Hi everyone! Here is the recap of all the member news that was announced during the month of April 2026! Remember, if you are an active NEPC member, you can have your poem publications, events, or book announcements published to our social media. Submit your news now!
NEPC Board Member Lloyd Schwartz had a couple of announcements!
1. A new chapbook is out called “He Tells His Mother What He’s Working On,” which was published in February 2026 by the Grolier Poetry Press. See it here: https://loom.ly/AGaZx1s
2. A new book coming out in April 2026 from Arrowsmith called “Artur Schnabel and Joseph Szigeri Play Mozart at the Frick Collection (April 4, 1948) and other poems.” See it here: https://loom.ly/pKB7iHs
Check out this new interview from NEPC Board Member Doug Holder, who talks with Lloyd Schwartz about his new collection, “ARTUR SCHNABEL AND JOSEPH SZIGETI PLAY MOZART AT THE FRICK COLLECTION (APRIL 4, 1948) and other poems,” exploring how musical influence shows up in the pacing, structure, and tone of the poems.
https://loom.ly/QHxmESY
NEPC Board member Doug Holder’s poem, “Revere Beach,” was imagined by Brian Harkins as a multimedia experience with music and photographs! Check it out here: https://loom.ly/PZMdBSI
The Arlington, MA community announced Teresa Cader as their next Poet Laureate!
NEPC member Mary L. Serantoni announced that Amethyst Review (UK) has published her poem ‘How Shall We Find This Praise.’ Amethyst Review is an online literary journal focusing on writing that engages with spirituality and the sacred. Based in the UK. You can read it here: https://loom.ly/ETgXXa0
NEPC Member Mark Pawlak’s “Special Operation”, published by Beltway Editions, is available now. This is his eleventh poetry collection. Get your copy at: https://loom.ly/Yaouhw0
Poet Gail Thomas released a new collection, This World, which was launched on April 18 at the Forbes Library in Northampton. Featuring poems by Gail Thomas and black-and-white photographs by Deb Lohmeyer, the book reflects on immigrants, the houseless, invisibility, grief, love, and hope.
All proceeds support organizations serving immigrants and the houseless, including the Center for New Americans and Manna Community Kitchen in Northampton, with future sales benefiting similar groups in other communities.
To order, email: gthomas2550@gmail.com
Book launch video: https://loom.ly/XkbGGlM
NEPC Member Wyn Cooper’s sixth book of poems, The Unraveling, published by White Pine Press, is available now. Get your copy here! https://loom.ly/9fDyMz4
NEPC member Susan Coppock’s first chapbook, Bright Clatter, won Honorable Mention in the Moonstone Arts Center 2025 chapbook contest and will be published sometime in the spring/summer of 2026 by Moonstone Press. Congratulations Susan! You can read about the other winners here: https://loom.ly/40xJcdI
Congratulations to all our members! Submit your news for this month!