Elana Bell

Elana Bell's manuscript Eyes, Stones was chosen by Fanny Howe as the winner of the 2011 Walt Whitman award and will be published by Louisiana State Universtity Press in 2012. Her work is recently published or forthcoming in CALYX Journal, Bellevue Literary Review, and Storyscape Journal. She is a recipient of grants and fellowships from the Jerome Foundation, the Drisha Institute, and the Edward F. Albee Foundation. Elana serves as the writer in residence for the Bronx Academy of Letters.