Philly Poetry Chapbook Review is archived in four issues per year: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Journal updates are rolling, however, updated midweek, except for the Editor’s Note, which is published infrequently, as needed. Contents shown may carry over from past issues.
“Bashir’s elegant debut collection investigates identity as the result of choices between individual appetites and cultural frames. … [It] announces an exciting addition to the global chorus of contemporary literature.” Read D.W. Baker’s full review.
“Rebecca Foust’s new chapbook of poems has a strange prescience. … Foust isn’t alone in making the obvious connection between Trump’s first term and Orwell’s dystopia.” Read the full chapbook review by new contributor Rick Mullin.
“A thread of adulation for matriarchal spirituality and the lifegiving value of water runs through the collection. Its first poem pays homage to [Toni] Morrison.” Read the full chapbook review by Shelli Rottschafer.
“Todd Dillard successfully transgresses the unspoken cultural embargo on work that grapples with life during the COVID-19 pandemic in his new chapbook, Ragnarök at the Father-Daughter Dance.”
“Jill R. Burkey dares to question in her chapbook, The Two Hearts Inside Us, because ‘questions breed possibility.'” Read the full chapbook review by new PCR contributor, Shelli Rottschafer.
Poet Kate Colby discusses her latest chapbook, ThingKing, her creative writing practices, and her penchant for poetry chapbooks with PCR Editor Aiden Hunt in this interview piece.
Poet-scholar Aldon Lynn Nielsen shares about his work, his recent chapbook, and poetry in general in this collaborative interview piece with editor Aiden Hunt.
Check out new poetry books for the week of 6/24 from Carcanet Press, St. Augustines Press, University Of Iowa Press, Rising Action, Ayin Press, The Song Cave, NYRB Poets, White Pine Press & Deep Vellum Publishing.
Check out new poetry books for the week off 6/17 from BlazeVOX Books, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Driftwood Press, Black Lawrence Press, The University Press of Kentucky & Nightboat Books.
Check out our round-up of poetry chapbooks published in May 2025 by Ugly Duckling Presse, Glass Lyre Press, Finishing Line Press, Bottlecap Press & Small Harbor Publishing.
Check out new poetry books for the week of 6/10 from Lavender Ink / Diálogos, dispersed holdings, Main Street Rag, University Press of Colorado, Curbstone Books 2, Knopf, Red Hen Press & Alice James Books.
Meet our contributor, Sarena Tien, check out her recent work, and read about her writing life in her Contributor Q&A.
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