Isabella Mansfield of Howell has released a new book of poetry entitled “lemon.”
Mansfield was 12 when she was suddenly paralyzed five days before Christmas. In “lemon,” Mansfield expresses her grief and acceptance of her disability, as well as her mental and physical health. She reminds readers that “disability is not a skeleton to fear in your closet.”
You can order a copy of “lemon” from 2Dandelions Book Store in downtown Brighton by clicking here. (If you order by March 7, you’ll receive a signed copy.)
One of her poems — “Tulip” — is painted on a street in Copley Square in Boston, in front of the Boston Public Garden. Her poem is part of the “Raining Poetry” project of the Boston Mayor’s Office of Recovery Services, and is visible whenever it rains.
She wrote a chapbook entitled “The Hollows of Bone” in 2019, for which she received the Mark Ritzenhein New Author Award, as well as a Pushcart Prize nomination.
Mansfield has performed at various readings and open mics across the United State, as well as locations including The Oberon Theatre in the U.K. Her poems have been featured by “The Wild Word,” “Sad Girl Review,” “Liminality,” as well as in publications by Capsule Stories, East Jasmine Review, Augie’s Bookshelf, and Rebel Mountain Press.
