Margaret A. Brucia has taught Latin in New York and Rome for many years. She is a Fulbright scholar, the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. She holds a Ph.D. in Classics from Fordham University. She has recently turned her attention to early twentieth-century New York social history.

Margaret is the author of The Key to Everything: May Swenson and New York, (forthcoming, Princeton University Press) which brings to light, for the first time, the existence of poet May Swenson’s personal diaries that have never been made available to the public. Her most recent work, with author Peter A. Amram is the biography Letters in Transit: A Gilded Age Saga, about the life of New York socialite Julia Gardiner Gayley and her illustrious cohorts in the early 20th century.

Margaret has published articles about prominent early twentieth-century New Yorkers, including May Swenson. Among the highlights are:

• “‘Are these not my streets?’: May Swenson, New York City, and the Federal Writers Project,” The Gotham Blog, December 7, 2021.
• “‘I have shoes to my feet this time’: May Swenson, New York City, and the Federal Writers Project,” The Gotham Blog, December 9, 2021.
• “Julie and Mary: The Private Letters of the Gayley Women,” an eight-part series published on The Gotham Blog, 2017.

Her other publications include, To Be a Roman: Topics in Roman Culture (Bolchazy-Carducci, 2007, 2009, 2016), and The Civilized Shopper’s Guide to Rome (The Little Bookroom, 2004). She revised and updated Veni, Vidi, Vici: Conquer Your Enemies and Impress Your Friends with Everyday Latin (HarperCollins, 2010).