Aiden Hunt

New Poetry Titles (10/28/25) Check out new poetry books for the week of 10/28 from Airlie Press, Ugly Duckling Presse, June Road Press, Texas Review Press, Marsh Hawk Press, Guernica Editions, Persea, BOA Editions, Black Ocean, P...

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...

Two Poems by Gerald Yelle Read two poems by Gerald Yelle, our second biweekly poet of the Fall 2025 issue, along with a few words about "No Breaks."

“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
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New Poetry Titles (10/21/25) Check out new poetry books for the week of 10/25 from Milk & Cake Press, University of Chicago Press, Belle Point Press, Thirty West Publishing House, Zephyr Press, LSU Press, Lookout Books, Princeton...

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...

Bodies in Transition: Sacred & Perishable by Carissa Natalia Baconguis "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...

"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
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New Poetry Titles (10/14/25) Check out new poetry books for the week of 10/14 from The University Press of Kentucky, Nightwood Editions, Shanti Arts, Trio House Press, Grid Books, World Poetry, Fonograf Editions, Flood Editions, ...

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...

Three Poems by Bryana Fern Read three poems by Bryana Fern, our first biweekly poet of the Fall 2025 issue, along with a few words about "Women on the Wall."

"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-...

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.

Read the featured #Excerpt #Poem for October 2025 along with words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity @citylightsbooks.bsky.social
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New Poetry Titles (10/7/25) Check out new poetry books for the week of 10/7 from White Pine Press, Buckrider Books, Black Ocean, World Poetry, LSU Press, Deep Vellum Publishing, Assembly Press, University of Pittsburgh Press, Sa...

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...

Chapbook Poem: When I Was Straight by Dustin Brookshire 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.

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
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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,...

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...

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."

"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 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 Pres...

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...

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.

"[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...

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 H...

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...

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."

"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-...

Poetry Chapbooks (August 2025) Check out our round-up of poetry chapbooks published in August 2025 by Finishing Line Press, Bottlecap Press, Sybil Journal, Kelsay Books, Driftwood Press & Wesleyan University Press.

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
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Book Excerpt: Landscape with footprints in ash by Selma Asotić Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for September 2025, “Landscape with footprints in ash” from Say Fire by Selma Asotić, along with a few words from the poet.

"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
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Chapbook Poem: The Seventh Age of Shakespeare's Father by Scott LaMascus Read the featured Chapbook Poem of the Month for September 2025, “The Seventh Age of Shakespeare's Father” from The Edited Tongue: A Family's Year with ALS, along with a few words from the poet.

“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
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New Poetry Titles (9/2/25) Check out new poetry books for the week of 9/2 from Write Bloody Publishing, Malarkey Books, Futurepoem, Contra Mundum Press, Texas Review Press, Lynx House Press, William Morrow, Milkweed Editions, U...

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...

Three Poems by Kristiane Weeks-Rogers Read three poems by Kristiane Weeks-Rogers, our fifth of seven biweekly poets of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about "Aerating Techniques."

"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
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New Poetry Titles (8/26/25) Check out new poetry books for the week of 8/26 from Carcanet Press, Krupskaya Books, Host Publications, Texas Review Press, Station Hill Press, Acre Books, The Kent State University Press, University...

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...

New Poetry Titles (8/19/25) Check out new poetry books for the week of 8/19 from Black Square Editions, Cardboard House Press, Flood Editions, Black Lawrence Press, Milkweed Editions, Etruscan Press & Red Hen Press.

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...

Three Poems by Alexandra Meyer Read five poems by Alexandra Meyer, our fourth of seven biweekly poets of the Summer 2025 issue, along with a few words about his poetry.

"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
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Poetry Chapbooks (July 2025) Check out our round-up of poetry chapbooks published in July 2025 by Bottlecap Press, Finishing Line Press, Alien Buddha Press, Red Bird Chapbooks, Prolific Pulse Press, Ballerini Book Press & Middle ...

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
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New Poetry Titles (8/12/25) Check out new poetry books for the week of 8/12 from Brick Books, Regal House Publishing, Faber & Faber, Bull City Press, Black Lawrence Press & Penguin Books.

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...

Book Review :: I Ask My Mother to Sing: Mother Poems of Li-Young Lee Li-Young Lee's 'I Ask My Mother to Sing' compiles new and old poems, exploring his relationship with his mother and his heritage.

Aiden Hunt reviews 'I Ask My Mother to Sing: Mother Poems of Li-Young Lee' edited by Oliver Egger, new and older poems exploring a mother relationship and a family's exile from China.

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Book Excerpt: Cheesecake Factory by Max McDonough Read the featured Excerpt Poem of the Month for August 2025, “The Seventh Age of Shakespeare's Father” from Python with a Dog Inside It by Max McDonough, along with a few words from the poet.

"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
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"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
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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...