Check out our round-up of poetry chapbooks published in August 2026 by Finishing Line Press, above/ground press, Bottlecap Press, Sarabande Books, Small Harbor Publishing, Rockwood Press, Prolific Pulse & Moonstone Arts Press.
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Original Fiction: Muse by Somtoo Celestine Ezioha
“What I tried to trace was the underside. How watching someone closely for long enough becomes a substitute for approaching them.” Read the second original fiction piece of the Summer 2026 issue, “Muse” by Somtoo Celestine Ezioha.
New Poetry Titles (9/1/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 9/1 from Graywolf Press, Mercer University Press, Changes Press, Beautiful Days Press, Lavender Ink / Diálogos, Litmus Press, Unsolicited Press, Gaudy Boy, Green Linden Press, Tupelo Press, Picador UK, University of Georgia Press, David R. Godine, Fordham University Press, Copper Canyon Press, Red Hen Press, BOA Editions, Tin House, University of Nebraska Press & American Poetry Review.
New Fiction Titles (9/1/26)
Check out new fiction books for the week of 9/1 from Sea Crow Press, University of Georgia Press, University of Pittsburgh Press, Graywolf Press, Pegasus Books, West Virginia University Press, Leapfrog Press, Guernica World Editions, Running Wild Press, ARB Editions, University of Nebraska Press, NYRB Classics, Riverhead Books & G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
Three Poems by A.R. Dugan
“These poems try to make sense of how I arrived at a life that probably seems well thought-out, but has been one reactionary choice after another.” Read three poems by A.R. Dugan, our fifth biweekly poet of the Summer 2026 issue, along with a few words about “Sleeptalking.”
Excerpt: “On the puzzle still inside my head” by Truong Tran
“I am trying to excavate memories. I am trying to negotiate the difficult realities of existing as a brown man in this country and within the consciousness of white America.” Read an excerpt from Truong Tran’s forthcoming book from City Lights, How to Exi(s)t: A Poet’s Memoir.
New Poetry Titles (8/25/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 8/25 from Alien Buddha Press, Pulley Press, Boreal Books, Milkweed Editions, Red Hen Press, University of Arizona Press, Wesleyan University Press, Bloodaxe Books & Copper Canyon Press.
New Fiction Titles (8/25/26)
Check out new fiction books for the week of 8/25 from Summit Books, Faber & Faber, Hogarth, Bloomsbury Publishing, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Knopf & HarperVia.
New Poetry Titles (8/18/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 8/18 from Faber & Faber, Madville Publishing, Black Lawrence Press & Sheep Meadow Press.
New Fiction Titles (8/18/26)
Check out new fiction book for the week of 8/18 from Graywolf Press, Mariner Books, FSG Originals, Random House & Biblioasis.