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.
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Poetry Chapbooks (July 2026)
Check out our round-up of poetry chapbooks published in July 2026 by Tupelo Press, Bull City Press, Tough Poets Review, Poetry Society of America, Parlyaree Press, Rockwood Press, Broadstone Books, kith books, Prolific Pulse, Greying Ghost Press, Cardboard House Press, Bottlecap Press, above/ground press & Finishing Line Press.
Flash Fiction: “Nova” by Kimmy Chang
“‘Nova’ is a lyrical second-person story about the narrator’s first true encounter with death…the story presents loss not as beautiful in itself, but as the place where beauty begins.” Read the first original fiction piece of the Summer 2026 issue, “Nova” by Kimmy Chang.
New Poetry Titles (8/4/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 8/4 from Mercer University Press, Black Square Editions, Seagull Books, LSU Press, Tia Chucha Press & Bull City Press.
New Fiction Titles (8/4/26)
Check out new fiction books for the week of 8/4 from Black Rose Writing, Scribner, Graywolf Press, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Random House, Penguin Books, Algonquin Books, Amistad, Bellevue Literary Press, Peirene Press, University of Nevada Press & Black Lawrence Press.
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!
Two Poems by Irene Cunningham
“The woman’s head & hair are lavishly dressed. I probably leapt off the logic of the hairdresser being blind and therefore had to work on the head/body/mind rather than just hair as a surface issue of presentation.” Read two poems by Irene Cunningham, our third biweekly poet of the Summer 2026 issue, along with a few words about “The Blind Hairdresser.”
New Poetry Titles (7/28/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 7/28 from Anvil Press, Eris, Chax Press, LSU Press & Seagull Books.
New Fiction Titles (7/28/26)
Check out new fiction books for the week of 7/28 from Set Margins, HarperVia, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, HarperCollins, Atria Books & Knopf.
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.