Tag: fiction

#TPQ5: KENNING JP GARCIA

March 10, 2020

#TPQ5: KENNING JP GARCIA
What will Diarist, Kenning JP García, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: NATALIE ANN HOLBOROW

March 5, 2020

#TPQ5: NATALIE ANN HOLBOROW
What will Natalie Ann Holborow, a poet and blogger from Swansea, include in today’s #TPQ5?

#TPQ5: EILEEN FARRELLY

March 4, 2020

#TPQ5: EILEEN FARRELLY
What will Eileen Farrelly, musician and songwriter who can be found singing for beer in pubs around Glasgow, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: AVALINA ROBIN HARVEY

March 4, 2020

#TPQ5: AVALINA ROBIN HARVEY
What will Avalina Robin Harvey, award-winning journalist at The Toronto Star, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

REVIEW: POSTCOLONIAL LOVE POEM – NATALIE DIAZ (GRAYWOLF PRESS)

March 3, 2020

REVIEW: POSTCOLONIAL LOVE POEM – NATALIE DIAZ (GRAYWOLF PRESS)

I have never encountered a writer more capable of balancing softness and strength. These poems are quiet and technical and precise, yet the speaker never feels weak or timid. Rather, there is an everpresent sense that the rage lingering just beneath the lines may bare its teeth.

POWER OF POETRY #95: AMY SHIMSHON-SANTO

March 2, 2020

POWER OF POETRY #95: AMY SHIMSHON-SANTO

Aging has meant gaining and losing things. Two stolen bikes. Careers. Partners. A parent. Poetry never left. It shows no sign of weariness. It is eager and ready.

#TPQ5: JENNA LYNCH

February 28, 2020

#TPQ5: JENNA LYNCH
What will Jenna Lynch, whose first chapbook, The Mouth of Which You Are, from Finishing Line Press, was released November 2018, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: GABRIELLE GRACE HOGAN

February 28, 2020

#TPQ5: GABRIELLE GRACE HOGAN
What will Gabriella Grace Hogan, whose work has been published by the Academy of American Poets, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

OPEN SUBMISSION: TPQ POETRY PAMPHLET SERIES #1

February 27, 2020

OPEN SUBMISSION: TPQ POETRY PAMPHLET SERIES #1

Submit your manuscript today!

POWER OF POETRY #94: JESSICA DRAKE-THOMAS

February 26, 2020

POWER OF POETRY #94: JESSICA DRAKE-THOMAS

Poetry is far from dead or dying any time soon. Like all art forms, poetry adapts. It will endure, so long as poets exist to write it.

#TPQ5: JASON O’TOOLE

February 26, 2020

#TPQ5: JASON O’TOOLE
What will Jason O’Toole, author of Spear of Stars (2018) and Soulless Heavens (2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #93: TRAVIS CRAVEY

February 24, 2020

POWER OF POETRY #93: TRAVIS CRAVEY:

These are human passions, after all, more than lust or greed or God: we want to connect.

#TPQ5: CONYER CLAYTON

February 20, 2020

#TPQ5: CONYER CLAYTON
What will Conyer Clayton, whose latest chap, Trust Only the Beasts in the Water was published by above/ground press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: ELIZABETH MOURA

February 7, 2020

#TPQ5: ELIZABETH MOURA
What will Elizabeth Moura, who lives in a converted factory and works with elders, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: MIRIAM CALLEJA

February 6, 2020

#TPQ5: MIRIAM CALLEJA
What will Miriam Calleja, bilingual poet and Maltese wordsmith, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #86: THOMAS STEWART

February 3, 2020

POWER OF POETRY #88: THOMAS STEWART

A word can muster a thousand thoughts. A poem can create a universe.

#TPQ5: THOMAS STEWART

January 31, 2020

#TPQ5: THOMAS STEWART
What will Thomas Stewart, whose poetry pamphlet, ’empire of dirt’, was published by Red Squirrel Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: CAITLIN SCARANO

January 31, 2020

#TPQ5: CAITLIN SCARANO
What will Caitlin Scarano, whose debut collection, Do Not Bring Him Water, was released in Fall 2017 by Write Bloody, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: KATIE O’BRIEN

January 30, 2020

#TPQ5: KATIE O’BRIEN
What will katie o’brien, poet, community worker, queer activist, and Netflix enthusiast, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: RAINE GEOGHEGAN

January 30, 2020

#TPQ5: RAINE GEOGHEGAN
What will Raine Geoghegan, poet, writer, and Performance Coach, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #85: WILL SCHMIT

January 29, 2020

POWER OF POETRY #85: WILL SCHMIT

The poem is an artifact. Art as fact in the face a world determined to ignore the contemplative plaintiff. To hold the pen lightly enough to allow perspective to shift is to be attentive to the ghosts of chance, challenge, and chagrin.

#TPQ5: STEVE KISTULENTZ

January 28, 2020

#TPQ5: STEVE KISTULENTZ
What will Steve Kistulentz, author of the forthcoming poetry collection The Mating Calls of the Dead (Black Lawrence Press, 2021), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #84: BARTON SMOCK

January 27, 2020

POWER OF POETRY #84: BARTON SMOCK

You can’t catch a fish with the shadow of a bird. But you tried, right? You tried in that poem your friend wrote, the one where a stone ate a star. And is maybe still eating.

#TPQ5: JOSHUA ROTHES

January 27, 2020

#TPQ5: JOSHUA ROTHES
What will Joshua Rothes, editor/publisher of Sublunary Editions, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: Z.M. WISE

January 24, 2020

#TPQ5: Z.M. WISE
What will Z.M. Wise, Co-Editor at Transcendent Zero Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: CARLIE BLUME

January 24, 2020

#TPQ5: CARLIE BLUME
What will Carlie Blume, a Vancouver, Canada born writer of poetry and fiction, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: SANDRA T

January 23, 2020

#TPQ5: SANDRA T
What will Sandra T, poet and storyteller based in Brooklyn, NY, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: OSCAR HOKEAH

January 23, 2020

#TPQ5: OSCAR HOKEAH
What will Oscar Hokeah, author of the forthcoming novel Unsettled Between, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #83: KARI FLICKINGER

January 22, 2020

POWER OF POETRY #83: KARI FLICKINGER

Poetry has turned me into a piece of broken technology, searching the horizon for symbols. It has estranged me from everyone I once loved, from every notion I ever thought to belong to.

#TPQ5: FRAN-CLAIRE KENNEY

January 21, 2020

#TPQ5: FRAN-CLAIRE KENNEY
What will Fran-Claire Kenney, Queer writer, filmmaker, and student, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: CHRISTINA THATCHER

January 21, 2020

#TPQ5: CHRISTINA THATCHER
What will Christina Thatcher, Creative Writing Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #82: MDSHall

January 20, 2020

POWER OF POETRY #82: MDSHall

We are soothsayers and truthsayers; warriors armed with words to be placed into action; protectors of the Univearth in search of the multiverse…

#TPQ5: ANNE GRAUE

January 16, 2020

#TPQ5: ANNE GRAUE
What will Anne Graue, author of a chapbook, Fig Tree in Winter, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: KEITH MARK GABOURY

January 15, 2020

#TPQ5: KEITH MARK GABOURY
What will Keith Mark Gaboury, whose work appears in Poetry Quarterly and New Millennium Writings, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #81: LAUREN BRAZEAL

January 15, 2020

POWER OF POETRY #80: LAUREN BRAZEAL

Her words pressed onto my consciousness with the immediacy of a blade to the throat, “It is not your right to feel powerless. Better people than you were powerless.”

#TPQ5: JANNA GRACE

January 15, 2020

#TPQ5: JANNA GRACE
What will Janna Grace, editor of Lamplit Underground, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: DONNA VORREYER

January 13, 2020

#TPQ5: DONNA VORREYER

What will Donna Vorreyer, author of Every Love Story is an Apocalypse Story, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: JAKE WILD HALL

January 13, 2020

#TPQ5: JAKE WILD HALL

What will Jake Wild Hall, one half of Bad Betty Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

THE POWER OF POETRY #80: STEPHEN FURLONG

January 13, 2020

THE POWER OF POETRY #80: STEPHEN FURLONG

He only stopped when he recognized his shoe was untied. He held such reverence for the laces and he asked us how we tied our shoes.

#TPQ5: KRISTOPHER BIERNATSKY

January 9, 2020

#TPQ5: KRISTOPHER BIERNATSKY
What will Kristopher Biernatsky, founder of Dink Press, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: CLARE E. POTTER

January 9, 2020

#TPQ5: CLARE E. POTTER
What will clare e. potter, a poet who is lucky to collaborate with other inspiring artists, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #79: VENUS DAVIS

January 8, 2020

POWER OF POETRY #79: VENUS DAVIS

I knew that writing wasn’t about being the best – it’s about expressing yourself and being happy with what you’ve written. It’s not a chance for validation.

#TPQ5: ERIK-JOHN FUHRER

January 7, 2020

#TPQ5: ERIK-JOHN FUHRER
What will Erik Fuhrer, author of every time you die (Alien Buddha Press), include in today’s#TPQ5? Find out inside!

REVIEW: BOAT BURNED – KELLY GRACE THOMAS (YESYES BOOKS)

January 7, 2020

REVIEW: BOAT BURNED – KELLY GRACE THOMAS (YESYES BOOKS)
I found myself walking away from it often, not out of discontent but out of a need to process the full brunt of the emotions laid bare by the author.

#TPQ5: GALE MARIE THOMPSON

January 6, 2020

#TPQ5: GALE MARIE THOMPSON

What will Gale Marie Thompson, author of Helen or My Hunger (YesYes Books, 2020), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #78: G.E. SCHWARTZ

January 6, 2020

POWER OF POETRY #77: G.E. SCHWARTZ

And with that light poetry has the power to usher us into a brave new world, filling our senses with the energy of creation where every bird, tree, branch, and blossom vibrates as if by immance.

#TPQ5: DAVID MARTIN

January 6, 2020

#TPQ5: DAVID MARTIN
What will David Martin, organizer for the Single Onion Poetry Series, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside

#TPQ5: LAURA WAINWRIGHT

January 3, 2020

#TPQ5: LAURA WAINWRIGHT
What will Laura Wainwright, author of a book of literary criticism, New Territories in Modernism: Anglophone Welsh Writing 1930-1949, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: SUE WILLIAM SILVERMAN

January 3, 2020

#TPQ5: SUE WILLIAM SILVERMAN
What will Sue William Silverman, who teaches in the MFA in Writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #77: CHRISTINA CIUFO

January 2, 2020

POWER OF POETRY #77: CHRISTINA CIUFO

Each poetic word, each lyrical line, each tone evoked and each enchanting rhyme within a poem ignites the orange-golden flames within the recesses of our minds and flickers its’ illuminating light behind our eyes.

#TPQ5: LAUREN LICONA

January 2, 2020

#TPQ5: LAUREN LICONA
What will Lauren Licona, Latinx poet based in Boston, MA, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: JULIO ENRIQUEZ-ORNELAS

January 2, 2020

#TPQ5: JULIO ENRIQUEZ-ORNELAS
What will Julio Enriquez-Ornelas, Assistant Professor at Millikin University, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: DAVE HOUSLEY

January 1, 2020

#TPQ5: DAVE HOUSLEY

What will Dave Housley, author of This Darkness Got to Give, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: TINA MOZELLE BRAZIEL

December 31, 2019

#TPQ5: TINA MOZELLE BRAZIEL

What will Tina Mozelle Braziel, awarded the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

REVIEW: BECOMING THE BRONZE IDOL – RITA MOOKERJEE (BONE & INK PRESS)

December 31, 2019

REVIEW: BECOMING THE BRONZE IDOL – RITA MOOKERJEE (BONE & INK PRESS)

This collection helps readjust the way we look at our world and showing that the first step in fixing something broken is to recognize that it needs to be fixed in the first place.

#TPQ5: CHARLENE ELSBY

December 31, 2019

#TPQ5: CHARLENE ELSBY
What will Charlene Elsby, Philosophy Program Director and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University Fort Wayne, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: KATIE RIEGEL

December 30, 2019

#TPQ5: KATIE RIEGEL
What will Katherine Riegel, author of Love Songs from the End of the World (Main Street Rag 2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: TAYLOR BANKS

December 30, 2019

#TPQ5: TAYLOR BANKS
What will Taylor Banks, MFA candidate at Stetson University, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #76: TAMARA BURROSS GRISANTI

December 30, 2019

POWER OF POETRY #76: TAMARA BURROSS GRISANTI

Entering that space of creation is the only type of churchgoing that has ever spoken to me. It is paying tribute to what I know of the sacred, it is the only way I know how to be prayerful.

#TPQ5: ADAM J. GELLINGS

December 19, 2019

#TPQ5: ADAM J. GELLINGS
What will Adam J. Gellings, poet and instructor from Columbus, Ohio, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: MALCOLM TARIQ

December 19, 2019

#TPQ5: MALCOLM TARIQ
What will Malcolm Tariq, author of Heed the Hollow (Graywolf Press, 2019), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #74: URNA BOSE

December 18, 2019

POWER OF POETRY #74: URNA BOSE

One can’t quite put a firm, decisive finger on when, where and how poetry collides, mingles, smudges and spills over into our lives

REVIEW: THE WHIMSY OF DANK JU-JU – SASCHA AURORA AKHTAR

December 17, 2019

REVIEW: THE WHIMSY OF DANK JU-JU – SASCHA AURORA AKHTAR

Magic is broken unless we understand the trick or allow ourselves to suspend our disbelief and just know that everything is taken care of, and that we are okay.

#TPQ5: JEFF PEARSON

December 17, 2019

#TPQ5: JEFF PEARSON

What will Jeff Pearson, an advocate for people with mental illness, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: REBECCA IRENE

December 17, 2019

#TPQ5: REBECCA IRENE
What will Rebecca Irene, Poetry Editor for The Maine Review, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #73: JOSEPH RATHGEBER

December 16, 2019

POWER OF POETRY #73: JOSEPH RATHGEBER

Poets excise words, omit and elide them. They break lines. Might as well break pane-glass windows.

#TPQ5: ERIC LOCHRIDGE

December 16, 2019

#TPQ5: ERIC LOCHRIDGE
What will Eric Lochridge, author of three poetry chapbooks, include in tiara #TPQ5? Find our inside!

#TPQ5: RAZIELLE AIGEN

December 16, 2019

#TPQ5: RAZIELLE AIGEN
What will Razielle Aigen, author of, Light Waves The Leaves (above/ground press 2020), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: BETH LONGMAN

December 13, 2019

#TPQ5: BETH LONGMAN
What will Beth Longman, founder and co-editor of Re-Side magazine, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: DAN KNAUSS

December 13, 2019

#TPQ5: DAN KNAUSS
What will Dan Knauss, who writes, edits, and tries to perform acts of humane, open-source webcraft, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: MICHAEL McGILL

December 12, 2019

#TPQ5: MICHAEL McGILL
What will Michael McGill, a UK poet from Edinburgh, Scotland, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: BEE WALSH

December 12, 2019

#TPQ5: BEE WALSH
What will Bee Walsh, author of Manning Up (West 44 Books), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: CHRISTINA CIUFO

December 11, 2019

#TPQ5: CHRISTINA CIUFO
What will Christina Ciufo, a passionate writer, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

REVIEW: A LIVE THING, CLINGING WITH MANY TEETH – KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER (SPOOKY GIRLFRIEND PRESS)

December 10, 2019

REVIEW: A LIVE THING, CLINGING WITH MANY TEETH – KOLLEEN CARNEY HOEPFNER (SPOOKY GIRLFRIEND PRESS)

We’re shown a woman who has to come to terms with pain and discomfort being her new reality. And then the idea of change is more frightening than her continued torture.

#TPQ5: WILL SCHMIT

December 10, 2019

#TPQ5: WILL SCHMIT
What will Will Schmit, author of Head Lines A Sixty Day Guide to Personal Psalmistry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: WARREN CZAPA

December 10, 2019

#TPQ5: WARREN CZAPA
What will Warren Czapa, longlisted for the Troubadour International Poetry Prize, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: ALVARO BEDOYA

December 9, 2019

#TPQ5: ALVARO BEDOYA
What will Alvaro Bedoya, who runs a think tank and legal clinic that protects the privacy rights of immigrants, poor people, and people of color, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: SONIA DI PLACIDO

December 9, 2019

#TPQ5: SONIA DI PLACIDO
What will Sonia Di Placido, poet, writer, and editor, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: JIM MEIROSE

December 5, 2019

#TPQ5: JIM MEIROSE
What will Jim Meirose, author of ‘Le Overgivers au Club de la Résurrection’ (Mannequin Haus), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: TAYLOR MALI

December 4, 2019

#TPQ5: TAYLOR MALI
What will Taylor Mali, 4-time National Slam Poetry Champion and former voice of all Burger King commercials, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: JANE ROSENBERG LaFORGE

December 4, 2019

#TPQ5: JANE ROSENBERG LaFORGE
What will Jane Rosenberg LaForge, author of six volumes of poetry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

POWER OF POETRY #72: MATT NAGIN

December 3, 2019

POWER OF POETRY #72: MATT NAGIN

Poetry cuts through the bullshit. It declutters spiritually. It is an opportunity to dance, to experiment, to hone new answers to complex problems.

#TPQ5: INK

December 3, 2019

#TPQ5: INK
What will Ink, who disrupts his neighbors’ dreams by taking recycling out at odd times, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: CATHERINE MARENGHI

December 3, 2019

#TPQ5: CATHERINE MARENGHI
What will Catherine Marenghi, an award-winning poet and memoirist, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: C.M. KATE FAULKNER

December 2, 2019

#TPQ5: C.M. KATE FAULKNER
What will C.M. Kate Faulkner, nonfiction piece “Autopsy” is out now In Against Death: 35 Essays on Living (Anvil Press), include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside?

#TPQ5: MICHAEL HALL

December 2, 2019

#TPQ5: MICHAEL HALL
What will Michael Hall, an up and coming, yet seasoned, poet, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

REVIEW: FORGIVE YOURSELF THESE TINY ACTS OF SELF-DESTRUCTION – JARED SINGER (BUTTON POETRY)

December 2, 2019

FORGIVE YOURSELF THESE TINY ACTS OF SELF-DESTRUCTION – JARED SINGER @buttonpoetry
“…a manual for the last kid in the kickball line. It’s a must-read for those who can’t remember why they need to remember. It’s for those who sometimes forget they matter.”

REVIEW: MILES OF SKY ABOVE US, MILES OF EARTH BELOW – STEVE DENEHAN (CAJUN MUTT PRESS)

December 1, 2019

Denehan is sort of like Bukowski, if Bukowski wrote while drinking rather than drunk. It’s proof that poetry doesn’t need to be complicated to tell a damn good story.

#TPQ5: DECEMBER LACE

November 29, 2019

#TPQ5: DECEMBER LACE
What will December Lace, former professional wrestler, pinup model, & Best of the Net nominee, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER FLAKUS

November 29, 2019

#TPQ5: CHRISTOPHER FLAKUS
What will Christopher Flakus, co-editor-in-chief of Defunkt Magazine, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: RY DOWNEY

November 28, 2019

#TPQ5: RY DOWNEY
What will Ry Downey, editor in chief of the new poetry magazine, BEATIFIC, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: MARY PEELEN

November 28, 2019

#TPQ5: MARY PEELEN
What will Mary Peelen, winner of the Kithara Book Prize, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: ELLEN CHANG-RICHARDSON

November 27, 2019

#TPQ5: ELLEN CHANG-RICHARDSON
What will Ellen Chang-Richardson, an emerging poet and the founder of Little Birds Poetry, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: VENUS DAVIS

November 27, 2019

#TPQ5: VENUS DAVIS
What will Venus Davis, contributor for Marias at Sampaguitas, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: PRIYA DOLMA TAMANG

November 26, 2019

#TPQ5: PRIYA DOLMA TAMANG
What will Priya Dolma Tamang, writer from the Himalayan state of Sikkim in northeastern India, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: LARISSA SHMAILO

November 26, 2019

#TPQ5: LARISSA SHMAILO
What will Larissa Shmailo, a poet, novelist, translator, editor, curator, and critic, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!

#TPQ5: QUINTIN COLLINS

November 25, 2019

#TPQ5: QUINTIN COLLINS
What will Quintin Collins, a writer, editor, and Solstice MFA Program Assistant Director, include in today’s #TPQ5? Find out inside!