Essays & Literary Nonfiction

Emma's writing has received various awards, including an honorable mention in The Best American Essays anthology, and fellowships from Phillips Exeter Academy and Lighthouse Writers’ Workshop. She is an alumna of NYU's MFA program, where she also taught undergraduate creative writing. Her debut book, Body Songs, is forthcoming from Penguin Life in 2027.

The Vocabulary of Illness, The Exeter Bulletin, January 2024

Impermanence, No Tokens, June 2024

Twitch and Bones, Phoebe Journal, May 2025

Translation, PRISM International, Winter 2022 (contest judge, Marco Gonsalez’s thoughts on Translation).