Jonathan Penton

Jonathan Penton founded UnlikelyStories.org in 1998. Since then, he has provided technical and editorial assistance for a number of creative projects and journals. His own poetry chapbooks include Last Chap (Vergin' Press, 2004), Blood and Salsa and Painting Rust (Unlikely Books, 2006), Prosthetic Gods (New Sins Press, 2008), Standards of Sadiddy (Lit Fest Press, 2016), and Backstories (Argotist E-Books, 2017). He lives in New Orleans, where he is currently working on an opera and a book of ekphrastic poetry. Photo by Leona Strassberg Steiner.

ABOUT OUR PARTNER

The Bayview Hunters Point YMCA

The Bayview Hunters Point (BHVP) YMCA serves youth and families through a variety of diverse programing opportunities. Disproportionately, BHVP residents face a multitude of challenging realities including health disparities, unemployment, foreclosures and neighborhood violence. Its Family Resource Center, on-site alternative high school, collaborations with the Department of Public Health, and our Teen Center are examples of how our YMCA addresses community challenges. Its Teen Center participants recently expressed an interest in becoming more active in solving community problems.

ABOUT OUR FUNDER

This project was made possible in part by a grant from The Creative Work Fund, a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund also supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.