James Penha

Listed as:

Poet, Fiction Writer

Public address:

Greenlot Sambandha M-32 Mengwi, Badung

Munggu, BA 80361

Email:

penhapoet@gmail.com

Phone:

1-845-943-4465

Bio:

A native New Yorker, James Penha has lived for the past 25 years in Indonesia, an archipelago and culture that has embraced and inspired him as a writer. He has been teaching creative writing and literature around the world for more than four decades; the results of his curricular innovations have been reported in books and academic journals. He also edits the online poetry journal TheNewVerse.News.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Twitter:

@JamesPenha

Born in:

New York City, NY

New York

Raised in:

New York City, NY

New York

Website:

http://jamespenha.com [2]

Prizes won:

Although Penha is primarily a poet (whose collection No Bones To Carry won the 2007 New Sins Press Editors' Prize), his prose adaptations of Indonesian and Asian folk tales have been widely published. A collection of these stories (Snakes and Angels) won the 2009 Cervena Barva chapbook competition. His original speculative story “By the Banyan Tree” is included in the 2018 Lambda Literary Award winning anthology His Seed.

Prefers to work with:

Any