Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Review of Kris Ringman's "Sail Skin"

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 Kris Ringman , Sail Skin  (Handtype Press , 2022) 70 pages, poetry.  More info here . Kris Ringman has written a contemplative poetry colle...
Monday, June 16, 2025

Is(sue) 17 of AvantAppal(achia) is Live!

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Dear Kinfolk,   Is(sue) 17 is live to read now! Just click the link below.  A few things to note as this opens the submission period for Is(...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Book Review of Andrea L. Hackbarth's "waveforms: a short course in piano tuning"

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Andrea L. Hackbarth , waveforms: a short course in piano tuning   (Small Harbor Publishing , 2025) 37 pages, poetry.  More info here . This ...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Is(sue) 17 Deadline Reminder

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Dear Kinfolk. Here we are at the Deadline for Is(sue) 17, which is April 30, 2025. So: get your weird, wonderful, experimental poetry, art, ...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Review of Kalehua Kim's "Mele"

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Kalehua Kim, Mele   (Trio House Press , 2025) 100 pages, poetry, forthcoming on July 1, 2025.  More info here . Kalehua Kim explores themes ...
Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Review of Han VanderHart's "Larks"

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Han  VanderHart, Larks   (Ohio State University Press , 2025) 86 pages, poetry, forthcoming at the time of this writing. More info here . Th...
Saturday, February 15, 2025

"Come Hell and High Water: Helene" Special Is(sue) Release

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Dear Kinfolk, It’s here! The “Come Hell and High Water: Helene” Special Is(sue) is live! You can view it here: https://www.avantappalachia.c...
Saturday, February 8, 2025

Review of Kiarah Hamilton's "this is what fifteen feels like"

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Kiarah Hamilton, this is what fifteen feels like   (KDP, 2024) 145 pages, poetry, $19.99 US.  Order here . Hamilton invites us to read this ...
Thursday, January 2, 2025

Review of Stephen Spanoudis' "Final Orbit: Not All Ghosts Are Human: The Autobiography of Mario Ng (The Republic of Dreams)"

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  Stephen Spanoudis, Final Orbit: Not All Ghosts Are Human: The Autobiography of Mario Ng (The Republic of Dreams)  (The Other Pages.org, 20...
Monday, December 16, 2024

Is(sue) 16 is live!

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Dear Kinfolk, Is(sue) 16 is live! It has work from 7 countries and 12 states in the U.S. The Arch(ive) for Is(sue) 15 is a poem by John Paul...