Printable view of James Penha

Listed as:

Poet, Fiction Writer

Public address:

Munggu, BA

Indonesia

Bali ID

Email:

penhapoet@gmail.com

Bio:

An expat New Yorker, James Penha has lived for the past 30 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. His latest chapbook, an ekphrastic collection of poetry based on and entitled American Daguerreotypes is available for Kindle. Penha edits the online poetry journal TheNewVerse.News.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Twitter/X:

@JamesPenha

Born in:

New York City, NY

New York

Raised in:

New York City, NY

New York

Website:

https://jamespenha.com [2]

Prizes won:

Although James Penha is primarily a poet (whose collection No Bones To Carry won the 2007 New Sins Press Editors' Prize), his fiction as well as his prose adaptations of Indonesian and other 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. He has been a finalist in the 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, and 2024 Saints and Sinners Literary Festival Contests.

Identifies as:

LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

Any