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May 19, 2026
'genuflect through showering roses' — poetry by Leila Lois
May 19, 2026
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'my hands fuss with the details' — poetry by Jason Davidson
May 19, 2026
'my hands fuss with the details' — poetry by Jason Davidson
May 19, 2026
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'EVERYDAY I THOUGHT OF THE DEER' — poetry by Anna Drzewiecki
May 19, 2026
'EVERYDAY I THOUGHT OF THE DEER' — poetry by Anna Drzewiecki
May 19, 2026
May 19, 2026
'Tongue fat with want' — poetry by Isabel Galupo
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'Tongue fat with want' — poetry by Isabel Galupo
May 19, 2026
May 19, 2026
'robe me in brightness' — poetry by Muheez Olawale
May 19, 2026
'robe me in brightness' — poetry by Muheez Olawale
May 19, 2026
May 19, 2026
'understand that you make me pyrophoric' — poetry by Juliet Kahn
May 18, 2026
'understand that you make me pyrophoric' — poetry by Juliet Kahn
May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
'Let us darken your blood' — poetry by jessamyn duckwall
May 18, 2026
'Let us darken your blood' — poetry by jessamyn duckwall
May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
'dark in the blonde sea' — poetry by Heather Truett
May 18, 2026
'dark in the blonde sea' — poetry by Heather Truett
May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
'Unravel the strands of dawn ' — poetry by J. L. Yocum
May 18, 2026
'Unravel the strands of dawn ' — poetry by J. L. Yocum
May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
'blood ripple shimmer' — poetry by Savannah Manhattan
May 18, 2026
'blood ripple shimmer' — poetry by Savannah Manhattan
May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
'flesh fever our bed' — poetry by Adrian Ernesto Cepeda 
May 18, 2026
'flesh fever our bed' — poetry by Adrian Ernesto Cepeda 
May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
'blue hands wrapped with rosary' — poetry by Bernadette McComish
May 18, 2026
'blue hands wrapped with rosary' — poetry by Bernadette McComish
May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
'dancing in pleather dress' — poetry by Jill Khoury
May 18, 2026
'dancing in pleather dress' — poetry by Jill Khoury
May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
'I will give you horses' — poetry by Johannes Göransson
March 28, 2026
'I will give you horses' — poetry by Johannes Göransson
March 28, 2026
March 28, 2026
'Darling, clean up your heart' — poetry by Lavinia Liang
March 28, 2026
'Darling, clean up your heart' — poetry by Lavinia Liang
March 28, 2026
March 28, 2026
'am I the lonely wicked one' — poetry by Lindsay Lusby
March 28, 2026
'am I the lonely wicked one' — poetry by Lindsay Lusby
March 28, 2026
March 28, 2026
'flowers of hell, bonded in glitter' — poetry by Katie Doherty
March 28, 2026
'flowers of hell, bonded in glitter' — poetry by Katie Doherty
March 28, 2026
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'it is the scent of death and it is a wolfish girl' — poetry by Lena Kinder
March 28, 2026
'it is the scent of death and it is a wolfish girl' — poetry by Lena Kinder
March 28, 2026
March 28, 2026
'plotting like a diabolical orchid' — poetry by Laura Cronk
March 28, 2026
'plotting like a diabolical orchid' — poetry by Laura Cronk
March 28, 2026
March 28, 2026
'even in wilds, it sins' — poetry by Ann DeVilbiss
March 28, 2026
'even in wilds, it sins' — poetry by Ann DeVilbiss
March 28, 2026
March 28, 2026
'I birth my own being' — poetry by Nichole Turnbloom
March 28, 2026
'I birth my own being' — poetry by Nichole Turnbloom
March 28, 2026
March 28, 2026
'vespiaries brooding combs of quietness' — poetry by Susan Irvine
March 28, 2026
'vespiaries brooding combs of quietness' — poetry by Susan Irvine
March 28, 2026
March 28, 2026
'What comes after happiness?' — poetry by Robert McDonald
March 27, 2026
'What comes after happiness?' — poetry by Robert McDonald
March 27, 2026
March 27, 2026
‘the pale seam of spillage’ — poetry by Amanda Gaines
March 27, 2026
‘the pale seam of spillage’ — poetry by Amanda Gaines
March 27, 2026
March 27, 2026
'an assailing miasma' — poetry by Sadee Bee
March 27, 2026
'an assailing miasma' — poetry by Sadee Bee
March 27, 2026
March 27, 2026
' ghost of cinnamon, wet dog & bog blood' — poetry by Trista Edwards
March 27, 2026
' ghost of cinnamon, wet dog & bog blood' — poetry by Trista Edwards
March 27, 2026
March 27, 2026
'Make of me a piecemeal mound' — poetry by Matthew Gustafson
March 10, 2026
'Make of me a piecemeal mound' — poetry by Matthew Gustafson
March 10, 2026
March 10, 2026
'the fever always holds' — poetry by Abbie Allison
March 10, 2026
'the fever always holds' — poetry by Abbie Allison
March 10, 2026
March 10, 2026
'those petty midnights' — poetry by Zoë Davis
March 10, 2026
'those petty midnights' — poetry by Zoë Davis
March 10, 2026
March 10, 2026
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17 Amazing Books & Collections of 2018

December 13, 2018

BY JOANNA C. VALENTE

Here they are (and unlike many lists, this one has a lot of poetry, because poetry is not dead):

  1. Katie Della-Valle & Stacy Skolnik - Rat Park (Montez Press) [review here]

  2. Steven Sanchez - Phantom Tongue (Sundress Publications) [review here]

  3. Faye Chevalier - FUTUR.TXT (Empty Set Press) [review here]

  4. Charlotte Seley - The World is My Rival (Spuyten Duyvil) [review here]

  5. Kim Vodicka - Psychic Privates (White Stag Publishing) [review here]

  6. Jacq Greyja - Greater Grave (The Operating System) [review here]

  7. C.C. Hannett - I Gave This Dream to a Color (Spuyten Duyvil) [review here]

  8.  Kailey Tedesco and illustrated by Whitney Paper - She Used to Be on a Milk Carton (April Gloam Publishing) [review here]

  9. Emily Corwin - Tenderling (Stalking Horse Press) [review here]

  10. Natalie Eilbert - Indictus (Noemi Press) [review here]

  11. Joshua Byron - NB Carrie Bradshaw (Epigraph Magazine) [interview here]

  12. Gabriel Ojeda-Sague - Jazzercise Is a Language (The Operating System) [review here]

  13.  R.O. Kwon - The Incendiaries (Riverhead Books)

  14. Michael Seidlinger - My Pet Serial Killer (Fangoria)

  15. Rachel Lyon - Self-Portrait with Boy (Scribner)

  16. Chelsea Hodson - Tonight I’m Someone Else: Essays (Holt Paperbacks)

  17. Joel L. Daniels - A Book About Things I Will Tell My Daughter (Bottlecap Press)


Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. They are the author of Sirs & Madams, The Gods Are Dead, Marys of the Sea, Sexting Ghosts, Xenos, No(body) (forthcoming, Madhouse Press, 2019), and is the editor of A Shadow Map: Writing by Survivors of Sexual Assault. They received their MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Joanna is the founder of Yes Poetry and the senior managing editor for Luna Luna Magazine. Some of their writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Them, Brooklyn Magazine, BUST, and elsewhere. Joanna also leads workshops at Brooklyn Poets. joannavalente.com / Twitter: @joannasaid / IG: joannacvalente / FB: joannacvalente


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