Mary BoninaA fellow of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mary Bonina was finalist for the Goldfarb Fellowshipand awarded several residencies, including one at theVCCA retreat, Moulin a Nef, in Auvillar, France. Previouspublications include My Father's yes: A Memoir and twopoetry collections-Living Proof and Clear Eye Tea, all fromČerven� Barva Press. Her poems and essays have appearedin The Lowell Review, Hanging Loose, Poets and Writers, Salamander, Mom Egg, Ovunque Siamo, Adelaide, and manyother journals, and her work has been included in severalanthologies, including Entering The Real World, VCCA Poetson Mt. San Angelo from Wavertree Press. Her completednovel, My Way Home, is on submission to publishers. Herpoem "Drift" won Boston Contemporary Authors/Urban Artsprize and is carved in a granite monolith, a permanent publicart installation in the City. Bonina has collaborated withcomposers of arts songs and new music, a sculptor, and herwork has been translated into Japanese. She received a fullfellowship from the Vermont Studio Center. A voiceoverartist, she has recorded fiction, non-fiction, and poetry forblind readers. She offers classes, workshops, conferencepresentation, and individual coaching for writers. Bonina hasbeen a long-time member of the Writers Room of Boston, where she served on the Board for more than a decade. Sheearned her M.F.A. in Fiction Writing from the Program forWriters at Warren Wilson College. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her website is www.marybonina.com Read More Read Less