Philly Chapbook Review is a home for writing about #chapbooks as well as original #poetry and #fiction. | ISSN: 2995-6447 | Member: CLMPhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mlvyf7qavk26Editor Aiden Hunt provides information about changes to PCR's name, format, and staff in this editor's note, which also contains links to our Spring calls for submissions. https://phillychapbookreview.org/may-26-new-staff-new-calls-newish-name/15 May 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvyf7qavk26https://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mlvfym3mpc26Philly Chapbook Review is calling for #submissions of original #poetry and #fiction from May 1 and June 15 for our Summer 2026 issue and beyond. Submissions welcome from #writers everywhere. Full details can be found at the link: https://phillychapbookreview.org/call-for-summer-poetry-fiction-submissions/ #callforsubmissions15 May 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvfym3mpc26https://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mltlttps5226Check out our round-up of #poetry #chapbooks published in April 2026 by Bottlecap Press, Kelsay Books, @the-ethelzine.bsky.social, @buttonpoetry.bsky.social, Rockwood Press & @nupress.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/poetry-chapbooks-april-2026/14 May 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltlttps5226https://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mlqytffv722x“This poem was inspired by a dream… I had this strange feeling when I woke up that it meant something more and started writing a poem to see if anything would reveal itself to me.” Read the featured #Excerpt #Poem. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt-love-does-not-exist-by-maria-giesbrecht/13 May 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqytffv722xhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mlohddh7y22xNew #poetry #books from SUNY Press, Trio House Press, @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, W.W. Norton, @fsgbooks.bsky.social, Coach House Books, @unvpress.bsky.social, Milkweed Editions, Bloodaxe Books, Alice James Books & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-titles-5-12-26/12 May 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlohddh7y22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mloh6bjgls2xCheck out a featured poem from our early days. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloh6bjgls2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mlbxjlgmtk2x“After a loss in my family, I discovered one grieves for both the living who hide their pain and for the dead who sleep in silence.” Read two #poems by Patricia Wallace, along with a few words about "Fox." #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/two-poems-by-patricia-wallace/07 May 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbxjlgmtk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3ml7e2mm4vs2x“…what interested me was the idea of a character who didn’t do what he was capable of . because of either a lack of will or a seemingly perverse one.” Read the featured #Chapbook #Poem, along with a few words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/chapbook-poem-from-stray-hunters-bullet-by-lance-le-grys/06 May 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7e2mm4vs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3ml4yoj2l422xNew #poetry #books from Book*hug Press, CavanKerry Press, Grid Books, @boa-editions.bsky.social, Phoneme Media, Nightboat Books, Polygon, Persea, Invisible Books, Anvil Press, @omnidawn.bsky.social & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-titles-5-5-26/05 May 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4yoj2l422xhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mkryvg4v3c2xPhilly Chapbook Review is calling for #submissions of original #poetry and #fiction from May 1 and June 15 for our Summer 2026 issue and beyond. Read this post for details. https://phillychapbookreview.org/call-for-summer-poetry-fiction-submissions/01 May 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkryvg4v3c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mkqdok33ts2q#Poet John deSouza (@finnbarfella.bsky.social) discusses his #chapbook, This Rough Magic, his creative process, and the influence of John Ashberry in this #interview with editor Danielle McMahon. (@dehm000.bsky.social) #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/a-conversation-with-john-desouza/30 Apr 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqdok33ts2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mklb7fjklk2qNew #poetry #books from University of Chicago Press, Marsh Hawk Press, Guernica Editions, Tupelo Press, She Writes Press, Autumn House Press, Talonbooks, Copper Canyon Press, BOA Editions, University Of Iowa Press & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-titles-4-28-26/28 Apr 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklb7fjklk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mk6ormjlt22h“Children in these circumstances are deprived of love at a formative stage and learn to immediately behave like adults without the benefit of the learning path of childhood.” Read three #poems by Andrew Pelham-Burn. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-by-andrew-pelham-burn/23 Apr 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6ormjlt22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mjzn7dlym22hNew #poetry #books from Hachette Australia, Song Cave, Black Lawrence Press, Milkweed Editions, Nightboat Books, @boa-editions.bsky.social, @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, Coffee House Press & @sarabandebooks.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-titles-4-21-26/21 Apr 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzn7dlym22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mjhuav2j3k2jAnother big #NationalPoetryMonth week with #books from Write Bloody, SUNY Press, Ecco, @aaknopf.bsky.social, Talonbooks, Wave Books, Bloodaxe Books, Alice James Books, Archipelago, BOA Editions, Fonograf Editions & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-titles-4-14-26/14 Apr 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhuav2j3k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mj3jx32yak2q“I wanted to explore how time was registered not only by the calendar and clock, but also in the various utilitarian tasks of my mother’s life.” Read three #poems by Ron Mohring, along with a few words. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-by-ron-mohring/09 Apr 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3jx32yak2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3miyz5ydrwk2qNew #poetry #chapbooks from @stanchion.bsky.social, b l u s h, Dancing Girl Press, @blacklawrence.bsky.social, Broadstone Books, @papillotepress.bsky.social, @the-ethelzine.bsky.social, TRP & @finishinglinepress.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/poetry-chapbooks-march-2026/08 Apr 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyz5ydrwk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3miwfytitic2qBig publishing week for #NationalPoetryMonth with #poetry #books from @wesmediaproject.bsky.social, Graywolf Press, Knopf, Nightboat Books, Wave Books, @citylightsbooks.bsky.social, Coffee House Press, BOA Editions, @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social & many more. https://phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-titles-4-7-26/07 Apr 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwfytitic2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mijxily2bk2h“The nexus of the erotic, the social, and the body felt relevant to what I was experiencing at the end of the 20th Century.” Read the featured #Excerpt #Poem of the Month, along with a few words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/book-excerpt-she-wants-shimmering-scales-by-nicole-alston-zdeb/02 Apr 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijxily2bk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mihfdpt3j22h@nupress.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihfdpt3j22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mihefcvf6s2h“The concept of personifying a slow burn deeply resonated with who I thought myself to be—a slow burn, love flickering around me.” Read the featured #Chapbook #Poem of the Month, along with a few words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/chapbook-poem-slow-burn-by-evan-wang/01 Apr 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihefcvf6s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mieunrs4jk2hNew #poetry #books from @umasspress.bsky.social, Parthian Books, Tupelo Press, Guernica Editions, Fence Books, Brick Books, Liveright, Ecco, Nightwood Editions, @redhenpress.bsky.social, TCU Press & Harbour Publishing. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-titles-3-31-26/31 Mar 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mieunrs4jk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mhyax3qc6c23“The language suggests a quiet, internal resolution: even if the relationship cannot exist in this life, it can still be held, briefly and lovingly, in language.” Read three #poems by Abbey Green. #poetry #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-by-abbey-green/26 Mar 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyax3qc6c23https://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mhtaevxqjk2sNew #poetry #books from Shanti Arts, University of Chicago Press, @princetonupress.bsky.social, @milkweededitions.bsky.social, Washington Square Press, Duke University Press, NYRB Poets, Beacon Press, CLASH Books & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-titles-3-24-26/24 Mar 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtaevxqjk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mhbodie4m22qCheck out new #poetry #books for the week of 3/17 from @subpresspoetry.bsky.social, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, @caitlinpress.bsky.social, @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social & @regalhouse.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-titles-3-17-26/17 Mar 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbodie4m22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mgx3r7ycl22q“Trying to conjure a word sound that doesn't exist in English creates a scaffolding for poetic reconstruction of the extractive colonial violence that rendered the phooti karpas cotton extinct.” Read three #poems by @sophianaz.bsky.social. #poetrycommunity https://phillychapbookreview.org/three-poems-by-sophia-naz/13 Mar 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgx3r7ycl22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillychapbook.bsky.social/post/3mgumodbpys2qPhilly Chapbook Review is calling for #submissions of original #poetry between February 1 and March 15 for our Spring 2026 issue and beyond. Submissions welcome from #poets everywhere. Full details can be found at the link: https://phillychapbookreview.org/call-for-spring-poetry-submissions/ #callforsubmissions12 Mar 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:fxskryuvbqyw24ow34saals7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgumodbpys2q