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HOOT POSTCARD 177, MARCH 2026
Liberation Paradox (Poultry Variation)by: Jeff Schroeck Jeff Schroeck is a musician and writer from Cliffwood Beach, NJ, now living in South Philly. His poetry chapbook ‘The Thought Of The Sight Of It’ was released in 2023 by Two Key Customs.
HOOT POSTCARD 176, FEBRUARY 2026
Sense of Mourning by: David J. Schast David J. Schast is a Philadelphia-area former classical musician whose poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The American Poetry Review, HOOT Review, Schuylkill Valley Journal, Sheila-Na-Gig Online, 3rd Wednesday Magazine, and The F-Word.
HOOT POSTCARD 175, JANUARY 2026
My Mother as a Grilled Corn Muffinby: Jennifer Shikes Hainesphotograph by author Jennifer Shikes Haines (she/her) is a disabled poet and retired educator based in Southeast Michigan. She enjoys exploring questions of what does, and doesn’t, connect our world.
HOOT POSTCARD 174, DECEMBER 2025
Such a Crush by Julia Clebsch Julia Clebsch is a lesbian writer of lyrical non-fiction exploring place, family, and the relationship between humans and nature. Read at Salem Literary Festival (MA), 2x Finalist WOW, published in Legacy, Five Minutes, Lesbian Connection.
HOOT POSTCARD 172, NOVEMBER 2025
Sea of Lingerie by Jane Hertensteinart by Janet Cameron Jane Hertenstein is a Pushcart nominee and the author of over 100 published stories both macro and micro: fiction, creative non-fiction, and blurred genre.
HOOT POSTCARD 171, OCTOBER 2025
Plexippusby Julie Cyr Julie Cyr has been published by Slipstream, Broad River Review, and Lost Horse Press in the Nasty Women Poets Anthology, among others. She lives in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire with her husband and two sons.
HOOT POSTCARD 170, FALL 2025
in an impaired time by O.P. Jha O.P. Jha (He/Him) writes poems and fictions on love, peace and environment. His poems appeared in more than one hundred journals and five anthologies including “We were seeds” and “We are resilient”. X: @OPJha17
HOOT POSTCARD 169, SEPTEMBER 2025
EAR HAIRby Crockett Doob illustration by author Crockett Doob’s work has been published or is forthcoming in The Missouri Review, Cleaver Magazine, The Good Life Review, and Does It Have Pockets. He lives in Rockaway Beach, NY, and does not surf.
HOOT POSTCARD 167, JULY 2025
Rental by: Alina Zollfrank Alina Zollfrank dreams trilingually in the Pacific Northwest. Her work has been published nationally and internationally and nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart. She’s a disability advocate and hopeful gardener.
HOOT POSTCARD 166, JUNE 2025
Worryby: Marcia L. Hurlow art: Gregory Stump Marcia L. Hurlow‘s chapbook of poetry, Dog Physics, was published by Main Street Rag Publishing, fall 2024. Her second full-length collection, Practice Rapture, will appear June 2025 from Pine Row Press.
HOOT POSTCARD 165, MAY 2025
Constellations by Ryan Brennan Ryan Brennan lives in the Catskill Mountains with a woman that he loves and a cat that he admires
HOOT POSTCARD 164, APRIL 2025
Shannon Frost Greenstein, a Philadelphia resident, lives with her family and cats. She is easily searchable online, indicating her presence in the digital space.
HOOT POSTCARD 163, MARCH 2025
PTO by: Shawn Slaven Shawn Slaven is a writer from Philadelphia living with his wife, Sam, and his dog, Vader. He likes making hot sauce, art, and wrestling. Be kind, be weird.
HOOT POSTCARD 162, FEBRUARY 2025
Mid-August Blues by: Jessica Purdy Jessica Purdy’s two recent chapbooks are: The Adorable Knife poems based on The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death (Grey Book Press), and You’re Never the Same: Ekphrastic Poems (Seven Kitchens Press).
HOOT POSTCARD 161, JANUARY 2025
Big If by Robert Estes art by Kim Göransson Robert Estes, who lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, got his Physics PhD at UC Berkeley and worked at major research institutions until retirement. He’s published 40-odd poems in literary journals, including Gargoyle, The Moth, and Constellations.
HOOT POSTCARD 160, DECEMBER 2024
Last Summer’s Sandals by: Scott LaMascus art by author Scott LaMascus is a writer and public-humanities advocate living in Oklahoma City. He hosts the McBride Center series for national writers who visit Oklahoma, most recently including David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon.
HOOT POSTCARD 159, FALL 2024
Zone Three by: Cynthia Atkins art by: Octavio Quintanilla
HOOT POSTCARD 158, NOVEMBER 2024
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HOOT POSTCARD 157, OCTOBER 2024
Flight by: Kat Martuccio Kat Martuccio is a copywriter in New York, NY. Find more of her work at blueitalics.com.
HOOT POSTCARD 156, SEPTEMBER 2024
Was He The King Of Baking Powder? by Nina Prater Nina Prater is a poet, mother, and farmer. Her first poetry chapbook is forthcoming with Belle Point Press. Nina, her husband, and their two inquisitive children live on a small farm in the Arkansas Ozarks.
HOOT POSTCARD 155, AUGUST 2024
GIRL’S NIGHT by Lisa Allen Lisa Allen lives in the suburbs of Kansas City and holds MFAs in Poetry and Creative Nonfiction. With Poet Rebecca Connors, she is the co-founder/director of the virtual literary arts space The Notebooks Collective.
HOOT POSTCARD 154, JULY 2024
Fish by Remi Recchia, PhD Remi Recchia, PhD, is a Lambda Award-winning poet, essayist, and editor. He is the author of six books and chapbooks, most recently Addiction Apocalypse (Texas Review Press, forthcoming), and the editor of Transmasculine Poetics (Sundress Publications, 2024).
HOOT POSTCARD 153, SUMMER 2024
Selected lines from Freeloader with Fresh Towels by Alexandra Naughton Alexandra Naughton is a writer, publisher, and literary events organizer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the founder of Be About It Press, established in 2010. Follow her on Instagram @alexandranaughton
HOOT POSTCARD 152, JUNE 2024
Old Country by Michelle Reale Michelle Reale is the Founding and Managing Editor of both OVUNQUE SIAMO: New Italian-American Writing and The Red Fern Review. She is the author of several collections of poetry.
HOOT POSTCARD 151, MAY 2024
Frog by Mehreen Ahmed Mehreen Ahmed is a multiple contest winner for short fiction. Her works have appeared in Litro Magazine, HOOT Review, EllipsisZine, MadSwirl, Alien Buddha and others. Her works have been Pushcart, James Tait, and botN nominated.
HOOT POSTCARD 150, SPRING 2024
Bowie’s Bitch by Sean Hanrahan Sean Hanrahan is the author of the full-length collections Safer Behind Popcorn and Ghost Signs, and the chapbooks Hardened Eyes on the Scan and Gay Cake . He can be found on Instagram as gaycakepoet.
HOOT POSTCARD 149, APRIL 2024
Western Lanes by Philip Andrew Lisi art by Diane Wilikofsky An MFA candidate at Arcadia University, Philip Andrew Lisi lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he teaches English by day and writes poetry and flash fiction by night alongside the ghost of his cantankerous Wichienmaat cat, Sela.
HOOT POSTCARD 148, MARCH 2024
The Mercy of a Temporal Spell by Janna Miller Librarian, mother, and minor trickster, Janna has published in SmokeLong Quarterly, Citron Review, Shenandoah, and Best Microfiction 2023. All Lovers Burn at the End of the World is forthcoming from SLJ Editions in 2024.
HOOT POSTCARD 147, FEBRUARY 2024
Allegheny Alchemy by Jessica Manack Jessica Manack lives with her family in Pennsylvania. Her poetry has appeared widely in journals and she is working on her first book. Keep up with her at http://www.jessicamanack.com
HOOT POSTCARD 146, JANUARY 2024
Baboon by Marc Isaac Potter Marc Isaac Potter (we/they/them) … is a differently-abled writer living in the SF Bay Area. Marc’s interests include blogging by email and Zen.
HOOT POSTCARD 145, DECEMBER 2023
After the Age of Innocence by: Marc Vincenz art by: Jake Quatt Marc Vincenz is an Anglo-Swiss-American poet, fiction writer, translator, editor and artist. He has published over 30 books of poetry, fiction and translation.
HOOT POSTCARD 144, NOVEMBER 2023
First Love by Rebecca Ahn Rebecca Ahn is a writer who enjoys everything from microfiction to novels. Her work has been published in Newfeathers Anthology and The Drabble, and she is an editor at Cloudscent Journal.
HALLOWEEN ISSUE 2023
Each Oscillation brought us closer to the Brink by: Tommy Dean Tommy Dean lives in Indiana, where he currently is the Editor at Fractured Lit and Uncharted Magazine. Find him at tommydeanwriter.com and on Twitter @TommyDeanWriter.
HOOT POSTCARD 143, OCTOBER 2023
Molar <3 by: Apollo Chastain collage by author Apollo Chastain (ze/hir) has poetry published or forthcoming in journals including Poets.org, a PEN America fellowship publication, and the Michigan Quarterly Review. Visit hir at apollopoet.wordpress.com, or on Instagram @apollo.chastain
HOOT POSTCARD 142, SEPTEMBER 2023
Altitude Orchid by: Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren art: by Valerie Hegarty Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren is a poet and translator based in Montreal. Her work has most recently appeared or is forthcoming in Alaska Quarterly Review, The Common, and Lilith. She holds an MFA from Columbia University. Valerie Hegarty is an artist and writer. She has received awards including a Gottlieb, two NYFA Fellowships, two Pollock-Krasners, […]
HOOT POSTCARD 141, AUGUST 2023
Life Hack by: Maya Sol Levy Maya Sol Levy is an artist and poet-person. She has published with HAD, Wendy’s Subway and The Poetry Project. She currently reads for Gasher Journal. Find more of her work online at www.mayasollevy.com
HOOT POSTCARD 140, JULY 2023
to adelaide by: Lawrence Lorraine Mullen Lawrence Lorraine Mullen is a non-binary poet and graduate student pursing a PhD in Literature. They have been published in ‘Maudlin House,’ ‘Ghost City Review,’ ‘Crab Fat,’ and ‘Driftwood.’ They are also a founding editor of Harvest Apothecary Review. Twitter & Instagram: @prince_yikes
HOOT POSTCARD 139, JUNE 2023
Joy by: Peter Yovu Peter Yovu has lived in Vermont a long time, worked in psychiatric facilities, earned an MFA from Warren Wilson College, loves Tomas Tranströmer as well as Tomaš Šalamun. Is tired of bears in his garbage.
HOOT POSTCARDS, VPR MINI-EDITION
Ariana by Kolleen Carney Hoepfner Powder Placed on Porcelain by Sean Lynch – Kolleen Carney Hoepfner is the EIC of Drunk Monkeys/Cherry Dress. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks and an avid VPR watcher. She lives in Burbank, CA with her family. Sean Lynch is a writer and editor who lives in […]
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
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
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
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
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).
HOOT POSTCARD 130, SEPTEMBER 2022
Ephemeral Understanding by Mariah Eppes Mariah Eppes is a writer in New York City. More of her work can be found around the internet and at birdbyrocket.com.
