* *Cara Benson is a poet, educator, sound artist, and activist. Her first full length book of poems, (made), was published in 2010 by BookThug. Protean Parade, her second book, is forthcoming 2011 with Black Radish Books. Benson is an active committee member of the PEN Prison Writing Program and teaches poetry in a NY State Prison. Her chapbook "Quantum Chaos and Poems: A Manifest(o)ation" won the bpNichol Award. Benson edited the interdisciplinary book Predictions for ChainLinks and is featured in the Belladonna Elders Series with Jayne Cortez and Anne Waldman. She edits the online Sous Rature and is a proud member of the Dusie Kollektiv and the Belladonna* Collaborative.
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