Margo Perin

MARGO PERIN is the author of Plexiglass, a collection of interrelated poems about men and women sequestered in American prisons, jails, and ICE detention centers.

Book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwgezEcHTUI

The Opposite of Hollywood, her novel, tells the story of her childhood growing up on the lam through the US, Mexico, Bahamas, and United Kingdom.

Book trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=YQqqhVW_zy0&t=1s

Her other books include Only the Dead Can Kill: Stories from Jail, and How I Learned to Cook & Other Writings on Complex Mother-Daughter Relationships.

The poet of San Francisco’s public memorial, Spiral of Gratitude (collaboration with artist Shimon Attie) and a nominee for the Pushcart Prize, Perin has been featured in national and international media, including NPR, BBC News, BBC World Service Outlook, Poets & Writers,O, The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Press Democrat, Mexico’s El Petit Journal, Holland’s Psycologie, and on TV and radio. She is the recipient of awards from the San Francisco Arts Commission, Creative Work Fund, Poets & Writers, California Arts Council and Vintners Community Foundation. www.margoperin.com.