TEACHING

Elaine is a member of the faculty at the Sarah Lawrence College Writing Institute, where she has developed innovative workshops in poetry, publishing, how-to-make-a-chapbook (bookmaking), and art writing. She has taught in numerous writing and arts programs in the U.S. and abroad, including Poets House, Arts Workshop International, and the Hudson Valley Writers Center. She has also served as guest faculty in the MFA graduate writing program at City College (CUNY), BMCC (CUNY), and the school of professional studies at New York University.

Elaine established a private practice teaching workshops online and in-person in 2013. Using a unique platform, now combined with Zoom, she teaches workshops for practicing poets, post graduates, and writers just getting started.

2 Horatio & Micro-Publishing

The journal, 2 Horatio, is a periodic publication named for her studio space in lower Manhattan.

An avid maker, for over twenty years, Elaine has been editing and publishing 'zines, hand-bound and perfect-bound chapbooks of poetry and art. In her first chapbook series, 7 Carmine, she published the early work of some of the best-known contemporary poets writing today. She is the co-founder, with Heather Sellers, of the collaborative micro-press Combine Books.

Elaine works independently with poets and writers to help shape their stories, poems, and manuscripts for publication. She has been a panelist, featured speaker, book awards judge, and lecturer on a wide variety of subjects including Bookmaking for Poets, Introduction to Text & Image, and Collage for Writers. 

For more information on teaching in your program, a private workshop, or manuscript consultation, please contact Elaine.