Corridor Zine’s Festive Cover and Collective Creativity

The last zine of 2024 is out a little early. I’ll be traveling and wanted to share it with the community. Look for its festive cover.

Super excited about this edition for two reasons. One is that the folks who contributed poems/art really don’t know each other. Yet, somehow they, through some sort of collective brain thingy, create a theme for each zine. December is no different. This month the poets shared thought-provoking work about life, death, and losing a loved one. Serious reflective stuff. The second reason I’m excited, more people keep finding the zine and sending us photos and comments. It’s pretty neat. I’m thankful for all the love and attention. More importantly, I’m thankful that it seems the zine is meeting its goal. The goal of Corridor is to connect with complete strangers. Constructive work touches an unsuspecting mind. There are many beautiful micro events in the world, and this is one of them.

Thank you from the bottom of our little paper heart!

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Linda Conroy, a Bellingham poet, and author of two poetry collections, likes to write about the complexities of human nature and our connection to the natural world.

Olivia is 7 years old and enjoys drawing with markers. Her drawings are often inspired by her favorite series Ninjago. She also loves ninjas, Legos and dogs.

Lynn Geri lives in Bellingham… dreaming of flowers that taught her about beauty and how a garden’s four corner structure taught her a way to seek understanding.

Ashok K. Bhargava is an award-winning multilingual poet; The founder and president of the Writers International Network Canada (WIN Canada); Community activist; Author of six poetry books and many poetry anthologies.

Duncan Shields is an animator, writer, podcaster, and performer currently living in Vancouver BC with his wife and daughter. He enjoys the rain and burritos, and he’s happy to be here.

Candice James is a visual artist, poet, musician and songwriter. She is a League of Canadian Poets and Royal City Literary Arts Society member and the author of 21 books.

J.I. Kleinberg lives in Bellingham, Washington, where she tears words out of magazines and stares at them until they turn into poems. Find out more at https://chocolateisaverb.wordpress.com or on Instagram @jikleinberg.

Nicholas Alesandro, poet, musician living in Bellingham. He has collaborated/performed with Village Books in Fairhaven, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Word Up! Community Bookstore and Poets House, NYC. He is currently working on his first collection.

Kathleen A. McKeever has published two books of poetry, available at Village Books or Bellingham Washington Public Library, “Lightbound” and “Body/Today.”

Nancy Canyon’s books: “Saltwater” (poetry), “Celia’s Heaven” (novel), and “Struck: A Season on a Fire Lookout” (memoir). Nancy teaches writing and painting in her historic Fairhaven art studio. www.nancycanyon.com

Betty Scott writes poems, essays, and short stories. She is currently focused on her 4th collection of poems and a poetic collection of essays.

Zach Hoyopatubbi is a Bellingham local who has been writing poetry for over two decades. With three self-published collections Zach writes from the heart on topics such as: love, travel, loss & happiness.

Shannon Laws is a poet and a two-time Bellingham Mayor’s Arts Award recipient. This is her second year publishing the Corridor zine.