Welcome to third issue of the Philly Poetry Chapbook Review! I’m very pleased with the reviews published and poems featured in our first two issues. While all of that content remains available, I made the decision to put out a somewhat abbreviated third issue to get ahead in my publishing schedule. There will be no new reviews in this issue, and only two great chapbook poems— we were pleased to feature Christine Kitano’s “Disguise” on our front during May and Stephanie Kirby’s “Like a Honeypot” in currently up for June. I’ve also added a Featured Poem Archive to the Journal menu.
Contributors C.M. Crockford, Drishya, and myself are working on reviews for our fourth issue and beyond, but our May/June issue only has one editorial feature— the first in what I hope to be a series of long interviews with veteran poets (defined here as poets who have been publishing/teaching for at least two decades). I interviewed poet, professor, and scholar Aldon Lynn Nielsen— whose chapbook Sufferhead was published by Bottlecap Press in 2022— by email during February and March of this year. In our collaborative Q & A piece inspired by the form of Nielsen’s book with E. Ethelbert Miller, MemeWars, the poet-scholar weaves in literary history and friendly anecdote as he talks about his chapbook, his ideas about what makes good poetry, and pays tribute to poets (and friends) who’ve recently passed away.
Another new feature beginning with this issue is that we are separating chapbooks from full-length poetry collections in our new books posts. Since I often have trouble getting information about chapbooks in advance of publication, they will now be published in a single post during the first week of each month, showing the previous month’s releases. You can see the first of these in our May chapbooks post here.
I’m happy with the pace at which PCR is growing, but I’m always looking for more contributors. If you or someone you know is interested in interviewing poetry chapbook authors or reviewing recently published chapbooks, please check out our submission guidelines.
Thank you for reading and take care,
Aiden Hunt
Editor/Creator
P.S.- If you’ve noticed problems with the “Contents” accordion at the bottom of posts not being updated, I’m aware of it. It’s a WordPress issue that I’m hoping will be fixed soon.
Contents
Check out new poetry books published the week of 5/7 from Stanchion Books, Black Ocean, Andrews McMeel Publishing, Picador UK, Mercer University Press, Wave Books, Alice James Books, Graywolf Press, Copper Canyon Press, BOA Editions Ltd, Black Lawrence Press, Grayson Books, Bloodaxe Books and CavanKerry Press.
Chapbook Poem: Disguise by Christine Kitano
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for May 2024, “Disguise” from Dumb Luck & other poems by Christine Kitano, along with a few words from the poet.
Check out new poetry books published the week of 5/14 from Finishing Line Press, Black Ocean, University of Queensland Press, She Writes Press, White Pine Press, Curbstone Books, New Directions, W. W. Norton & Company, Omnidawn, NYRB Poets, Anvil Press and an editor’s pick from Copper Canyon Press.
Check out new poetry books published the week of 5/21 from Seren, Finishing Line Press, Diode Editions, Copper Canyon Press, Nightboat Books, Milkweed Editions, CavanKerry Press, Invisible Publishing, Holy Cow! Press, Wake Forest University Press, Zephyr Press, Querencia Press, YesYes Books, Coach House Books and Rose Books.
Check out new poetry books published the week of 5/28 from Tupelo Press, Diode Editions, McSweeney’s Publishing, Michigan State University Press, Caitlin Press Inc., Carcanet Press Ltd., White Pine Press, Deep Vellum Publishing, Hat & Beard Press, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Copper Canyon Press, Sagging Meniscus, The Song Cave, Finishing Line Press and Broken Sleep Books.
Check out new poetry books for the week of 6/4 from Bored Wolves, Scribner, Coach House Books, House of Anansi Press, Biblioasis, Button Poetry, Seagull Books, Jackleg Press, Green Linden Press and Central Avenue Publishing.
Chapbook Poem: Like a Honeypot by Stefanie Kirby
Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for June 2024, “Like a Honeypot” from Fruitful by Stefanie Kirby, along with a few words from the poet.
Check out new poetry chapbooks from Cathexis Northwest Press, Diode Editions, Gnashing Teeth Publishing, Seren Books, Grayson Books, Querencia Press, Ugly Duckling Presse, The Poetry Box and Finishing Line Press.
Check out new poetry books published the week of 6/11 from The Poetry Box, Finishing Line Press, YesYes Books, Burnside Review Press, Row House Publishing, Deep Vellum Publishing, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Phoneme Media, Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Lynx House Press, Alice James Books and Inhabit Media.
May/June ‘24 Editor’s Note: Aldon Lynn Nielsen
While PCR contributors C.M. Crockford, Drishya, and myself work on reviews for our fourth issue and beyond, our May/June issue only has one editorial feature– the first in what I hope to be a series of long interviews with veteran poets.
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.
Check out new poetry books published the week of 6/18 from Finishing Line Press, YesYes Books, Belle Point Press and Red Hen Press.
Check out new poetry books published the week of 6/25 from Finishing Line Press, Nightboat Books, Coach House Books, Pavilion Poetry, LSU Press, Trio House Press, Leapfrog Press, White Pine Press, Carcanet Press Ltd., Dial Press, Milkweed Editions, and Farrar, Straus and Giroux.