Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for October 2025, “When I Was Straight” from Repeat As Needed, along with a few words from the poet.
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Book Excerpt: American Girl: Fort Hood, 2023 by Thea Matthews
Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for October 2025, “American Girl: Fort Hood: 2023” from GRIME by Thea Matthews, along with a few words from the poet.
New Poetry Titles (9/30/25)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 9/30 from The Porcupine’s Quill, Lost Horse Press, Driftwood Press, Omnidawn, LSU Press, Parthian Books, Guernica Editions, The Backwaters Press, Loom Press, Tupelo Press, House of Anansi Press, Milkweed Editions, Harbour Publishing, Black Lawrence Press, Copper Canyon Press, Autumn House Press, BOA Editions, Scribner & Archipelago.
Meet Our Contributor: Robin Arble
Meet our contributor, Robin Arble, check out her recent work and read about her writing life in a Contributor Q&A.
Three Poems by Makena Metz
Read three poems by Makena Metz, our seventh and final biweekly poet of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about “Charlatan.”
New Poetry Titles (9/23/25)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 9/23 from Carnegie Mellon University Press, Carcanet Press, Grid Books, Nightboat Books, Green Linden Press, Brick Books, June Road Press, Green Writers Press, Copper Canyon Press, Deep Vellum Publishing, W. W. Norton, Red Hen Press & University of Nevada Press.
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.
September ’25: Best of the Net Nominations
Editor Aiden Hunt announces Philly Chapbook Review’s Best of the Net 2026 anthology nominations in this editor’s note and provides links to the nominated poems.
New Poetry Titles (9/16/25)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 9/16 from McGill-Queen’s University Press, Plamen Press, Lithic Press, Black Sun Lit, Caitlin Press, University Of Iowa Press, Morgan James Publishing, Red Hen Press, Tin House Books, Persea, Beacon Press, Talonbooks, Alice James Books, Hub City Press, Nightwood Editions, Coach House Books, BOA Editions & New Directions.
Three Poems by Robin Arble
Read three poems by Robin Arble, our sixth of seven biweekly poets of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about “The Last Time I Saw My PCP.”