Hi everyone! Here is a recap of all the fantastic member news announced in August 2025. If you are an NEPC member, you can have your news announced too by submitting it at: https://nepoetryclub.org/submit-member-news/
NEPC Member Kristin Dykstra’s book Dissonance, published by the University of Chicago Press, received the Phoenix Emerging Poet Book Prize! Congratulations Kristin! You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://loom.ly/n7C4nU8
NEPC Member Kristin Dykstra had an essay on the topic of “What Sparks Poetry (Other Arts),” published by Poetry Daily. You can read it here! https://loom.ly/c-2DSxQ
New Book Congrats! NEPC member Jean L. Kreiling’s Home and Away, published by Kelsay Books, is now available at Amazon (https://loom.ly/egm_M9w) and Kelsay Books (https://loom.ly/wcWXSSY). This is the poet’s fourth collection of poems.
NEPC member Kymm Coveney was featured in The Somerville Times’ Lyrical Somerville. 📝💬
Read it here: https://loom.ly/20GlGz0
NEPC member R.H. Russell’s “Spectral” appeared in the spring 2025 edition of Touchstone, the journal of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire, published in June. You can purchase a copy on Amazon here: https://loom.ly/TdsXbjo
First Book Alert! NEPC Member Benjamin Rozonoyer’s “The Beaver Pond” was published by Darkly Bright Press and is available now at https://loom.ly/jn361MM. This is the poet’s first book.
NEPC board member Doug Holder interviewed Somerville poet Michael Franco on community, creativity, and craft. A great glimpse into Franco’s poetic world. 🌟 https://loom.ly/LKO2-RU
NEPC Member and former co-president Denise Provost’s poem Enforcement was included in the Somerville Times Lyrical Somerville section edited by NEPC board member Doug Holder. You can read it here: https://loom.ly/au21BX8
We announced that NEPC Member Kymm Coveney’s poems “Qualities of Air” and “Eight Bells” appeared in the latest edition of California Quarterly, published in Summer 2025! You can find them here: https://loom.ly/ZGjrcs4
NEPC Member Susan Eisenberg interviewed Martín Espada about his book Jailbreak of Sparrows on the Labor Heritage Power Hour podcast. You can find a link to it here: https://loom.ly/PKwr1kU
NEPC Advisory Board member and Poet Laureate of Medford Vijaya Sundaram was featured in the Somerville Times. Check out her poem “Where the Moon Rises …” here: https://loom.ly/fik-EAo
Thank you all for submitting your news! See you next month!