ABOUT
Elle Aviv Newton is a fourth-generation daughter of Oakland, California. She works as an editor, writer, curator and activist.
Her writing and criticism has appeared in numerous publications, on radio programs and podcasts, and was recently adapted for the stage. She has been featured on NPR, KPFA, East Bay Express, Ivoh Mag, and other places.
She is editor of Poets Reading the News, a journal for the poetics of current events. The journal has helped redefine the pace of the poetry world to match the speed and scope of the breaking news cycle. It highlights voices from all corners of the globe and publishes about urgent topics from politics to migrant detention, climate change to technology.
Newton's arts organizing developed at B4BEL4B Gallery in Oakland's Chinatown, where she has curated dozens of underground events, performances and art shows. She gives writing workshops, readings and talks in the SF Bay Area and beyond.
Her writing and criticism has appeared in numerous publications, on radio programs and podcasts, and was recently adapted for the stage. She has been featured on NPR, KPFA, East Bay Express, Ivoh Mag, and other places.
She is editor of Poets Reading the News, a journal for the poetics of current events. The journal has helped redefine the pace of the poetry world to match the speed and scope of the breaking news cycle. It highlights voices from all corners of the globe and publishes about urgent topics from politics to migrant detention, climate change to technology.
Newton's arts organizing developed at B4BEL4B Gallery in Oakland's Chinatown, where she has curated dozens of underground events, performances and art shows. She gives writing workshops, readings and talks in the SF Bay Area and beyond.
Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships.
— Charles Simic
— Charles Simic