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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.
Editor’s Note
Notes from Editor/Creator Aiden Hunt.
- February ’26: Section Editors & Staff Wanted
Editor Aiden Hunt begins year three with a call for applications for section editors and other editorial and production staff in this editor’s note.
- February ’26: Section Editors & Staff Wanted
- December ’25: Pushcart Prize Nominations
- November ’25: New Staff, Issue Archive & Donations
- September ’25: Best of the Net Nominations
- July ’25: Poetry Readers Wanted
- April ’25: In Memoriam and Spring Poetry
Email Updates
Poetry
PCR features a new chapbook poem excerpt each month.
Featured Chapbook Poem
- Chapbook Poem: Found in the African Art Collection… by Rohanna Ssanyu
- Chapbook Poem: Offering by Richard Jordan
- Chapbook Poem: Aphasia by Robert Allen
- Chapbook Poem: Red Tide by Mary Gilliland
- Chapbook Poem: Two egrets at the edge of a tidal marsh by Rebekah Wolman
- Chapbook Poem: When I Was Straight by Dustin Brookshire
Original Poetry
PCR features the work of a new poet every other Thursday.
- Four Poems by Betty Stanton
- Three Poems by Mary Whitlow
- Five Poems by Colleen S. Harris
- Three Poems by Abraham Aondoana
- Five Poems by Amy Riddell
- Two Poems by Sandy Feinstein
Book Excerpt
PCR features a new poem from a full-length collection each month.
Featured Full-length Book Excerpt
- Book Excerpt: Targeted by Frances Klein
- Book Excerpt: Passage by Paul Hostovsky
- Book Excerpt: The Egg of Anything by Paula Bohince
- Book Excerpt: The Samadhi of Words by Richard Collins
- Book Excerpt: Rondo by Yamini Pathak
- Book Excerpt: American Girl: Fort Hood, 2023 by Thea Matthews
Chapbook Reviews
Our five most recent poetry chapbook reviews.
- 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. - What Happened? On You are Leaving the American Sector by Rebecca Foust
“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. - Life’s Lazy River Journey: On Tributaries by Aspen Everett
“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.
Author Features
Feature articles and interviews about recent chapbooks.
- 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. - A Conversation with Kate Colby
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. - A Conversation with Aldon Lynn Nielsen
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.
Publishers’ Corner
Publishers’ Corner features articles about publishers, upcoming poetry chapbooks and full-length collections, and where to find them.
- New Poetry Titles (2/24/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 2/24 from Lily Poetry Review, Seagull Books, Changes, Unsolicited Press, Host Publications, Mad Creek Books, Milkweed Editions, University of Arkansas Press, LSU Press, University of Georgia Press, Guernica Editions, University of Nebraska Press, The Backwaters Press, DOPAMINE/Semiotext(e), Restless Books, Texas Tech University Press, Tin House, University of Arizona Press, Black Lawrence Press & University of Pittsburgh Press. - New Poetry Titles (2/17/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 2/17 from Small Harbor Publishing, TRP: The University Press of SHSU, Diaphanes, Carnegie Mellon University Press, Tupelo Press, Flood Editions, University of Alberta Press, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Liveright, Alice James Books, University of Pittsburgh Press & Wesleyan University Press. - Poetry Chapbooks (January 2026)
Check out our round-up of poetry chapbooks published in January 2026 by Finishing Line Press, Bottlecap Press, Cyberwit.Net, Dancing Girl Press & Moonstone Press. - New Poetry Titles (2/10/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 2/10 from Etruscan Press, TRP: The University Press of SHSU, LSU Press, University of Pittsburgh Press, Milkweed Editions, Knopf, W. W. Norton, University of Arizona Press, Criterion Books & Curbstone Books 2.
Aiden’s Corner
Featuring posts from editor and publisher, P. Aiden Hunt, Meet Our Contributor posts, and other informal updates.
- Meet Our Staff: Danielle McMahon
Meet our staff member, Danielle McMahon, check out her books and some of her recent work. - Call for Spring Poetry Submissions
PCR is calling for submissions of original poetry from February 1 and March 15 for our Summer 2026 issue and beyond. Read this post for details! - Meet Our Contributor: Yasmin Mariam Kloth
Meet our contributor, Yasmin Mariam Kloth, check out her recent work and read about her writing life in a Contributor Q&A. - Meet Our Contributor: Alexandra Burack
Meet our contributor, Alexandra Burack, check out her recent work and read about her writing life in a Contributor Q&A.
