Karen Mandell has taught literature and writing at various community centers and schools in Massachusetts.
VALLUM CHAPBOOK AWARD 2022 SHORTLIST
Each year we receive hundreds of entries and we are grateful so many poets trust us with their work. After much consideration, we are so excited to announce three finalists for this year’s Chapbook Award.
Nora Kelly | ENTANGLED
Winner of the 2022 Vallum Cover Award “Entangled” is a series of paintings dealing with the emotional and psychic landscapes brought about by the pandemic. In the artist’s own words: When the pandemic hit in 2020, the world quickly transitioned from “normal” to the unfamiliar: new rules, new information and new ways to live our […]
Robert Hogg | DELIBERATIONS AT KITSILANO POINT
Hands
on the iron rail
guarding
against the sea
Julie Mannell | I COULD BE SOMEBODY WHO SOMEBODY COULD CALL ON
I know what it means to feel sorry
I’ve been sorry
Tola Sylvan | JUNCTION FULL OF LIGHT
The relief of rainstorm. They were both happy
to see again. The court choir broke open
Alex Starr | WHORLD
It is a serious
responsibility
Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi | CHRISTMAS 20**
I don’t know who
or I pretend not to know
Jerry Prager | TAKING THE FERRY
From Hanlons to Centre I walk.
My parents were married on these islands, in the town