As the return of spring brings a breath of hope, my latest for the Valley Advocate: a touch of memoir tangled up with politics and science. * As a kid in Brazil, my dad was science-obsessed. When a teenager, he convinced his uncle to bring him chemicals so he could make them react in his …
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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, …
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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 …
I have a new chapbook of poems coming out from Finishing Line Press. Very exciting! The collection is called Water Street and explores the tension between freedom and domesticity. I spoke more about the book in this interview. Of the book, poet Doug Anderson, author of The Moon Reflected Fire, Horse Medicine and other books, …
Thrilled to have three poems included in this anthology of writers from the Pioneer Valley – the place the New York Times called “arguably the most author-saturated, book-cherishing, literature-celebrating place in the nation.”
I don’t think I’ve ever felt more passionately about a presidential election than I do this year. A part of why: Column in the Valley Advocate
As summer rolls to a close, I’m thinking back on its best moments. One highlight of the summer was my trip to England and Scotland, a three-week jaunt from corner to corner of the UK – from Eastbourne’s white cliffs in the southeast, to the black shale cliffs of Cornwall in the southwest; from the …
As the number of backyard and urban beekeepers surges nationwide, I visited a friend’s hives to write about honey bees. I also looked into the bees’ struggles with colony collapse disorder. But writing the article, I found that a still more urgent problem than honey bees may be wild bees. Honey bees, lovely and important …
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I talked with Bob Flaherty on WHMP about water, crumbling water infrastructure nationwide, and the responsibility of large companies like Coca Cola – which operates a large plant in Northampton MA – regarding payment to towns for their water use. An in depth look at Northampton’s new water sewer rate – WHMP Morning News The …
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New poem in The Cape Rock, issue 43 no. 2. A photo posted by Naila Moreira (@naila_fin) on Mar 27, 2016 at 10:36am PDT View larger here or on Instagram