Miriam O’Neal’s poems and reviews have appeared in AGNI, Birmingham Poetry Review, Louisiana Literature, Southern Poetry Review, The Marlboro Review, and other journals. She is currently translating the work of Italian poet Alda Merini. O’Neal received a Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant for her multi-artist gallery show, Awakenings, and a fellowship from the American Literary Translators Association. She teaches writing at the University of Massachusetts– Dartmouth. 
Photo by Miriam O'Neal