Paula Brancato

Paula Brancato is a second-generation Sicilian-American writer, poet and filmmaker. One of the first women on Wall Street, a McKinsey consultant, and planner for the World Bank, Paula is CEO of her own financial firm, adding to her unique creative voice. Paula’s literary awards include The Booth Poetry Prize, Danahy Fiction Prize, and Brushfire Poet Award. Her work has appeared in Kenyon Review, Mudfish, Bomb Magazine, Virginia Quarterly, Ambit Magazine, Georgetown Review, Litchfield Review, and Southern California Anthology. Paula taught poetry and screenwriting at USC and Stonybrook Southampton. She’s a graduate of Harvard Business School, Hunter College and LA Film School.

Buck Up, Fuzzy
And, here and there, a kiss
Her Grandfather