The land through native eyes

In my latest article for The Daily Hampshire Gazette, I contemplated the perspectives of indigenous communities on our relationship to land, partly in preparation for an author event on the same theme at the Forbes Library. Two summers ago, I visited the grasslands of southwestern Brazil. I stayed at a fazenda, a farm property offering …

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Comics & Graphic Novels

On October 11, comics luminaries N.C. Christopher Couch, Denis Kitchen, and Holly Black came to the Forbes Library in a event I curated as writer in residence, to talk about comics and graphic novels – the act of creation, the importance of the medium, and each of their working styles. I found their comments illuminating, …

NEPR Interview – Water Street

This summer, I was interviewed about my chapbook Water Street by New England Public Radio’s Karen Brown for her summer literary series. Summer Fiction: ‘Water Street’ by Naila Moreira “Naila Moreira is a science and environmental journalist who also writes poems. Her new book of poetry, “Water Street,” is immersed in the natural world. She …

Lament for the natural world

A brief review of Water Street appeared in the Daily Hampshire Gazette yesterday: http://www.gazettenet.com/Book-Bag-10943529 It appears alongside a review for new poetry by the talented area poet Michael Miller.

Adoring the fleet world

What struck me most about poet Ross Gay, during a Q&A at Smith College this afternoon, was his response to many questions: a huge smile, a pause, and then a thoughtful “I don’t know.” When people asked his intentions in any particular poem, and stated what they themselves had taken from it, he often answered, …

Frogs

A poem from my forthcoming chapbook, Water Street. It also appeared in the Naugatuck River Review. For the frogs – love their pale little alien selves. Just the poem this time for easier reading. Published in the Naugatuck River Review issue 16. #poem #poetry #animalpoems #naila_fin A photo posted by Naila Moreira (@naila_fin) on Nov …