Reach

by Janet E. Aalfs

Janet E. Aalfs was poet laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts from 2003 to 2005. She has poetry, fiction, and essays in numerous journals and anthologies, and has published several chapbooks. In 1996, she won Peregrine’s annual poetry contest. Aalfs is a 7th-degree black belt and the director of Valley Women’s Martial Arts: Institute for Healing and Violence Prevention Strategies.