Check out new poetry books for the week of 7/21 from Westbrae Literary Press, Bloodaxe Books, Orison Books, LSU Press, Knopf, Black Lawrence Press, CLASH Books & University of Utah Press.
Tag: Issue 13: Summer 2026
New Fiction Titles (7/21/26)
Check out new fiction books for the week of 7/21 from New Island Books, Arcade, WTAW Press, Ballantine Books, Catalyst Collective, New Directions, 37 Ink & Doubleday.
July ’26: Summer Fiction & New Highs
Managing Editor Aiden Hunt shares statistics from PCR’s Spring submission period, announces a rule change, and welcomes two new members of the Philly Chapbook Review staff in this note.
Four Poems by Joely Williams
Read four poems by Joely Williams, our second biweekly poet of the Summer 2026 issue, along with a few words about “Single Mother Considers the Periodic Table.”
Chapbook Poem: I’ll Never Look This Good Again by Douglas Piccinnini
“[The poem] came out of real pressure: despair, worry, and grief I wanted to hold unflinchingly, alongside the anxiety of becoming a parent… For me the poem became a meditation on all the feeling that surfaces precisely when we’re told to feel only joy.” Read an excerpt from Douglas Piccinnini’s chapbook, House of Bad Memories, along with a few words from the poet.
New Poetry Titles (7/14/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 7/14 from Broadstone Books, Nine Mile, La Barba Metafísica, Duke University Press, Penguin Books & W. W. Norton.
New Fiction Titles (7/14/26)
Check out new fiction books for the week of 7/14 from Stanchion Books, Curbstone Books 2, MCD, Tidewater Press, Bloomsbury Publishing, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Riverhead Books, HarperVia, Random House, W. W. Norton, New Directions, Coffee House Press & Liveright.
Prose Chapbooks (June 2026)
Check out our round-up of poetry chapbooks published in June 2026 by Sand and Gravel Press, IKE: A Publishing Project, YesYes Books & Bottlecap Press.
Poetry Chapbooks (June 2026)
Check out our round-up of poetry chapbooks published in June 2026 by Driftwood Press, Gasher Press, The Poetry Box, Grayson Books, Small Harbor Publishing, Lily Poetry Chapbooks, Flume Press, Bottlecap Press & Finishing Line Press.
New Poetry Titles (7/7/26)
Check out new poetry books for the week of 7/7 from Belle Point Press, Meadowlark Press, Polygon, Te Herenga Waka University Press, Knopf, Central Avenue Poetry, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Graywolf Press, Nightboat Books & Game Over Books.