Wendy Cannella
Wendy Cannella’s poetry appears or is forthcoming in Balancing Act 2: An Anthology of Poems by Fifty Maine Women (Littoral Books, 2018), Crab Creek Review (Poetry Prize Semi-Finalist 2019), Mid-American Review, Mom Egg Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, RHINO, Salamander, and Solstice, among others. Her essay “Angels and Terrorists” is featured in The Room and the World: Essays on the Poet Stephen Dunn (Syracuse University Press, 2013). She co-edited the anthology Lunation (Senile Monk Press, 2019). She served as co-chair for the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Project board of directors and was named a Maine Literary Award Finalist in 2019. She lives in York Harbor, Maine.
Poems Online
“What Can Happen to Women and Men,” Painted Bride Quarterly
“Gala Dali Speaks Broken French,” Painted Bride Quarterly
“who spoke from then on,” Fogged Clarity
“on learning I have ESP concerning an old crush,” Fogged Clarity
“The Reappearance,” Solstice Magazine
“your messages,” HOUSEGUEST
Anthologies
The Powow River Poets Anthology II (Able Muse Press, 2021)
Balancing Act 2: An Anthology of Poems by Fifty Maine Women (Littoral Books, 2018)
The Room and the World: Essays on the Poet Stephen Dunn (Syracuse UP, 2013)
Honors
Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize, Semifinalist: 2019
Maine Literary Award, Finalist: 2019
Interviews
Interview with Laura McCullough
Reviews
“Finding the Body: On Laura McCullough’s Jersey Mercy,” Painted Bridge Quarterly