Aurora Masum-Javed

Aurora Masum-Javed is a poet, educator, and writing coach. A former public school teacher, she holds an MFA from Cornell University, where she also taught courses in creative non-fiction, short story, poetry, and composition. Her work can be found in various journals including Nimrod, Black Warrior Review, Aster(ix), Winter Tangerine, Frontier, and Callaloo. She has received fellowships from places such as the MacDowell Colony, the Millay Colony, Caldera Arts, Kundiman, Callaloo, Pink Door, BOAAT, and the Community of Writers. A recent Philip Roth Resident and Hub City Writer in Residence, she is currently working on her first collection of poems and living in South Carolina.