Paula Bonnell, a native of western Pennsylvania, studied literature in Minnesota, New York, and Texas. She moved to Boston, earned a J.D., practiced law, and began publishing poems. Her collections are Before the Alphabet, a story of kindergarten in free verse, Message, including the “Eurydice” sequence, and Airs & Voices, winner of the John Ciardi Prize. In the PEN Syndicated Fiction Project, newspapers in Chapel Hill and Kansas City published her fiction. Bonnell is a PEN New England Discovery writer. Last April, she attended the two most interesting poetry events she found in Poets & Writers’ local listings, one being a Chapter and Verse reading.

More information and event details here: http://www.jamaicapondpoets.com/page6.php. Includes map and info on free parking.