"...intended to move readers from an experience of alienation to one of discernment of the liberating qualities of outsiderhood." Read three #poems by @aburack.bsky.social, along with a few words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

“Settling on the mirror form opened the way into the parallels between the original image of the egrets, their reflection, and their ambiguous relationship and the shifting, even reversing, roles of an adult daughter and her aging mother…” #writingcommunity phillychapbookreview.org/chapbook-poe...

New #poetry #books from Texas Review Press, The Song Cave, Clemson University Press, Indiana University Press, City Lights Publishers, @graywolfpress.bsky.social, CavanKerry Press, Green Writers Press, Penguin Books & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Read a note from Editor Aiden Hunt (@aidenhunt.bsky.social) about our new Poetry Readers, the additions of an Issue Archive and a Contributor Fund, Fall poetry submissions, and Gaza. phillychapbookreview.org/november-25-...

Philly Chapbook Review is calling for #submissions of original #poetry between November 1 and December 15 for our Winter 2025 issue and beyond. We also now welcome submissions from #poets everywhere. Full details can be found at the link: phillychapbookreview.org/winter-call-... #callforsubmissions

New #poetry #books from Airlie Press, Ugly Duckling Presse, June Road Press, Marsh Hawk Press, Guernica Editions, Persea, BOA Editions, Black Ocean, Phoneme Media, Autumn House Press, Book*hug Press, Talonbooks & Omnidawn. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

“In ‘No Breaks’ I was writing about something I hope I never have to experience. … I tried to keep despair at bay and show some defiance and resilience.” Read two #poems by Gerald Yelle with a few words about “No Breaks.” #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/two-poems-by...

New #poetry #books from Milk & Cake Press, University of Chicago Press, Belle Point Press, Zephyr Press, @lsupress.bsky.social, Princeton University Press, Omnidawn, @upittpress.bsky.social, University Of Iowa Press & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"There is a muscular intimacy to the ecosystem of these poems, each one of them creating as vivid a world individually as exists in the collection as a whole." Read Gray Davidson Carroll's full review. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/bodies-in-tr...

New #poetry #chapbooks from The Poetry Box, Finishing Line Press, Bottlecap Press, The Bodily Press, Bloodaxe Books, In Case of Emergency Press, Rattle, Cathexis Northwest Press, Green Linden Press & Black Lawrence Press. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/poetry-chapb...

New #poetry #books from Button Poetry, BOA Editions, Hub City Press, Beacon Press, @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, Nightboat Books, Green Writers Press, Wesleyan University Press, Talonbooks, Alice James Books & many more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"It seems such a shame that a beautiful location is just gathering dust and overgrowth, and I wanted to lean into the juxtaposition of that." Read three #poems by Bryana Fern along with a few words about "Women on the Wall." #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

Read the featured #Excerpt #Poem for October 2025 along with words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity @citylightsbooks.bsky.social phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt...

New #poetry #books from @lsupress.bsky.social, @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social, @upittpress.bsky.social, Persea, @aaknopf.bsky.social, W. W. Norton, CavanKerry Press, University of Chicago Press & @graywolfpress.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Read the featured #Chapbook #Poem of the Month for October 2025 along with words from the poet, @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social. @smallharborpub.bsky.social #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/chapbook-poe...

New #poetry #books Omnidawn, @lsupress.bsky.social, Tupelo Press, @milkweededitions.bsky.social, Black Lawrence Press, Copper Canyon Press, Autumn House Press, BOA Editions, @scribnerbooks.bsky.social & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"This poem reckons with our capitalist, product-driven society to ask people why disabled stories are only relevant if they portray the 'other' overcoming trauma..." Read three #poems by @makenametz.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

New #poetry #books from Carcanet Press, Grid Books, Nightboat Books, Brick Books, @juneroadpress.bsky.social, Copper Canyon Press, @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social, W. W. Norton, Red Hen Press, University of Nevada Press & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"[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 @carriganak.bsky.social's full review. @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/verses-of-mo...

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. phillychapbookreview.org/september-25...

Honored to have been nominated for Best of the Net. Read my poem here: phillychapbookreview.org/four-poems-b...

Congratulations to Laynie Browne, Natalie Marino, and Sarena Tien on their 2025 Best of the Net nominations.

New #poetry #books from University of Iowa Press, @redhenpress.bsky.social, Tin House Books, Persea, @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social, Nightwood Editions, Coach House Books, @boa-editions.bsky.social, New Directions & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"This poem, couched in the conventions of the contemporary sonnet, explores my latest, decisive encounter with a doctor’s office." Read three #poems by Robin Arble along with words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

Check out our round-up of #poetry #chapbooks published in August 2025 by @finishinglinepress.bsky.social, Bottlecap Press, Sybil Journal, Kelsay Books, @driftwoodpress.bsky.social & @weslpress.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/poetry-chapb...

A very busy week for new #poetry #books from Perugia, Four Way Books, Knopf, Copper Canyon Press, @weslpress.bsky.social, @citylightsbooks.bsky.social, Nightboat Books, Button Poetry, @upittpress.bsky.social, and many more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"When I accept that I’m not very smart, mostly just perplexed and a little scared, I write poems about ghosts and circle farms." Read a #poem from Selma Asotić's new #book, Say Fire. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity @archipelagobooks.bsky.social phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt...

“I wondered, if ‘all the world’s a stage,’ what role had I just been assigned?” Read the featured #Chapbook #Poem of the Month for September 2025 along with words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity @scottlamascus.bsky.social phillychapbookreview.org/chapbook-poe...

New #poetry #books from Futurepoem, Contra Mundum Press, @milkweededitions.bsky.social, University of Arizona Press, @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, Wave Books, Fordham University Press, Black Ocean, Akashic Books & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"Anchored by sensory detail, the poem journeys between childhood safety and adult experience in a canyon town shaped by rivers and monsoons." Read three #poems by Kristiane Weeks-Rogers along with words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

New #poetry #books from @carcanet.bsky.social, Texas Review Press, Station Hill Press, Acre Books, Guernica Editions, Exile Editions, @milkweededitions.bsky.social, Persea Books, @coppercanyoncrafts.bsky.social, Soft Skull & more. #writingcommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Check out new #poetry #books for the week of 8/19 from Black Square Editions, Cardboard House Press, Flood Editions, @blacklawrence.bsky.social, @milkweededitions.bsky.social, Etruscan Press & @redhenpress.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"Love had made me stronger in a lot of ways, but also showed me the weakest parts of myself that were left crystallized for him to see." Read three poems by Alexandra Meyer along with words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

Check out our round-up of #poetry #chapbooks from Bottlecap Press, @finishinglinepress.bsky.social, @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social, Red Bird Chapbooks, Prolific Pulse Press, Ballerini Book Press & Middle Creek Publishing. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/poetry-chapb...

Check out new #poetry #books for the week of 8/12 from Brick Books, @regalhouse.bsky.social, @faberbooks.bsky.social, @bullcitypress.com, @blacklawrence.bsky.social & @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"This poem lives in the weirdness of the suburban mall spaces a lot of us grew up visiting (or loitering in!), places that feel like they could be anywhere and nowhere at once." Read a #poem from Max McDonough's #chapbook. @blacklawrence.bsky.social phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt...

"I wanted to sit with a particular end-of-summer indulgence, where a host has saved specialty foods to welcome visiting friends and family" Read a #poem from Winshen Liu’s #chapbook Paper Money. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity @driftwoodpress.bsky.social phillychapbookreview.org/chapbook-poe...

New #poetry #books from @seagullbooks.bsky.social, Persea, @weslpress.bsky.social, @buttonpoetry.bsky.social, @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social, @wwnorton.com & @graywolfpress.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Philly Chapbook Review is calling for #submissions of original #poetry between August 1 and September 15 for our Fall 2025 issue and beyond. Full details can be found at the link: phillychapbookreview.org/call-for-fal...

“I grew up as a film buff and I loved reading Hollywood Babylon. Over the years, I have learned to separate the truth from the myths.” Read four #poems by allison whittenberg along with a few words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/four-poems-b...

Read a note from editor @aidenhunt.bsky.social about PCR's Summer #poetry and new poetry reader opportunities brought by our growing original poetry submissions. phillychapbookreview.org/july-25-poet...

“My poetry tries to examine … the difference between the lives we live inside ourselves and the lives we expose to other people.” Read five #poems by William Doreski along with a few words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/five-poems-b...

"Yoga, the walks, and the writing became a daily exercise in paying attention—to the world, to the bodies in the world around me and to my own body…" Read the a #poem from Lisa Sewell’s #book Flood Plain. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt...

New #poetry #chapbooks from @sarabandebooks.bsky.social, @smallharborpub.bsky.social, The Bodily Press, Moon Tide Press, Kelsay Books, boats against the current, Inkfish Press, @bullcitypress.com, Bottlecap Press & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/poetry-chapb...

New #poetry #books from @blacklawrence.bsky.social, TCU Press, Vanderbilt University Press, University of Utah Press, @carcanet.bsky.social, @tupelopress.bsky.social, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social, Phoneme Media & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

“This work is an archive of my attempts to become more familiar with who I am, and why I am here, to immerse myself in these ancient spiritual questions…” Read five #poems by Laynie Browne with a few words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/five-poems-b...

"A well-made poem is a knot, but not a tangle. The well-made knot of a poem can disentangle readers from illusion, to free them from confusion. Poetry is a form of disillusionment." New #Chapbook #Poem by Li-Young Lee. #writingcommunity @weslpress.bsky.social phillychapbookreview.org/chapbook-poe...

Check out new #poetry #books from Gaudy Boy, @lsupress.bsky.social , Nightboat Books, @tupelopress.bsky.social, @triohousepress.org, @buttonpoetry.bsky.social, CHAX, Black Ocean, @citylightsbooks.bsky.social & Penguin Books. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Check out new #poetry #books from @carcanet.bsky.social, St. Augustine's Press, University Of Iowa Press, Rising Action, Ayin Press, @thesongcave.bsky.social, NYRB Poets, White Pine Press & @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"Quantum physics leads us to the uncanny and the terrifying. I know people fear black holes, but to me they rearrange our relationship to time and to our own lives." Read four #poems by Victoria Korth. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/four-poems-b...