Gabriela Halas In Halas’ collection, we follow wolf tracks, brown bear prints, and the ghost-breath of elk to get in close to the tender things that make us human: new life, loss, language, music and the fresh, green earth. Halas expertly uses sound, white space, and...
Rebecca Foust Inspired by a rereading of 1984 during the pandemic and the turbulent years of the 2016-20 Trump administration, these poems explore the disturbing parallels between George Orwell’s totalitarian dystopia and America’s emerging political landscape....
Austin Sanchez-Moran “The poems in Rhinocerotica are inventive yet tender. In the end, I do not know if I am the rhino, and the poems want me to see my larger connection with the world—or, if the rhino is made human, so I, a human, will pay attention, and so I fail...
Chris Slaughter Runner up for the 4th Annual Chapbook Competition. Chris Slaughter graduated from Hunter College with a MFA in creative writing where he received a Shuster Award. He also obtained a MSED in students with disabilities from Brooklyn College, and a degree...
Lindsay Young In Your Absence is a haunting and beautiful exploration of grief.In these meditative poems, Young honors the life and legacy of her mother. In Your Absence is the winner of the Backbone Press Chapbook Contest. Lindsay Young is a poet from New York, based...
Theo Triplett Theo Triplett With a bold pen and vivid images, Theo Triplett explores place, Black spaces, emotional vulnerabilities, and gender in their debut chapbook Madhouse/Gladhouse. Theo Triplett is a black artist originally from New Orleans, LA. A senior in...