018). Emma graduated Summa cum laude and first in her Humanities & Sciences class.
After earning her degree, Emma worked as an Essay Writing Instructor for youth at Writopia Lab, 501(c)3. Emma still teaches multimedia and personal essay writing at tri-state area high schools upon invitation.
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From 2020-2022, Emma also co-organized and moderated In Conversation with Historians, a webinar panel series she established to discuss current social justice issues and history with Columbia University history faculty and graduate students, sponsored by the CU Department of History.