“and it’s dangerous work / to make something so soft // a friend of a friend / lost a thumb”

love these

“I can’t stop thinking
And it’s not cool

God forbid
A poem tell me what to do”

Read five new poems by Andrew Weatherhead (Andrew Weatherhead):

relegationbooks.com/article/five-p…

Thrilled to be in such great company!

Typical reaction after reading Michael Bible’s short story, “Jim Martini,” R&R:

“This is the greatest story I have ever read.”

Thank you for sharing it with your readers, Jason Kottke! kottke.org/24/03/0044171-…

Read three stories R&R by Austyn Wohlers who wowed the crowd with a preview of her debut novel, Hothouse Bloom (@HubCityPress, 2026) tonight!

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Very excited to have three poems in R&R! Thanks to Joseph Grantham.

Many thanks to Joseph Grantham for featuring three new poems of mine in R&R!
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“This cookie has
no personality --

no signature
crunch or
crumble.

It's really just
a holder for
chocolate chips.”

Read three new poems by Elaine Equi (Elaine Equi):

relegationbooks.com/article/three-…

“Your initial interchange with your first used mother may make you anxious, but you and she are probably in a similar boat!”

Read new fiction by Gloria Frym:

relegationbooks.com/article/how-to…

I was not familiar with David Trinidad, Columbia College Chicago prof. of poetry, before reading these movie-related poems, but I loved these 🫡

“I always had
a book with me in
those days. But who
brings a book to a
punk rock concert?
And where is it now,
this book that I hold so
close to my heart?”

Read four new poems by David Trinidad:

relegationbooks.com/article/four-p…

Are you reading R&R, our new online literary magazine edited by Joseph Grantham? Each new publication features short fiction, poetry or the occasional nonfiction (if you spent time with Djuna Barnes) paired with original art to stunning effect. RelegationBooks.com/journal

“I’m teaching online full-time now to a gaggle of midwestern adults.
Since the start of class, three funerals and two babies born.”

Read two poems by Warren C. Longmire:

relegationbooks.com/article/two-po…

“I’m teaching online full-time now to a gaggle of midwestern adults.
Since the start of class, three funerals and two babies born.”

Read two poems by Warren C. Longmire:

relegationbooks.com/article/two-po…

“The space between days
The day the earth stood still
Watching football on TV
Night of the living dead
The space between life and death
Between words and things
The spaces between people”

Read five new poems by Kit Robinson:

relegationbooks.com/article/tens-i…

“The space between days
The day the earth stood still
Watching football on TV
Night of the living dead
The space between life and death
Between words and things
The spaces between people”

Read five new poems by Kit Robinson:

relegationbooks.com/article/tens-i…

“Later, she’d try to trace back why it happened that night, but it didn’t seem like there was any reason; she just didn’t hear the station wagon pull up.”

Read new fiction by Rilla Askew:

relegationbooks.com/article/two-of…

“Later, she’d try to trace back why it happened that night, but it didn’t seem like there was any reason; she just didn’t hear the station wagon pull up.”

Read new fiction by Rilla Askew:

relegationbooks.com/article/two-of…

“as forests go velvet with moss
as the narrative picks up speed
as a tiny fetal horse practices galloping in the womb”

Read five new poems by Amy Gerstler: relegationbooks.com/article/excerp…

Save the date, and read new fiction by Austyn Wohlers (debut novel: Hothouse Bloom, Hub City Press 2026), R&R: relegationbooks.com/article/three-…