Anna Goodman Herrick

Poet Anna Goodman Herrick (fka Anna Talhami) works at the intersection of spirituality, sacred words, and human rights. Her debut book, "A Speaker is a Wilderness: Poems on the Sacred Path from Broken to Whole" (Monkfish Publishing) releases Summer 2024 is available for pre-order wherever books are sold. She is a writer, poet, filmmaker, creative director and interdisciplinary artist, creating meaningful and inspiring content.

Anna has performed her poetry across the U.S., including as a guest poet at the Emily Dickinson Museum Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series, at the El Paso border for Artist Uprising with V (Eve Ensler), WBAI’s Radio Bloomsday featuring Alec Baldwin, and at the Theopoetics Conference. Her recent poetry is included in Rattle, The Los Angeles Press, The Ekphrastic Review, Hevria Magazine, and Ritualwell.

Anna has created work for television and branded content for Teen Vogue, Sony, ABC Family, Oprah Winfrey Network and MTV and shared her work at the Library of Congress the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and in film, stage, VR, museums and galleries nationwide, including creating interactive installations based on her poetry. She has taught and spoken about the relationship between spirituality and poetry at conferences and on panels across the U.S.