Chapbook Review

Neil Akin, editor of The Chapbook Review, a publication in blog form, describes its mission thusly:

The idea for The Chapbook Review has been kicking around for some time. As a struggling poet in Los Angeles, I kept thinking there should be some better way to market my chapbook. As I talked to other poets and built up a collection of their chapbooks, I was amazed at the diversity of work and appearance. Chapbooks ranging from 15 minute Kinko productions to painstakingly stitched or wire-bound ensembles. And, in one case, a poet-artist produced a series of poem-post-cards, each illustrated with her own watercolor artwork.

So, in the spirit of community, The Chapbook Review seeks to present new and old chapbooks from all over. I will begin with the ones I own, but welcome any chapbooks you wish to send in for review. If you have chapbooks you love and want to write a review, I�d also love to hear from you. See the Submissions page for directions on sending your chapbook(s) or reviews. Sorry, we can�t afford to purchase chapbooks at this time.

I picked this link up from Heraclitean Fire. It’s a new site and not much is going on with it right now, but I certainly do think it’s a grand idea. Chapbooks have become a major form of poetry publication but they are somewhat invisible as far as bookstores and reviewing publications are concerned.

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