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Gabriella Souza

Gabriella Souza’s work has appeared or is upcoming in the Best Small Fictions 2022 anthology, North American Review, USA Today, PS (formerly Popsugar), The Rumpus, Cleaver, and Litro, among others. She received fellowships and scholarships from The Community of Writers, Disquiet International Literary Program, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and she won the 2020 San Miguel Writersâ€™ Conference Writing Contest. She lives in Baltimore with her husband and their dog and two cats, and when she’s not writing, she enjoys Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and improv dance.

Interviews

Gabriella Souza

Oct 16, 2024

Clawing Our Way Toward Delight: A Conversation with Lyndsay Rush

This is not a lifetime achievement, it’s just my first collection of some poems that I love. And hopefully, there will be more.

Interviews

Gabriella Souza

Aug 7, 2023

The Poems Are a Part of How I’m Living: A Conversation with Edgar Kunz

The poems help me to see that, for the most part, I’m just doing my best, even when my best isn’t very good and I’m confused and flailing around.

Features & Reviews, Interviews, Rumpus Original

Gabriella Souza

Dec 21, 2022

How to Write an Honest Memoir: A Conversation with Evette Dionne

I don’t ever do anything from a place of fear—which is an odd place for me to be in because I have anxiety—but I have to [step into places of discomfort] because that’s where growth happens. If you’re comfortable, you’re…

Features & Reviews, Interviews, Rumpus Original

Gabriella Souza

Apr 4, 2022

The Subconscious Repository of Weird Things: A Conversation with Ananda Lima

Poetry allows me to say the thing without a million conjectures. It leaves a lot of space and allows words to resonate and connect without me having to take you there . . . because of the conventions of poetry,…