"[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...

Check out new #poetry #books for the week off 6/17 from Blazevox, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, @driftwoodpress.bsky.social, @blacklawrence.bsky.social, @kentuckypress.bsky.social & Nightboat Books. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"I can’t begin to imagine doctors in Gaza courageously practicing medicine while intentionally targeted by the Israeli army aided by the United States." Read the featured #Chapbook #Poem by @marklupinetti.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/chapbook-poe...

Check out our round-up of #poetry #chapbooks published in May 2025 by @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social, Glass Lyre Press, @finishinglinepress.bsky.social, Bottlecap Press & @smallharborpub.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/poetry-chapb...

Grateful for my newest collection, The Light Becomes Us, to be included in @phillychapbook.bsky.social's announcements of new #poetry titles today! Make sure you subscribe to their substack for updates at aidenhunt.substack.com - your TBR pile, like mine, will grow exponentially!

Check out new #poetry #books from Lavender Ink / Diálogos, dispersed holdings, Main Street Rag, University Press of Colorado, Curbstone Books 2, @aaknopf.bsky.social, @redhenpress.bsky.social & @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"...she has a sense of style, a modicum of grace, and she recognizes her place in the cosmic order, where revolution rules every other Wednesday and twice, of course, on Sundays..." Read three #poems by Bart Edelman. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-...

"[C]ould there be a poetry that does investigate the body without explosion?" Read an excerpt from @leighsugar.bsky.social's book, FREELAND, from @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social, along with words from the author. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt...

Check out new #poetry #books for the week of 6/3 from Stephen F. Austin University Press, City Point Press, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social & @buttonpoetry.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

New #poetry #books for the week of 5/27 from White Stag Publishing, @atbaypress.bsky.social, Nine Mile Arts, Gaudy Boy, @anvilpress.bsky.social, @tupelopress.bsky.social, White Pine Press & @boa-editions.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Excerpted from my review of DESIRE/HALVES, by @jaiofearth.bsky.social, available at @phillychapbook.bsky.social phillychapbookreview.org/multilingual...

"In my fantasy world, I would be able to communicate with the animals I see every day." Read five naturalist poems by poet Jane Ellen Glasser, along with a few words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/five-poems-b...

Check out new #poetry #books from Talonbooks, Mosaic Press, World Poetry, @blacklawrence.bsky.social, Bloodaxe Books, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, Black Ocean, @sarabandebooks.bsky.social, @tinhouse.bsky.social & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

"Bashir’s elegant debut collection investigates identity as the result of choices between individual appetites and cultural frames." Read @lowermelody.bsky.social's full review of Desire/Halves by @jaiofearth.bsky.social. #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/multilingual...

Check out new #poetry #books from World Poetry, Black Lawrence Press, Duke University Press Books, Nightboat Books, Zephyr Press, Phoneme Media, @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social, @redhenpress.bsky.social & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

“Since women aren't allowed the power of our anger, we take it out on each other, and that's what this poem is hinting at.” Read four #poems by @christafairbrother.bsky.social, along with words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetry phillychapbookreview.org/four-poems-b...

“I love New Year’s and the promise of a new start, but I like to remind myself that you can start fresh at any point throughout the year.” New #poem from @elinorserumgard.bsky.social’s #chapbook from Bottlecap Press, Analogous Annum. #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/chapbook-poe...

#Poetry #books from Grid Books, Burnside Review Press, Winter Editions, Talonbooks, Caitlin Press, Black Ocean, Granta Books, CavanKerry Press, Nightboat Books, Graywolf Press, Wave Books, @scribnerbooks.bsky.social & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Philly Chapbook Review is now open to original #poetry #submissions of three to five #poems for our Summer 2025 issue from now until June 15. Full details can be found at the link: phillychapbookreview.org/call-for-sum...