Bonita Lee Penn
Bonita Lee Penn is a Pittsburgh poet, editor, curator and author of the chapbook, Every Morning A Foot Is Looking For My Neck (Central Square Press, 2019.). Her work has appeared in JOINT. Literary Magazine, Hot Metal Bridge Journal, The Massachusetts Review, “The Skinny” Poetry Journal, Women Studies Quarterly, Voices from the Attic Anthology and her poem "When Lightning Rides Thunder Bareback" was the Solstice Editors' Pick for the 2018 summer issue of Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices. A writing workshop facilitator and graduate Interdisciplinary Instructor (Poetic Forms). Also, a curator of various poetry events, she is a member of the Pittsburgh Black Feminist Reading Group, sub (Verses) Social Collective, United Black Book Clubs of Pittsburgh and Managing Editor of the Soul Pitt Quarterly Magazine. She also performs with the New York based band Heroes Are Gang Leaders. Penn is also co-curator of “Common Threads: Faith, Activism, and the Art of Healing,” a Pittsburgh-based art exhibit that examines the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic priorities of women of varying faith traditions.