Billie J Maciunas

Billie Maciunas graduated from Brown University with a degree in comparative literature and from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill with a PhD in Comparative Literature. She became interested in Florbela's poetry after hearing her poem "Amar" sung by the Fado singer, Cidália, in Lisbon in 1979 and subsequently wrote her master's thesis on Florbela, titled "Reading Florbela Espanca: The Imaginary of the Mother." Maciunas lives in Altamonte Springs, Florida, writing poetry,...See more

Billie Maciunas graduated from Brown University with a degree in comparative literature and from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill with a PhD in Comparative Literature. She became interested in Florbela's poetry after hearing her poem "Amar" sung by the Fado singer, Cidália, in Lisbon in 1979 and subsequently wrote her master's thesis on Florbela, titled "Reading Florbela Espanca: The Imaginary of the Mother." Maciunas lives in Altamonte Springs, Florida, writing poetry, translating, and teaching. See less