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Philly 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.
Editor’s Note
Notes from Managing Editor/Creator Aiden Hunt.
- August ’26: Poetry Readers Wanted
Managing Editor Aiden Hunt shares about Philly Chapbook Review’s need for more volunteer poetry readers and a link to apply in this Editor’s Note for August.
Poetry
Poem Excerpts
(Chapbooks)
- Chapbook Poem: I’ll Never Look This Good Again by Douglas Piccinnini
- Chapbook Poem: Superbloom by Joyce Schmid
- Chapbook Poem: from Stray Hunter’s Bullet by Lance Le Grys
- Chapbook Poem: Slow Burn by Evan Wang
- Chapbook Poem: Found in the African Art Collection… by Rohanna Ssanyu
- Chapbook Poem: Offering by Richard Jordan
Original Poetry
- Two Poems by Aardhra Chandran
- Three Poems by Tanya Tuzeo
- Three Poems by A.R. Dugan
- Three Poems by Joshua Zeitler
- Two Poems by Irene Cunningham
- Four Poems by Joely Williams
Poem Excerpt
(Full-lengths)
- Book Excerpt: The Well by Robin Becker
- Book Excerpt: Love does not exist by Maria Giesbrecht
- Book Excerpt: She wants shimmering scales by Nicole Alston Zdeb
- Book Excerpt: Targeted by Frances Klein
- Book Excerpt: Passage by Paul Hostovsky
- Book Excerpt: The Egg of Anything by Paula Bohince
Chapbook Reviews
Our five most recent poetry chapbook reviews.
- ADHD in a Non-ADHD World: on Undersight by Alison Hurwitz
“[Hurwitz] shares moments of angst and moments of awe. More than that, there are moments of deep recognition. She sees herself in [her sons] and, in fact, receives a later-life ADHD diagnosis of her own.” Read the full chapbook review by new contributor, Nancy Murphy. - The Lines of Landscape: on Marie Scarles’ The Catastrophes
“Scarles’ choice of title points away from place, and toward the book’s deeper and more powerful offering: a changed way of seeing, one of the hallmarks of any successful poetics.” Read the full chapbook review by contributing editor, D.W. Baker. - Bodies in Transition: Sacred & Perishable by Carissa Natalia Baconguis
“There is a muscular intimacy to the ecosystem of these poems, each one of them creating as vivid a world individually as exists in the collection as a whole.” Read Gray Davidson Carroll’s full review. - Verses of Mourning: in the aftermath by Jessica Nirvana Ram
“[Ram] presents a revealing and heartbreaking collection that asks the reader to think about what they remember the most about those they have lost.” Read Alex Carrigan’s full review. - Multilingualism and Metaphor: On Desire/Halves by Jaia Hamid Bashir
“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.
Author Features
Feature articles and interviews about recent chapbooks.
- A Conversation with Abby Minor
Poet Abby Minor discusses her chapbook, Infinity Ballot, her Jewish-Appalachian heritage, and her convictions in this interview with new contributor, Julie Swarstad Johnson. - A Conversation with John deSouza
Poet John deSouza discusses his chapbook, This Rough Magic, his creative process, and the influence of John Ashbery in this interview with editor Danielle McMahon. - A Conversation with Lisa Low
Poet Lisa Low discusses her latest chapbook, Late in the Day, her relationship with her father, and the influence of Virginia Woolf in this interview with Contributor Saudamini Siegrist. - A Conversation with Chris Abani and Kwame Dawes
“We wanted something that was alive, highlighted an ever-expanding list of books by these poets, and that will hopefully survive the both of us and flourish under the curation of a fresh set of poets.” Read the full interview about the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook series.
Publishers’ Corner
Publishers’ Corner features articles about publishers, upcoming poetry chapbooks and full-length collections, and where to find them.
- New Poetry Titles (9/29/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 9/29 from b l u s h, Diálogos, Subpress, Button Poetry, TRP: The University Press of SHSU, Trio House Press, Roof Books, Tupelo Press, The Backwaters Press, Guernica Editions, Shanti Arts, Milkweed Editions, Copper Canyon Press & University of Pittsburgh Press. - New Fiction Titles (9/29/26)
Check out new fiction books for the week of 9/29 from Transit Books, Sundial House, Guernica World Editions, RIZE, Modern Artist Press, New Directions, Harper, Ecco, Summit Books, Algonquin Books, Bloomsbury Publishing, White Rabbit, SJP Lit, Peirene Press & Cardinal. - New Poetry Titles (9/22/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 9/22 from Off the Grid Press, At Bay Press, BlazeVOX [books], University of Pittsburgh Press, Faber & Faber, House of Anansi Press, Coach House Books, Hub City Press, Copper Canyon Press, Sarabande Books, McClelland & Stewart, Alice James Books, Brick Books, Milkweed Editions & W.W. Norton. - New Fiction Titles (9/22/26)
Check out new fiction books for the week of 9/22 from Game Over Books, Unsolicited Press, Burrow Press, Hachette Australia, University Of Iowa Press, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, The Lilliput Press, Trompe L’oeil Press, Rare Bird Books, Open Letter Books, UNM Press, Arcade, Manilla Press, Little, Brown and Company & Dutton Books.
Aiden’s Corner
Featuring posts from editor and publisher, P. Aiden Hunt, Meet Our Contributor posts, and other informal updates.
- Meet Our Contributor: Joshua Zeitler
Meet our contributor, Joshua Zeitler, check out their chapbook and recent poems, and read about their writing life in a Contributor Q&A. - Meet Our Contributor: Kimmy Chang
Meet our contributor, Kimmy Chang, check out her recent poems and flash fiction, and read about her writing life in a Contributor Q&A. - Meet Our Contributor: Nancy Murphy
Meet our contributor, Nancy Murphy, check out her chapbook and recent poems, and read about her writing life in a Contributor Q&A. - Call for Fall Poetry & Fiction Submissions
PCR is calling for submissions of original poetry and fiction from August 1 and September 15 for our Fall 2026 issue and beyond. Read this post for details!
