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Okay, so my book is a 7-month old, but it still is forthcoming, right? Thank you, @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social for offering a 3-poem glimpse into my latest book, Little Joy.
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Excerpt from “Little Joy” by Matthew Murrey
The latest in our FORTHCOMING series of excerpts from new and recent books. there are trees. A tall one that has shed all its leaves, has its roots in my heart. One, still bright with red and orang…
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August 19, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Okay, so my book is a 7-month old, but it still is forthcoming, right? Thank you, @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social for offering a 3-poem glimpse into my latest book, Little Joy.
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Thank you @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social for publishing my concrete #poem, “Schism.” The poem is inspired by the political and economic instability in my country, #Greece, which has which has shaken the foundations of the Greek society. #poetry #Schism
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“Schism” by Athena Melliar
How long is a piece of string when all we’ve got is scissors? (poetry)
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July 23, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Thank you @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social for publishing my concrete #poem, “Schism.” The poem is inspired by the political and economic instability in my country, #Greece, which has which has shaken the foundations of the Greek society. #poetry #Schism
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“She sought poetry as a balm during the dark night of the soul that she, her community, and her country often traversed”
In @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social, Emily Hunsberger reviews Nadia Anjuman’s newly translated poetry collection, “Smoke Drifts” - anotherchicagomagazine.net/2026/06/16/r...
In @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social, Emily Hunsberger reviews Nadia Anjuman’s newly translated poetry collection, “Smoke Drifts” - anotherchicagomagazine.net/2026/06/16/r...
Review of Nadia Anjuman’s “Smoke Drifts: Selected Poems” (translated by Diana Arterian and Marina Omar) by Emily Hunsberger
Smoke Drifts contains both free verse and poems that follow a formal architecture, including several of Anjuman’s ghazals, a centuries-old tradition that Uzbek writer Hamid Ismailov describes as “a…
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June 20, 2026 at 12:33 PM
“She sought poetry as a balm during the dark night of the soul that she, her community, and her country often traversed”
In @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social, Emily Hunsberger reviews Nadia Anjuman’s newly translated poetry collection, “Smoke Drifts” - anotherchicagomagazine.net/2026/06/16/r...
In @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social, Emily Hunsberger reviews Nadia Anjuman’s newly translated poetry collection, “Smoke Drifts” - anotherchicagomagazine.net/2026/06/16/r...
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Browse rolling submission opportunities at @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social! The editors are especially interested in receiving poetry as well as reviews of recently published full-length collections from independent and university presses: www.clmp.org/members/open...
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Browse rolling submission opportunities at @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social! The editors are especially interested in receiving poetry as well as reviews of recently published full-length collections from independent and university presses: www.clmp.org/members/open...
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Many thanks to Erica Goss for this thoughtful, attentive reading of Holli Carrell’s debut, Apostasies, and gratitude to Another Chicago Magazine for publishing the review! See the link in our bio for the whole review. @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social @hollicarrell.bsky.social
April 17, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Many thanks to Erica Goss for this thoughtful, attentive reading of Holli Carrell’s debut, Apostasies, and gratitude to Another Chicago Magazine for publishing the review! See the link in our bio for the whole review. @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social @hollicarrell.bsky.social
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"This is @mfraterrigo.bsky.social's first book-length work of nonfiction, and yet the collection rings with the assuredness of the Pushcart-nominated writer’s numerous successes," writes @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social of THE PERILS OF GIRLHOOD. bit.ly/4sP8co3
Review: Reclaiming Power Over The Patriarchy: Melissa Fraterrigo’s “The Perils of Girlhood” by Anne Sawyier
If we look more closely, we see the doll’s skin marked by chips in the paint—traces of violence that our girl has survived—her searing blue eyes defiantly looking toward the sky, or at least something higher than where she is now. (reviews)
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"This is @mfraterrigo.bsky.social's first book-length work of nonfiction, and yet the collection rings with the assuredness of the Pushcart-nominated writer’s numerous successes," writes @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social of THE PERILS OF GIRLHOOD. bit.ly/4sP8co3
ACM is once again open for #poetry submissions! We look forward to reading your work.
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Submissions
We’re open now for fiction, nonfiction, art, translations, poetry reviews, prose reviews, and voices from Palestine and Ukraine. Send work to us on Submittable. Follow us on Instagram and Fac…
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ACM is once again open for #poetry submissions! We look forward to reading your work.
#callforsubmissions #opensubmissions #submitpoetry #poetrysubmission #callingallpoets
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At 4 a.m. I am awakened by a vision of the river goddess. I am told without words that she saved baachan from drowning. After the funeral of my great-baachan.
“Dear Mother: Notes of an Ordained Lay Buddhist Felon Traveling Japan,” by Tony Koji Wallin-Sato
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“Dear Mother: Notes of an Ordained Lay Buddhist Felon Traveling Japan,” by Tony Koji Wallin-Sato
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“Dear Mother: Notes of an Ordained Lay Buddhist Felon Traveling Japan” by Tony Koji Wallin-Sato
At 4 a.m. I am awakened by a vision of the river goddess. I am told without words that she saved baachan from drowning. After the funeral of my great-baachan. After a mokugyo drum was broken throug…
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January 8, 2026 at 10:27 PM
At 4 a.m. I am awakened by a vision of the river goddess. I am told without words that she saved baachan from drowning. After the funeral of my great-baachan.
“Dear Mother: Notes of an Ordained Lay Buddhist Felon Traveling Japan,” by Tony Koji Wallin-Sato
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“Dear Mother: Notes of an Ordained Lay Buddhist Felon Traveling Japan,” by Tony Koji Wallin-Sato
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"Danielle Steele’s Going Home, Alice Munro’s Dear Life. Richard Bach’s Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Ali flips open a moldy Farsi translation of The Three Musketeers..."
“The Dreamer of Bandar,” by Pegah Ouji. Art by Dmitry Samarov.
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“The Dreamer of Bandar,” by Pegah Ouji. Art by Dmitry Samarov.
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“The Dreamer of Bandar” by Pegah Ouji
Danielle Steele’s Going Home, Alice Munro’s Dear Life. Richard Bach’s Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Ali flips open a moldy Farsi translation of The Three Musketeers, his eyes landing on “All falseho…
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December 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Danielle Steele’s Going Home, Alice Munro’s Dear Life. Richard Bach’s Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Ali flips open a moldy Farsi translation of The Three Musketeers..."
“The Dreamer of Bandar,” by Pegah Ouji. Art by Dmitry Samarov.
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“The Dreamer of Bandar,” by Pegah Ouji. Art by Dmitry Samarov.
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the opening of a cut grape
the butterfly
if it were to lightly rest upon the
extremity of the grape..."
“Pretending to Drink,” a poem by Natsumi Aoyagi, translated from the Japanese by Corey Wakeling. Art by Patty Paine.
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the butterfly
if it were to lightly rest upon the
extremity of the grape..."
“Pretending to Drink,” a poem by Natsumi Aoyagi, translated from the Japanese by Corey Wakeling. Art by Patty Paine.
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“Pretending to Drink,” a poem by Natsumi Aoyagi, translated from the Japanese by Corey Wakeling
the opening of a cut grape the butterfly if it were to lightly rest upon the extremity of the grape and pretend to drink if it wasn’t drinking what was to be done then? I would have to improve how …
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December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
the opening of a cut grape
the butterfly
if it were to lightly rest upon the
extremity of the grape..."
“Pretending to Drink,” a poem by Natsumi Aoyagi, translated from the Japanese by Corey Wakeling. Art by Patty Paine.
anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/10/14/p...
the butterfly
if it were to lightly rest upon the
extremity of the grape..."
“Pretending to Drink,” a poem by Natsumi Aoyagi, translated from the Japanese by Corey Wakeling. Art by Patty Paine.
anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/10/14/p...
''After descending into the basement, you act as if you never went, as if you have no idea what the basement really is or what happened there." - “Sister Replay,” Excerpted from “Body of Evidence” by Aimee Parkison.
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“Sister Replay” Excerpted from “Body of Evidence” by Aimee Parkison
The latest in our FORTHCOMING series of excerpts from new and recent books: After descending into the basement, you act as if you never went, as if you have no idea what the basement really is or w…
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December 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
''After descending into the basement, you act as if you never went, as if you have no idea what the basement really is or what happened there." - “Sister Replay,” Excerpted from “Body of Evidence” by Aimee Parkison.
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When my father measured women in percentages, I learned to chart myself like livestock—head, pelvis, torso. Yet the red horse leaned his warmth into me...and the body refused to stay math.
“Magnitude,” by Meredith Shepherd. With art by Edward Supranowicz.
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“Magnitude,” by Meredith Shepherd. With art by Edward Supranowicz.
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“Magnitude” by Meredith Shepherd
When my father measured women in percentages, I learned to chart myself like livestock—head, pelvis, torso. Yet the red horse leaned his warmth into me, the chickadees sang, and the body refused to…
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December 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
When my father measured women in percentages, I learned to chart myself like livestock—head, pelvis, torso. Yet the red horse leaned his warmth into me...and the body refused to stay math.
“Magnitude,” by Meredith Shepherd. With art by Edward Supranowicz.
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“Magnitude,” by Meredith Shepherd. With art by Edward Supranowicz.
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"The poems in Naming the Rose draw from vulnerable, autobiographical elements mixed with the obliviousness of those around the speaker."
Review of Kim Noriega’s “Naming the Roses,” by Tiffany Troy.
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Review of Kim Noriega’s “Naming the Roses,” by Tiffany Troy.
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Review of Kim Noriega’s “Naming the Roses” by Tiffany Troy
The poems in Naming the Rose draw from vulnerable, autobiographical elements mixed with the obliviousness of those around the speaker. The two-sectioned poem “The Light of Day” contrasts loving mem…
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December 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"The poems in Naming the Rose draw from vulnerable, autobiographical elements mixed with the obliviousness of those around the speaker."
Review of Kim Noriega’s “Naming the Roses,” by Tiffany Troy.
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Review of Kim Noriega’s “Naming the Roses,” by Tiffany Troy.
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"The poems in Naming the Rose draw from vulnerable, autobiographical elements mixed with the obliviousness of those around the speaker."
Review of Kim Noriega’s “Naming the Roses,” by @tiffanytroy.bsky.social.
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Review of Kim Noriega’s “Naming the Roses,” by @tiffanytroy.bsky.social.
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Review of Kim Noriega’s “Naming the Roses” by Tiffany Troy
The poems in Naming the Rose draw from vulnerable, autobiographical elements mixed with the obliviousness of those around the speaker. The two-sectioned poem “The Light of Day” contrasts loving mem…
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December 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"The poems in Naming the Rose draw from vulnerable, autobiographical elements mixed with the obliviousness of those around the speaker."
Review of Kim Noriega’s “Naming the Roses,” by @tiffanytroy.bsky.social.
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Review of Kim Noriega’s “Naming the Roses,” by @tiffanytroy.bsky.social.
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"The holes breathed damp breath that wasn’t quite alive but wasn’t dead either. It takes little to make beauty out of wreckage, wreckage out of beauty."
“If Gravity, Then,” by Michael Wiley. With art by Brian McPartlon.
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“If Gravity, Then,” by Michael Wiley. With art by Brian McPartlon.
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“If Gravity, Then” by Michael Wiley
The holes breathed damp breath that wasn’t quite alive but wasn’t dead either. It takes little to make beauty out of wreckage, wreckage out of beauty. Winter sun gleams in the spray, constellates i…
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December 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"The holes breathed damp breath that wasn’t quite alive but wasn’t dead either. It takes little to make beauty out of wreckage, wreckage out of beauty."
“If Gravity, Then,” by Michael Wiley. With art by Brian McPartlon.
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“If Gravity, Then,” by Michael Wiley. With art by Brian McPartlon.
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"He had written DECEASED next to my mother’s name on his return. That threw the whole system off, sending his return into the void for further review."
“Death and Taxes,” Excerpted from “An Ignorance of Trees,” by Jim Daniels.
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“Death and Taxes,” Excerpted from “An Ignorance of Trees,” by Jim Daniels.
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“Death and Taxes” Excerpted from “An Ignorance of Trees” by Jim Daniels
The latest in our FORTHCOMING series of excerpts from new and recent books: He had written DECEASED next to my mother’s name on his return. That threw the whole system off, sending his return into …
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December 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
"He had written DECEASED next to my mother’s name on his return. That threw the whole system off, sending his return into the void for further review."
“Death and Taxes,” Excerpted from “An Ignorance of Trees,” by Jim Daniels.
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“Death and Taxes,” Excerpted from “An Ignorance of Trees,” by Jim Daniels.
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"This collection of poems explores the fracture of a marriage after a secret is revealed—a husband’s closeted homosexuality, at odds with his religious upbringing..."
Review of Kimberly Ann Priest’s “tether & lung,” by @mickafoos.bsky.social
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Review of Kimberly Ann Priest’s “tether & lung,” by @mickafoos.bsky.social
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Review of Kimberly Ann Priest’s “tether & lung” by Brittany Micka-Foos
This collection of poems explores the fracture of a marriage after a secret is revealed—a husband’s closeted homosexuality, at odds with his religious upbringing and the life he has built. Set agai…
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November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"This collection of poems explores the fracture of a marriage after a secret is revealed—a husband’s closeted homosexuality, at odds with his religious upbringing..."
Review of Kimberly Ann Priest’s “tether & lung,” by @mickafoos.bsky.social
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Review of Kimberly Ann Priest’s “tether & lung,” by @mickafoos.bsky.social
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"I am sorry to say this, but what if
You made a mistake?
What if You took the wrong kid?"
“I think I’m special” by L.F. Khouri. With art by Giuliana Eggleston.
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You made a mistake?
What if You took the wrong kid?"
“I think I’m special” by L.F. Khouri. With art by Giuliana Eggleston.
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“I think I’m special” by L.F. Khouri
I am sorry to say this, but what if You made a mistake? What if You took the wrong kid? I heard You took two more kids today from Askar’s middle school. Are the soldiers working for you? (Palestini…
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November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"I am sorry to say this, but what if
You made a mistake?
What if You took the wrong kid?"
“I think I’m special” by L.F. Khouri. With art by Giuliana Eggleston.
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You made a mistake?
What if You took the wrong kid?"
“I think I’m special” by L.F. Khouri. With art by Giuliana Eggleston.
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I walk across the highway to the other side, lean over the same crumbling concrete guardrail and look down into the stagnant cesspool.
“Lost in East Chicago,” Excerpted from “Walking Chicago’s Coast,” by Michael McColly.
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“Lost in East Chicago,” Excerpted from “Walking Chicago’s Coast,” by Michael McColly.
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“Lost in East Chicago,” Excerpted from “Walking Chicago’s Coast” by Michael McColly
The latest in our FORTHCOMING series of excerpts from new and recent books: I walk across the highway to the other side, lean over the same crumbling concrete guardrail and look down into the stagn…
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November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I walk across the highway to the other side, lean over the same crumbling concrete guardrail and look down into the stagnant cesspool.
“Lost in East Chicago,” Excerpted from “Walking Chicago’s Coast,” by Michael McColly.
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“Lost in East Chicago,” Excerpted from “Walking Chicago’s Coast,” by Michael McColly.
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Every night I read
My country’s history
of profit wrung from working people
and before dawn I burn my shoes
“Before Dawn I Rend My Clothes,” Excerpted from “Political Prisoners USA and Other Poems,” by James Madigan.
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My country’s history
of profit wrung from working people
and before dawn I burn my shoes
“Before Dawn I Rend My Clothes,” Excerpted from “Political Prisoners USA and Other Poems,” by James Madigan.
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“Before Dawn I Rend My Clothes,” Excerpted from “Political Prisoners USA and Other Poems” by James Madigan
The latest in our FORTHCOMING series of excerpts from new and recent books: Every night I read My country’s history of profit wrung from working people and before dawn I burn my shoes
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November 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Every night I read
My country’s history
of profit wrung from working people
and before dawn I burn my shoes
“Before Dawn I Rend My Clothes,” Excerpted from “Political Prisoners USA and Other Poems,” by James Madigan.
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My country’s history
of profit wrung from working people
and before dawn I burn my shoes
“Before Dawn I Rend My Clothes,” Excerpted from “Political Prisoners USA and Other Poems,” by James Madigan.
anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/09/11/b...