PEN Prison Writing Program fundraiser

Belladonna editorial board member Cara Benson also works with the PEN Prison Writing Program, which is having a fundraising event tomorrow at The Strand. Help spread the word and attend if you're in NYC! Monday, November 26 at 7:30PM The Strand Bookstore 828 Broadway (on the corner of 12th St.), New York City Join a panel of tremendous writers and actors, including Lili Taylor, Nick Flynn, Touré, Bryonn Bain, Staceyann Chin, and Eric Boyd for a reading of moving, award-winning prose and poetry from the PEN Prison Writing Contest. Proceeds from the event help ensure that PEN's Prison Writing Program continues to promote the restorative and rehabilitative power of writing by providing hundreds of inmates with skilled writing teachers, free Handbooks for Writers in Prison, and a forum where inmates are encouraged to use the written word.

Belladonna board member publication news!

Belladonna editorial board member Barbara Henning has a new chapbook forthcoming from Monkey Puzzle Press! Read more about it here.