An active volunteer with her local non-profits, Wendell Hawken (she/her) earned her MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College's Program for Writers. To date, publications include two chapbooks and six full collections. In 2023, Hawken was named the inaugural Poet Laureate of Millwood, Virginia, an unincorporated, quirky village in the northern Shenandoah Valley where she lives. Website: wendellhawken.com

Issue 02
“Warmth Without Story” (poetry)