About

Newton is a writer, editor, arts organizer and poet based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Newton is Editor in Chief and cofounder of Poets Reading The News, the San Francisco-based media company that publishes creative writing about current events. 

Newton regularly leads writing workshops, presents at conferences and organizes literary events both locally and nationally. Her creative nonfiction and art criticism has appeared in print and online, on radio including NPR and KPFA, and was recently adapted for the stage.​ She graduated from Mills College in 2012 where she studied closely with Dr. Moira Roth and has degrees in art and history.

​Newton works as a copywriter and content strategist in San Francisco. Learn more here.

Upcoming Events

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New Orleans Poetry Festival 2020
16-19 April 2020

Elle Aviv Newton will host a panel talk with poets Yvonne Daley, Kim Harvey and Michel Krug at the New Orleans Poetry Festival.

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Northern California Poetry Festival
July 2020

Elle Aviv Newton will lead a 2-day writing workshop at the beautiful Mandala Springs retreat center in Lake County, California.

​See more events here.

"Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships."
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- Charles Simic