Breaking the News
When the looming insolvency of my company came to light in December 2015, the news traveled—like…
by John DiMenna
John DiMenna has been released from prison.
John DiMenna was released from federal prison in May 2020. Since then, he has completed a collection of prose poems titled A DIFFERENT KIND OF HELL, a hybrid form of memoir IN SEARCH OF MYSELF, and is currently writing a long-form memoir titled WHITE COLLAR ELEGY. Selections from the above have been published in several literary journals. He resides on the east coast of Florida with his wife of fifty-two years and writes full-time.
More of John’s writing can be found here: johndimenna.com
and here: www.whitecollarjournal.com
When the looming insolvency of my company came to light in December 2015, the news traveled—like…
by John DiMenna
There were four phones in the camp. They hung like souvenirs of another era on a…
by John DiMenna
Like a dystopian movie, the airport was desolate from COVID, store fronts closed, every gate empty…
by John DiMenna
There were many lines at the camp. The meal lines, the shower lines, the pill lines,…
by John DiMenna
I love new beginnings. I’ve compiled a lifetime of them. But I have a blind spot…
by John DiMenna
When I arrived at federal prison, a minimum-security camp north of Boston, a muddled brotherhood was…
by John DiMenna
I’d be standing on the sidewalk outside my office, traffic teeming with cars, trucks, vans, and…
by John DiMenna
The first thing my lawyer told me to do was to write down the things I…
by John DiMenna
A Different Kind of Hell You can survive prison, and you can recover from prison, but…
by John DiMenna
THE THINGS I DID The first thing my lawyer told me to do was to write…
by John DiMenna
