Meet Book Publishing Roundtable Guest Speaker: Poet and Travel Writer Elizabeth Fonseca

Elizabeth Fonseca is an avid traveler who has lived in such countries as Italy, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. Her poetry and prose have been published in the anthologies A Taste of Poetry and More Challenges For the Delusional: Prompts, Poetry, and Prose Celebrating 25 Years of Murphy Writing Workshops, and the Travelers' Tales series, among others. Her chapbook, This World, was published by Local Gems Press. The poems reflect aspects of the author’s experiences, observations and emotions while traveling and living in other countries and cultures. Her new manuscript of personal travel essays, Foreign Exchange: Tales of Teaching and Travel Abroad, expands on the themes of discovery of self and neighbor as one of travel’s gifts. A recipient of the 2017-2018 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, she teaches at Nassau Community College in NY.

Book Publishing Roundtable for Adults:

Travel Writing

f you are thinking about writing about your travels, either someplace far away that you always dreamed of visiting or discovering someplace close to home, please join us Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 7:30pm EST for our virtual conversation with Jessica Poitevien, Freelance Travel & Lifestyle Writer and Elizabeth Fonseca, Poet and Travel Writer.