Ellen Steinbaum is a poet and journalist.  She is the author of two poetry collections, Afterwords and Container Gardening.  From 2002 until February 2009 she wrote a literary column for The Boston Globe.  She now writes a blog, Reading and Writing and the Occasional Recipe, which can be found at her web site, ellensteinbaum.com.  She is also the author of a one-person play CenterPiece, which she has performed.

About PEN New England

PEN New England is an organization of writers and all those who love the written word. Our mission is to advance the cause of literature in New England and defend freedom of expression everywhere. PEN New England is one of five regional branches of PEN American Center, and part of International PEN, the oldest human rights organization in the world, and also the oldest international literary organization. PEN NE is honored to collaborate with the Marlowe Hotel and Porter Square Books to produce the PEN-Marlowe Reading Series, now in its fourth year. The monthly reading series is programmed by two PEN NE board members and award-winning authors: fiction writer, Edith Pearlman, and essayist/photographer, Emily Hiestand. For more information, visit the PEN New England website.