Mary Bonina

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Poet

Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts US

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:
My Father's Eyes: A Memoir (Cervena Barva Press, 2013)

Poetry

Anthologies:
Vacations - The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (Outrider Press, 2006)
,
Voices of the City (Hanging Loose Press Project of the Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, & the Modern Experience, 2004)
,
City River of Voices (West End Press, 1992)
Book:
CLEAR EYE TEA (Cervena Barva Press, 2010)
Chapbook:
Living Proof (Cervena Barva Press, 2008)
Journals:
English Journal
, ,
Noctiluca
,
Off the Coast
,
Red Brick Review
,
Prizes won: 

Finalist for LUNCH IN CHINATOWN, chapbook competition: THE TEACHER'S VOICE: A JOURNAL FOR POETS AND WRITERS IN EDUCATION, 2008

Honorable Mention for "Going Away," memoir excerpt, University of New Orleans Study Abroad Contest, 2009.

Winner "Boston Contemporary Authors" UrbanArts/Arts On the Line public art permanent installation: granite monument with engraved poem "Drift" placed outside Green St. subway station Boston MBTA (Orange Line, Jamaica Plain).

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Irish American, Italian American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Worcester
Raised in: 
Worcester, MA
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Last update: Apr 16, 2014