Staff

Briana Cohen

Briana Cohen

Briana Cohen (she/her) is a recent graduate from Northeastern University, where she studied applied psychology and creative writing. Briana writes poetry as a means of better understanding the world inside and outside of her mind and body. She would like to connect...

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Meghan Odell

Meghan Odell

Events & Communications Coordinator, Northeastern Co-op Meghan Odell (she/her) is a third year English and Philosophy major at Northeastern University. Originally from New Jersey, Meghan has always had an interest in reading and writing, starting way back with her...

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Anthony Febo

Anthony Febo

Poetry Coalition Fellow (2022-23) Anthony Febo is a Puerto Rican poet, teaching artist, and new dad living in Arlington, MA. Febo has been performing and teaching poetry and theatre for over a decade in the greater Boston area. In the...

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M.P. Carver

M.P. Carver

M.P. Carver is a poet, artist and educator from Salem, MA.  Currently, she teaches creative and digital writing at Salem State University, and also works privately as an editor and teacher.  She received her M.A. in English from Salem State University, and her B.A....

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Crystal Valentine

Crystal Valentine

Crystal Valentine is a Black, queer woman from the Bronx now residing in Boston, Massachusetts. A former New York City Youth Poet Laureate and two-time winner of the College Union Poetry Slam Invitational, Crystal has been offered fellowships from Callaloo, Tin House...

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Daniel Johnson

Daniel Johnson

Daniel Johnson–a poet, educator, and veteran nonprofit leader–most recently served as the founding executive director of 826 Boston’s youth writing center in Roxbury for nearly a decade. At 826 Boston, Daniel helped deliver writing programming to more than 20,000...

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