Column
2022 AWP Conference Announcement!
In March 2022, Philadelphia Stories will be a premiere sponsor of The Association of Writing Programs (AWP) Conference, taking place in Philadelphia. Here’s what that means for local writers.
Fiction
Shelly’s fiancé. Dirk. What kind of name is that? Stanley’s hand twitches.
Fiction
Something a Ghost Told Me at Dachau
I’m not the type to fall under the spell of a false religion. The lesson has been on the books for ages.
Non-Fiction
I’ve never been less than an hour early for my train. I don’t know if it comes from a sense of heightened preparedness or an ongoing current of anxiety that doesn’t even let me sleep in on weekends.
Poetry
In the near-dark morning, unhook the moon and pin it in its dark and velvet box.
Poetry
In a hospital room I stand next to your son, watching you drift in and out of consciousness.
Poetry
What Our Fathers Didn’t Tell Us About the War
that they were young, but the enemy soldiers were younger
Review
Review: Adam Falkner, “The Willies”
Throughout Adam Falkner’s The Willies, the poet seems to be looking for ways to lighten the heft of the weighty topics on shuffle through this collection.
Review
Review: A.E. Hines, “Any Dumb Animal”
In reading A.E. Hines 2021 collection Any Dumb Animal, the reader becomes confidante, sharing the grief and rage of these poems and caring that the poet finds his way to the end of the book vindicated, or at least some sort of peace.
Review
Review: Hayden Saunier, “A Cartography of Home”
Hayden Saunier’s A Cartography of Home (published in February by Terrapin Books) is another breathtaking example of what this poet does best: crafting sensuous language, weaving together word play and close observation.
Review
Review: Darla Himeles, “Cleave: Poems”
The cover of Cleave, Darla Himeles’s first full-length poetry collection, features a painting of two hands tentatively cradling an empty bird’s nest.