periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics : May 2025

the new issue of periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics is now online! featuring:

new poetry by Jason Christie, Michael Chang, Sandra Simonds and Angela Caporaso, as well as four poems by Ecuadorian poet Medardo Ángel Silva (1898-1919) translated into English by Tristan Partridge;

reviews of recent poetry titles by Kyo Lee (by rob mclennan), Karl E. Jirgens (by Stan Rogal), Jessi MacEachern (by rob mclennan), Maw Shein Win (by C. Pirloul-Broshi) and Yvonne Blomer (by Kim Fahner);

new essays in the "How does a poem begin?" series by Otoniya J Okot Bitek, Manahil Bandukwala and Julia Polyck-O'Neill;

new small press features by Catherine Walker on Little Books Collective and daniel j flosi on Stone Corpse Press;

Chris Hutchingson on David Schubert; Stan Rogal interviews Edgar Allen Poe, and Jérôme Melançon interviews Yilin Wang on translation;

two new essays in Maw Shein Win's "Process Note" series, by Mia Ayumi Malhotra (#56) and Rachel Richardson (#57);

and a reminder: periodicities is open to submissions of previously unpublished poetry-related reviews, interviews and essays. We are also seeking pieces (essays/interviews etc) on the Canadian long poem! please send submissions as .doc with author biography to periodicityjournal (at) gmail.com

For the time being, submissions of previously unpublished poetry will be by solicitation-only, with the exception of translated works (which you should very much send along! please send translations!).

ALSO: periodicities is seeking essays in its #FirstRealPoets series, a series originally prompted by Canadian poet Zane Koss, who wrote on first encountering Stuart Ross. Who was the first real poet you ever encountered in the flesh? How did that encounter shape your approach to poetry? How does that poet make poetry a possibility for people who might not otherwise see themselves as poets? We hope to read essays about real poets' poets. The poets who might not get the critical recognition they deserve but are nonetheless important community-creating figures who welcome and encourage new voices.

ALSO: periodicities is seeking essays in its #reconsiderations series; essays on a particular older book by another poet, a series originally prompted by Ken Norris, who wrote a piece on Michael Ondaatje's Rat Jelly.

periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics,
founded March 2020
edited and lovingly maintained by rob mclennan
built as a curious extension of above/ground press (b. July 9, 1993