Anna Ross

Anna V. Q. Ross is a Lecturer in English at Tufts University and poetry editor for Salamander Magazine. She teaches creative writing and poetry through the Emerson Prison Initiative. Ross holds an MFA from Columbia University (2004) and a BA from Mount Holyoke College (1997). Her research focuses on contemporary poetry, creative writing pedagogy, and literary innovation.

• Education: MFA Columbia University (2004), BA Mount Holyoke College (1997)

Her poetry collections include FLUTTER,KICK (2022, Red Hen Press), IF A STORM (2004, Anhinga Press), and chapbooks FIGURING and HAWK WEATHER. Her work appears in Kenyon Review, Harvard Review, and The Nation. She has received prestigious fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, Massachusetts Cultural Council, and others.

• Awards: Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award (2020), New Women’s Voices Prize

Ross directs the Unearthed Song & Poetry series in Dorchester and engages in community-based literary initiatives. Her creative and critical work emphasizes accessibility, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the intersection of poetry with social justice.