Hi everyone! Summer is going strong, and so are member news submissions! Take a look at all of the non-event news that happened in July 2026! Remember, if you are a NEPC member, you can submit your news for publication on our social media channels!
Check out this interview with poet Tim Mayo by NEPC board member Doug Holder.
In the conversation, Tim discusses his new collection, Muscle Memories of Love and Disaster, as well as his writing process, influences, and the role memory plays in shaping poems.
Read the interview here:
https://loom.ly/26tAJlo
NEPC Board Member Doug Holder sat down with New England Poetry Club President Steve Ratiner to discuss the inspiration behind the WE (too) THE PEOPLE series at the Longfellow House in Cambridge.
In the interview, Ratiner reflects on the origins of the series, the importance of diverse voices in American poetry, and this summer’s remarkable lineup featuring former U.S. Poet Laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and other acclaimed poets.
Read the full interview here:
https://loom.ly/Y1byj4w
We announced that NEPC Member Linda Dini Jenkins’ book, How Way Leads on to Way, is now available from Finishing Line Press!
Jason O’Toole’s poem “Day of Small Things” appeared in an issue of Double Dutch Magazine, published on July 1, 2026. You can read it here: https://loom.ly/jwHLYzU
NEPC member Mary L. Serantoni’s poem “To Float through Grief,” published in Poets for Science, was selected by Jane Hirshfield, Poets for Science founder/curator, poet, and environmental spokesperson, and the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University.
You can read the poem here: https://loom.ly/3SwXOhI
Barbara Siegel Carlson’s book “Current,” published by Lily Poetry Review Books, is available now. This is the poet’s fourth book.
You can purchase a copy here: https://loom.ly/s3ykJ9A
NEPC Board Member Doug Holder recently spoke with memoirist and poet Brittany Perham about her new book Executrix, a lyrical exploration of family, memory, faith, and loss. Read Doug’s interview and learn more about the creative process behind this memoir-in-verse.
📖 Read the interview:
https://loom.ly/kdt7S7U
We announced that five poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by NEPC member Richard Becker, are now available online in the Los Angeles Review. Read the poems here: https://loom.ly/AnDxRTg
Congratulations to Richard on this wonderful publication!
NEPC Member Cindy Ellen Hill’s “Leeds Point” published by Selkie Songs Publishing is available now. Leeds Point is a historical gothic horror novel in sonnet verse. You can get a copy here: https://loom.ly/w3MEpbs
NEPC Board Member Doug Holder shared an interview with poet Cindy Veach, conducted by Off the Shelf correspondent John Wisniewski.
Veach discusses her latest collection, Monster Galaxy, a deeply personal book shaped by her father’s death and by an examination of her girlhood, family relationships, grief, memory, and the lasting sense of being an outsider.
Read the full interview: https://loom.ly/MlyPtSY
That’s all for this month! Make sure you submit your NEPC member news for next month’s publication and feature!