Nancy Naomi Carlson

Nancy Naomi Carlson is a translator, poet, and essayist, having authored eleven titles (seven translated), including Khal Torabully’s Cargo Hold of Stars: Coolitude (Seagull Books, 2021). An Infusion of Violets (Seagull, 2019), her second full-length poetry collection, was named “New & Noteworthy” by The New York Times. A recipient of two translation grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, she was a finalist for the Best Translated Book Award and the CLMP Firecracker Poetry Award. Decorated with the rank of Chevalier in the Order of the French Academic Palms, she has earned two doctorates and is a professor of graduate counseling at Walden University. www.nancynaomicarlson.com