Eleanor Mammen

Eleanor Mammen was a Prison and Justice Writing intern at PEN America in the summer of 2019. She is currently a senior at Scripps College in Claremont, California, majoring in American studies. In her free time, she likes to write in her journal, read memoirs, hike, and cook.


Articles by Eleanor Mammen

Prison and Justice Writing
Monday September 16

Works of Justice: A Brief Interview with Poet Edward Ji

“Writing is not ‘resistance.’ This places counts me eight times a day, but does not know I’m here. Like winter, life does not care if you die. It is up to us to keep our souls alive, to light a flame.”

Prison and Justice Writing
Monday August 26

Works of Justice: An Interview with Poet Louise K Waakaa’igan

“It is through and with my writing that I get to be who I am, a multifaceted Anishinaabekwe with a voice and a story to share.”