Bonnell, Paula

While a practicing lawyer, Paula Bonnell began publishing poems in such places as Southern Poetry Review, Manhattan Poetry Review, and Rattle. Her essays and book reviews have appeared in such publications as The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Christian Science Monitor, Boston Review, and The New York Times Book Review. Her awards include poetry prizes from Negative Capability, Kalliope, and the Chester H. Jones Foundation, as well as an NEA/PEN Syndicated Fiction prize, and selection by PEN New England as a Discovery writer. A native of western Pennsylvania who has lived in Minnesota, New York, T...