About the Interviewee

Ellen Doré Watson is the author of five books of poems: Ladder Music, We Live in Bodies, This Sharpening, Dogged Hearts and most recently pray me stay eager, released in January 2018. Watson has also translated twelve books from the Brazilian Portuguese, including works by the acclaimed poet Adélia Prado. Since 1999, Watson has been the director of the poetry center at Smith College. She also serves as the poetry and translation editor of the Massachusetts Review.