I am an assistant professor of English at the College of Wooster in Ohio, where I edit The Dodge, a quarterly literary magazine of writing, translation, and art on the environment. I received an MFA in Poetry from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD in English from Emory University, where I focused on women’s poetry and publishing practices in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands. My research and teaching emphasize Indigenous feminist perspectives that critique settler colonial structures and stress reciprocal relationships with the environment. Other research interests include publishing and small print culture; archival studies; climate change; militarization and nuclearization.

I was named a 2020 finalist for the National Poetry Series and a recipient of a 2024 Ohio Arts Council Award for Individual Excellence in Poetry, and my work has appeared in The Threepenny Review, Ghost City, The Shore, The Hopkins Review, and other publications.

Originally from the southwest, Arizona and Nevada, I currently reside in Columbus, Ohio.

Contact: marlo.a.starr@gmail.com