Puma Perl

Puma Perl’s poetry and fiction have been published in over 100 print and online journals and anthologies.Her first chapbook, Belinda and Her Friends, published in 2008, was awarded the Erbacce Press 2009 Poetry Award; a full length collection, knuckle tattoos, will be published early in 2010. She performs her work in many venues, in and out of New York City, and was recently included in the Bowery Poetry Club’s yearly New Year’s Day Alternate Poetry Marathon. Upcoming features include Otto’s Shrunken Head Shout-Out, Cornelia Street Café’s Hydrogen Jukebox, as well as a book launch party at the Bowery Poetry Club, March 7,2010.She lives and writes on the Lower East Side and has facilitated writing workshops in community based agencies and at Riker’s Island, a NYC prison. She is a member of Harmattan Theater, a performance group dedicated to environmental and socially engaging theater.