Kenneth Brydon

As much as I’ve been honored to connect and work with such literary greats as Joyce Carol Oates, Tobias Wolff, and Junot Diaz, without the comitted presence of the Brothers in Pen writing instructor, Zoe Mullery, and her mentoring, this wouldn’t happen. My gratitude is deep to her, to the above greats, and to Patten University Project for its support and direction.


Articles by Kenneth Brydon

Thursday June 7

San Quentin, July 4th, 1975

I stabbed with my right fist, coming up to the imaginary point of my opponent’s chin. The “clack” of the cell doors being unlocked came closer. I bobbed, ducking his counter punch, weaved and threw a left, right combination. My feet, shod in flimsy shower shoes, sounded as if they were sanding the floor with