HOOT POSTCARD 138, MAY 2023

love as Echo-location in a heart chamber by: Alison Lubar art: Kyle Congdon Alison Lubar is a mixed-race queer femme who teaches high school English by day and yoga by night near/in Philadelphia.  You can find out more at http://www.alisonlubar.com/ or on Twitter @theoriginalison. Kyle Congdon is a visual artist and art therapist residing in Philadelphia, PA. In […]

HOOT POSTCARD 137, APRIL 2023

a white deer in the woods with a poem titled WE'RE SPENDING THE WEEKEND IN THE WOODS to the left

WE‘RE SPENDING THE WEEKEND IN THE WOODS by Courtney LeBlanc Courtney LeBlanc’s newest collection of poetry, Her Whole Bright Life, is forthcoming in April 2023. She loves nail polish, tattoos, and a soy latte each morning. Read her work at www.courtneyleblanc.com.

HOOT POSTCARD 136, MARCH 2023

worst by Pat Foran    Pat Foran is the worst. His work was selected for the Best Small Fictions 2021 and Best Microfiction 2021 anthologies. He also received the 2021 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction. Find him at neutralspaces.co/patforan/.

HOOT POSTCARD 135, FEBRUARY 2023

illustration of a man holding a cup of steaming coffee and a poem tilted "burned tongue" next to him

Burned Tongue  by Mathieu Cailler  art by Christine Donlon Mathieu Cailler is the author of six books. His latest, Heaven and Other Zip Codes (Open Books), was named winner of 2021 Los Angeles Book Festival Prize. Visit him on social media @writesfromla

HOOT POSTCARD 136, WINTER 2023

duck landing on calm water

Friendship by Simone Reid   Simone Reid (she/they) is a 21-year-old student at the University of Richmond. She is an emerging poet with work forthcoming in the Obsidian Journal and recognition by the Adroit Journal.

HOOT POSTCARD 134, JANUARY 2023

purple orchids across a cracked tile floor with a poem titled Kintsugi in white over it

Kintsugi by: Sean Lynch Sean Lynch is a bartender who writes and edits poetry at his home in South Philly.

HOOT POSTCARD 133, DECEMBER 2022

Meeting of the Mimes  by Emily Moon art by Lily Huffman Emily Moon (she/her) is a transgender poet from Portland, Ore. She is author of “It’s Just You & Me, Miss Moon.” Her work appears in Pile Press, Wild Roof Journal, and elsewhere.

HOOT POSTCARD 132, NOVEMBER 2022

POEM FOR NEW YORK CITY by Kyle Seamus Brosnihan art by Bernadette Johnson Kyle Seamus Brosnihan is a Filipino-American poet, playwright, and currently an MFA candidate in Poetry at Brooklyn College. He is the Arts Editor for the Brooklyn Review. His poem ‘Martha’ was voted Poem of the Year by the Brooklyn Poets in 2020.

HOOT POSTCARD, AUTUMN 2022

Do You Know What I Love the Most? by Branden Boynton Lettering by Marie Marandola   A son of the West Coast, Branden Boynton writes to find a home for the stars, ocean, and conifer trees. His work has appeared in Silver Needle Press, The Wild Word, and Homology, among others. Marie Marandola is a badass feminist poet, […]

HOOT POSTCARD 131, OCTOBER 2022

Lunar Café by: Jose Hernandez Diaz art by: Niesha Trout Jose Hernandez Diaz is a 2017 NEA Poetry Fellow. He is the author of The Fire Eater (Texas Review Press, 2020) and the forthcoming Bad Mexican, Bad American (Acre Books, 2024).