Ellen Doré Watson’s fifth full-length collection is pray me stay eager (Alice James Books, 2018). Her work has appeared in the American Poetry Review, Tin House, Orion, and the New Yorker. She has translated a dozen books from Brazilian Portuguese, including the work of Adélia Prado. Watson served as poetry editor of the Massachusetts Review and director of the Poetry Center at Smith College for decades and currently offers manuscript editing and workshops online.