Venue Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Homewood 

Date03/30/2013 

Time1:00 PM - 3:00 PM  

Event TypeReading 

GenrePoetry 

SponsorUnited Black Book Clubs of Pittsburgh  

Cost $0.00
 

Description and Reader Names: Hosted by Umbra/Pittsburgh Writers. Bonita Lee Penn, Dessie Bey, KL Brewer, Dave Jones, Cathleen Bailey, Lorraine Toliver and more.

Primary Contact PersonBonita L Penn 

Primary Contact Emailumbrapittsburgh@gmail.com  

Telephone412-418-2459 

Website 

Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Umbra-Pittsburgh-Writers/228799370593280 

Twitter 

Number of readers on program 

Is this an open mic event? No 

Is this a book signing? No 

Will author's books be for sale? No 

Address 17101 Hamilton Ave 

Address 2 

Address 3 

CityPittsburgh 

StatePA 

Zip15208  

Days/Hours of OperationSu - closed M 10-7 T 10-5 W 10-7 Th 10-5 F– closed Sa 10-5 

Primary Contact Person 

Primary Contact Emailhomewood@carnegielibrary.org 

Telephone412.731.3080  

Websitehttp://www.clpgh.org/locations/homewood/ 

Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/CLPHomewood 

Twitterhttp://twitter.com/#!/clp_tweets 

AuthorBonita Lee Penn 

Websitehttp://wordsrvessels.com 

Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/#!/bonita.penn 

Twitterhttp://twitter.com/TheWritingPenn 

Short bio: Bonita Lee Penn, a Carlow University graduate, in Creative Writing and Professional Writing. She is the author of several poerty books; Visiting Rooms and a chapbook The B Side. Her work has also been published in Voices from the Attic Anthology, Critical Point Journal, Taj Mahal International Review, and Crossing Limits: African American & American Jews: Poetry from Pittsburgh. She is the Managing-editor of the Soul Pitt Quarterly a local magazine, and a freelance writer for Mentoring Showcase based in Atlanta. She is also the facilitator of the Umbra/Pittsburgh Writers Series being held at the Homewood Library Branch of the Carnegie Library.