Dear Readers,
Welcome to the January/February 2024 issue of the Philly Poetry Chapbook Review, our beginning!
You might notice that, unlike many literary magazines, we don’t publish all new content at the beginning of an issue. While our content is archived with the issue in which it appeared, I prefer to publish new posts on a weekly schedule. Every Tuesday, we’ll give you a preview of the poetry books publishing in the next week. Since we love poetry, we include both chapbooks and full-length collections in this feature of the Publisher’s Corner blog section. The blog side also features short reviews and advice for writers. We publish new long form reviews, craft essays, and other journal content, like author features and interviews, on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
For our first issue so far, we have three pieces reviewing seven chapbooks. First up is an essay I wrote reviewing recent Rattle Chapbook Prize winners from Arthur Russell and CooXooEii Black. Contributor Mike Bagwell reviews Juliet Cook’s Your Mouth is Moving Backwards (Ethel, 2023). And from C.M. Crockford, we’ll have a piece reviewing two recently published chapbooks from Justin Lacour and James Coal Jackson, along with a forthcoming chapbook from award-winning poet, Rae Armantrout.
You can get both blog and journal updates sent to your email by subscribing to our free Substack. All PCR content will always be free to access and we don’t share subscriber information.
For writers, we’re still accepting contributions for February and beyond. We’re open to unsolicited submissions until January 15 and we always accept pitches and queries. Check our submissions page for guidelines on what we’re looking for and our current rates. We are a paying outlet and we also do our best to feature our contributors and their other writing-related work.
Finally, I’ve put the Yeats Poem-a-Day Project on hold due to life preventing me from finishing as much as I wanted to do before launch. The webpage and social media accounts will remain active, but the section has been removed from our Front Page. I expect to launch it, with at least half a year’s content ready to go, either this July or next January.
Looking forward to a great first year,
Aiden Hunt
Editor/Creator
(Masthead)
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Contents
New Poetry Titles (1/2/24)
Preview new books from Michigan State University Press, Able Muse Press, and Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
January ‘24: Welcome to Our Beginning
Welcome to the first issue of the Philly Poetry Chapbook Review, January/February 2024! Hear from our editor what we have in store for readers this issue.
New Poetry Titles (1/9/24)
Preview new poetry books from Seven Kitchens Press, Milkweed Editions, Bloodaxe Books, W. W. Norton, University of Pittsburgh Press, Phoneme Media, Coffeetown Books, Central Avenue Publishing, and Archipelago.
Father Figures: Books by Arthur Russell and CooXooEii Black
Aiden Hunt reviews Arthur Russell’s At the Car Wash and CooXooEii Black’s The Morning You Saw a Train of Stars Streaking Across the Sky in this essay, subtitled “Does the Rattle Chapbook Prize live up to the hype?”
New Poetry Titles (1/16/24)
Preview new poetry books from Milkweed Editions, Nightboat Books, Alice James Books, Phoneme Media, University of Arizona Press, The University Press of Kentucky, Madville Publishing, Clare Songbirds Publishing House and Tram Editons.
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.
New Poetry Titles (1/23/24)
Check out new poetry books published in English between 1/23 and 1/29 from Bottlecap Press, Stanchion Books, Graywolf Press, Milkweed Editions, Phoneme Media, Button Poetry, RIZE, Wayne State University Press, Carcanet Press, Fireside Industries and Texas Review Press.
Violence of Craft: Your Mouth is Moving Backwards by Juliet Cook
Contributor Mike Bagwell explores and reviews poet Juliet Cook’s new chapbook from Ethel Press, Your Mouth is Moving Backwards.
New Poetry Titles (1/30/24)
Check out new poetry books published in English between 1/30 and 2/5 from Scribner (Editor’s Pick), Texas Review Press, Bottlecap Press, Kith Books, Slant Books, University of Notre Dame Press, Knopf, Little, Brown and Company, Tupelo Press, LSU Press, Wesleyan University Press, Peepal Tree Press Ltd., Grayson Books and Sourcebooks.
Review: The Funny Thing About a Panic Attack by Ben Kassoy
Contributor Francesca Leader reviews Ben Kassoy’s debut chapbook from Bottlecap Press, The Funny Thing About a Panic Attack.
New Poetry Titles (2/6/24)
Check out new poetry books published in English between 2/6 and 2/13 from Wesleyan University Press, Belle Point Press, Bull City Press, Kith Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Coffee House Press, New Directions, Nightboat Books, CavanKerry Press, University of Queensland Press, Green Writers Press, LSU Press, Haymarket Books, Button Poetry, The University of Kentucky Press, Mercer University Press, Knopf, Persea Books and Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
February ’24: Of Conferences and Contributors
A note from editor and publisher, Aiden Hunt, about the AWP Conference, re-opening submissions, and looking for more contributors.
New Poetry Titles (2/13/24)
Check out new poetry books published in English between 2/13 and 2/19 from Kith Books, GASHER Press, Querencia Press, Bottlecap Press, Alice James Books, Penguin Books, Seagull Books, Mad Creek, Wayne State University Press, Deep Vellum Publishing, University of Chicago Press, The Lilliput Press, Able Muse Press, Washington State University Press, University of New Mexico Press and Mosaic Press.
Of War’s Seductions & Consequences: A Chapbook Review
Aiden Hunt reviews Amanda Newell’s I Will Pass Even to Acheron in this essay, the second part of his essay, “Does the Rattle Chapbook Prize live up to the hype?”
New Poetry Titles (2/20/24)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 2/20 from Bottlecap Press, University of Arizona Press, Carnegie Mellon University Press, University of Alberta Press, Nightboat Books, Signature Books, Mosaic Press and Small Harbor Publishing.