Dr. Maya C. Popa is a Romanian-American writer and the author of three poetry collections: If You Love That Lady (W.W. Norton, July 2026), Wound Is the Origin of Wonder (W.W. Norton, 2022)—named one of The Guardian’s best books of poetry—and American Faith (Sarabande, 2019), winner of the North American Book Prize. Popa’s poems have been commissioned by major institutions and cultural houses, including the United Nations; the Grotte de Lazaret; and Van Cleef & Arpels. She is the founder of Conscious Writers Collective, an online platform for literary programming. She serves as the poetry reviews editor at Publishers Weekly and writes one of Substack’s top literary newsletters.
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