Philly Poetry Chapbook Review

3 weeks ago | phillychapbookreview.org | P. Aiden Hunt

As a child, I wasn’t allowed to watch television on days when there was school the next day. The rule for my two older siblings and myself was that we could listen to the radio, do our homework, or read. I can’t speak to my parents’ reasons for this rule, but it went a long way toward teaching me to loving reading and then writing. It’s one of many ways that they helped me get to where I am now.

2 months ago | phillychapbookreview.org | P. Aiden Hunt

Poet Kate Colby grew up in Massachusetts before earning her Bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University and a Master’s in Fine Art from the California College of the Arts. Her full-length poetry collection, Fruitlands, was selected by Rosmarie Waldrop for the Norma Farber First Book Award. Beauport, her third full-length, was a finalist for Foreword Reviews’ Poetry Book of the Year Award, and Colby received a creative fellowship from the Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard, among other honors.

Jan 4, 2025 | phillychapbookreview.org | P. Aiden Hunt

Happy New Year! Welcome to year two of the strange little poetry and poetics journal called the Philly Poetry Chapbook Review! I created this journal with plans for what we’d publish, but also knowing that it was going to be a process of seeing what features work best and what to lose. I’m proud of our first year and excited for the new features of our second!Our first year saw us grow to six contributors of original material, myself included.

Oct 15, 2024 | phillychapbookreview.org | Jake Byrne

We here at Philly Poetry Chapbook Review love poetry, whether it’s in chapbooks or full-length collections. We have a hunch that our readers do, too. Every Tuesday, we publish an update about what full-length poetry titles we know are releasing in the following week. Information, including product descriptions, is provided by the publisher and not a critical judgment. If we cover the book on this site, links will be included.

Sep 19, 2024 | phillychapbookreview.org | P. Aiden Hunt

Welcome to PCR issue 5! September is a special time of year for me because it’s ModPo season. “ModPo” is the nickname for the University of Pennsylvania’s free massive open online course (MOOC) titled “Modern & Contemporary American Poetry.” While the course content is available year-round, there is a lively 10-week symposium mode with weekly webcasts and teaching assistant office hours by Zoom. I welcome anyone interested to check out the course and community.