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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.
- November ’25: New Staff, Issue Archive & Donations
Read a note from Editor Aiden Hunt about our new Poetry Readers, the additions of an Issue Archive and a Contributor Fund, Fall poetry submissions, and Gaza.
- 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
- Jan. ‘25: Year One: What worked, what didn’t, and what to expect
- Sept/Oct ‘24: ModPo, Renewal, and Expansion
Email Updates
Poetry
PCR features a new chapbook poem excerpt each month.
Featured Chapbook Poem
- Chapbook Poem: Two egrets at the edge of a tidal marsh by Rebekah Wolman
- Chapbook Poem: When I Was Straight by Dustin Brookshire
- Chapbook Poem: The Seventh Age of Shakespeare’s Father by Scott LaMascus
- Chapbook Poem: August Peaches by Winshen Liu
- Chapbook Poem: The Blessed Knot by Li-Young Lee
- Chapbook Poem: I Worry by Flavian Mark Lupinetti
Original Poetry
PCR features the work of a new poet every other Thursday.
Three Poems by Alexandra Burack
- Three Poems by Alexandra Burack
- Two Poems by Gerald Yelle
- Three Poems by Bryana Fern
- Three Poems by Makena Metz
- Three Poems by Robin Arble
- Three Poems by Kristiane Weeks-Rogers
Book Excerpt
PCR features a new poem from a full-length collection each month.
Featured Full-length Book Excerpt
- Book Excerpt: Rondo by Yamini Pathak
- Book Excerpt: American Girl: Fort Hood, 2023 by Thea Matthews
- Book Excerpt: Landscape with footprints in ash by Selma Asotić
- Book Excerpt: Cheesecake Factory by Max McDonough
- Book Excerpt: Creating Space by Lisa Sewell
- Book Excerpt: Ars Poetica by Leigh Sugar
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 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. - Chapbook Round-Up: Climate Crisis and Showbiz Blues
C.M. Crockford interviews poets Rae Armantrout, Justin Lacour, and James Croal Jackson and previews their recently published or forthcoming chapbooks.
Publishers’ Corner
Publishers’ Corner features articles about publishers, upcoming poetry chapbooks and full-length collections, and where to find them.
- New Poetry Titles (11/11/25)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 11/11 from Unsolicited Press, World Poetry, Lavender Ink, Center for Literary Publishing, Curbstone Books 2, University of Wisconsin Press, BOA Editions, Alice James Books & Phoneme Media. - New Poetry Titles (11/4/25)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 11/4 from Texas Review Press, The Song Cave, Clemson University Press, Indiana University Press, Bordighera Press, White Pine Press, City Lights Publishers, Graywolf Press, CavanKerry Press, Green Writers Press, Interlink Books, Penguin Books & Harper Perennial. - New Poetry Titles (10/28/25)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 10/28 from Airlie Press, Ugly Duckling Presse, June Road Press, Marsh Hawk Press, Guernica Editions, Persea, BOA Editions, Black Ocean, Phoneme Media, Autumn House Press, Book*hug Press, Talonbooks & Omnidawn. - New Poetry Titles (10/21/25)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 10/25 from Milk & Cake Press, University of Chicago Press, Belle Point Press, Thirty West Publishing House, Zephyr Press, LSU Press, Lookout Books, Princeton University Press, Omnidawn, University of Pittsburgh Press, Athabasca University Press, University Of Iowa Press & Fonograf Editions.
Aiden’s Corner
Featuring posts from editor and publisher, P. Aiden Hunt, Meet Our Contributor posts, and other informal updates.
- Meet Our Contributor: Gerald Yelle
Meet our contributor, Gerald Yelle, check out his books, recent work, and read about his writing life in a Contributor Q&A. - Winter Call for Poetry Submissions
PCR is calling for submissions of original poetry from November 1 and December 15 for our Winter 2025 issue and beyond. Read this post for details! - Meet Our Contributor: Makena Metz
Meet our contributor, Makena Metz, check out her recent work, and read about her writing life in a Contributor Q&A. - Meet Our Contributor: Alex Carrigan
Meet our contributor, Alex Carrigan, check out his books, recent work, and read about his writing life in a Contributor Q&A.
