Catherine Marenghi

Catherine Marenghi is a novelist, memoirist, and award-winning poet. Her books include Unfurled: Love Poems (2023), the historical novel Our Good Name (2022), Glad Farm: A Memoir (2016), and Breaking Bread: Poems (2020). Catherine writes with a profound sense of place and a fascination with the power of house, home, immigrant experience, and family bonds.  Her poetry has won numerous awards, including two Academy of American Poets prizes, and her work has appeared in literary journals in the U.S. and internationally. The granddaughter of northern Italian immigrants, Catherine was born and raised in Milford, Massachusetts, an industrial town where she has deep roots. She is an active member of the vibrant literary community of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she has served on the board of the San Miguel Poetry Cafe and, with poet Judyth Hill, co-founded the Poetry Mesa, an international community serving poets and poetry. She holds an M.A., B.A. Summa Cum Laude in English from Tufts University, where she studied with Denise Levertov and X.J. Kennedy. She divides her time between Cape Cod (Massachusetts) and Mexico.