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.
“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.
“Glass Manifesto is a meditative collection of poems that call to resist the powers that move the world at times, or resign and offer oneself up to them at others.” Review by PCR contributor, Drishya.
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 3/25 from St. Augustines Press, Mosaic Press, Green Writers Press, Dzanc Books, Milkweed Editions, Arachnide Editions, McClelland & Stewart, ECW Press, Wesleyan University Press, Duke University Press Books, Goldsmiths Press, Beacon Press & Yale University Press.
Check out new poetry books for the week of 3/18 from Tupelo Press, Carnegie Mellon University Press, Zephyr Press, Acre Books, Milkweed Editions, Madville Publishing, Wayne State University Press, Fonograf Editions, Red Hen Press & Tin House Books.
Check out new poetry books for the week of 3/11 from Ohio University Press, Black Square Editions, Lithic Press, The Song Cave, Alice James Books, Green Linden Press, The Waywiser Press, Stephen F. Austin University Press, Curbstone Books 2, University of Chicago Press, Four Way Books, University of Arkansas Press, Brick Books, Roof Books, University of Pittsburgh Press, Bucknell University Press, NYRB Poets, LSU Press, Fonograf Editions, Wesleyan University Press, University of Regina Press, Red Hen Press & Nightboat Books.
Meet our contributor, Drishya, a writer and artist based in Kolkata, India, publishing under a single name to protest India’s caste system. Read about his writing life and other work.
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