Category: Poetry Reviews

Review of A Godless Ascends by Kristiane Weeks-Rogers via Tinderbox Poetry Journal

I’m so grateful for the beautiful insights and thoughtful words from fellow poet Kristiane Weeks-Rogers in her review of my most recent poetry book A Godless Ascends published by Lithic Press in March.  As always, tremendous thanks to Tinderbox Poetry Journal for their generous support over the years and […]

Review of A Godless Ascends by Dayna Patterson in Mom Egg Review

I cannot say enough about the generosity of Dayna Patterson, not to mention the incredible quality of her beautiful poetry. I am honored to share her review of A Godless Ascends just published by Mom Egg Review. If you are not familiar with Patterson’s work, please visit her […]

50+ Lit Mags for Book Reviews & Author Interviews

The listings below are literary magazines and journals I found which do not charge submission fees and accept unsolicited submission of book reviews and author interviews. A few are paying, some are print publications, some require a query before you send a review to make sure it’s not […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Tint Journal, DEADLINE: May 31, 2022

Tint Journal is the online literary journal with an explicit focus on writers who produce creative texts in English as their second or non-native language, also sometimes known as exophonic or translingual writers. In their biannual issues, they publish fiction, nonfiction and poetry in text and audio form, […]

50+ Lit Mags for Book Reviews & Author Interviews + Free Trial via Becky Tuch

Tremendous thanks to Becky Tuch for publishing my list of 50+ Lit Mags for Book Reviews & Author Interviews in her Lit Mag News Roundup in her new column on publishing tips. She offers so much excellent free content, including a regular newsletter as well as Q&A interviews […]

My Year of Writing Poetry Book Reviews – guest post by Deborah Bacharach

In my thirty years of writing, I had only published four poetry book reviews until last year. So ending the year with sixteen reviews written and published took a major shift in attitude and practice. You could do this too. why review Reviewing is certainly about being a […]

[Review Exchange] Titania in Yellow by Dayna Patterson / Almost Famous by Trish Hopkinson published by Tinderbox

My review of Titania in Yellow by Dayna Patterson was just published in Tinderbox, a poetry journal that publishes online quarterly issues of poetry, book reviews, and interviews with poets. This review was a unique and amazing experience, in that it was a review exchange–Patterson and I had chapbooks […]

Happy New Year and Thank You! – My Publication & Site Stats, 300K+ views in 2020!

Happy New Year and big thanks to such an incredible online community of poets, writers, and supporters! I started actively posting and promoting my web site in October 2014, and have seen a constant increase in traffic, likes, and followers. I’ve met some amazing and talented people along […]

Sticks & Stones: How to Write a Poetry Newsletter – guest blog post by Erica Goss

In 2017, I decided to start a newsletter. I named it Sticks & Stones after the childhood chant “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Of course, words can and do hurt, and are far more powerful than mere sticks and stones, but […]

Micro-chapbook Review: Reconstructed Happiness, by Trish Hopkinson – by Risa Denenberg via The Poetry Cafe (open for submissions!)

It was such a pleasure to meet Risa Denenberg in person for the first time last year at AWP in Portland. She does so much incredible work for the literary community and truly is just a delightful and kind person. I couldn’t be more honored that she would […]

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