Laura Maffei

Laura Maffei is the author of DROPS FROM HER UMBRELLA (Inkling Press 2006) and the founding editor of AMERICAN TANKA (est. 1996), now an online journal at americantanka.com. Her tanka, free verse, and sonnets have appeared in a variety of anthologies and journals, including HOT SONNETS (Entasis Press 2011), MEZZO CAMMIN, THE NAUGATUCK RIVER REVIEW, and THE BEST OF THE BAREFOOT MUSE. She was a Michener fellow at The University of Texas at Austin, and directs the Writing Center at a private prep school.