some author activity: Sparling, Peterson, Shafer, Macdonald, Zhang, Barwin, Nećakov + Niespodziany,

Ken Sparling has new work up at R&R Magazine and talking about strawberries all of the time; Andrew K. Peterson and Emily Shafer also have new work up at talking about strawberries all of the time, where there's even an interview with Dawn Macdonald; Elena Zhang has new work up at had; and Gary Barwin & Lillian Nećakov are included in Benjamin Niespodziany's Sunday Poem & Prompt, 

some author activity: Tierney, mclennan, Wah, Shafer, Skrabalak, Scroggins + Farina,

Orchid Tierney has new work at The Journal; rob mclennan has a poem for Fred Wah up at public reveries; Emily Shafer has a poem in the "Tuesday poem" series; Ryan Skrabalak answers the "12 or 20 questions" interview; Mark Scroggins has an essay up at "my small press writing day"; and Laura Farina is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey.

new from above/ground press: I found looking, by Emily Shafer

I found looking
Emily Shafer
$6

I found                                   looking outside
  found you there
  listening
  listing
  my nute

 

I found four swallows instead of three 

   found a blank party is all worth an email slice

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
May 2026
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

cover artwork: Aoife McLennan

Emily Shafer is a poet and photographer. She is an incoming MFA candidate in Image Text at Cornell University, holds an MFA in Creative Writing, Poetry from Brooklyn College, and teaches first-year writing at CUNY. She is the author of it’s too early for poetry from Proper Tales Press and publications in poets.org, The Brooklyn Review, periodicities, and more. Born and raised in Rochester, N.Y., she lives and works in New York City. @emilyshaferwrites / www.emilyshaferwrites.com

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some author activity: Tynes, Farina, Cone, Brockwell, Unsworth, Weaver, Christie, Shafer, Houbolt + Armantrout,

Jen Tynes, Laura Farina, Jon Cone, Stephen Brockwell (for Jason Christie), Lydia Unsworth and forthcoming author Emily Shafer all have poems on the Chaudiere Books blog for National Poetry Month; Brockwell also has new work up at The Pi Review, as does Andy Weaver; Kyla Houbolt has work in eunoia review; and Rae Armantrout has a poem up at The New Yorker.