The Inflectionist Review

07/30/2024

Folks, our issue 18 is live. https://www.inflectionism.com/

Featured poet: Stefanie Kirby.
Featured artist: Allan Oliver.

Poems from Carolyn Adams, Audric Adonteng, JC Alfier, Rebecca Anderson, Cindy Buchanan, B.J. Buckley, Vikki C., Janine Certo, Sarah Daly, Matt Dennison, Melissa Eleftherion, Dagne Forrest, Lauren Frey, Robbie Gamble, Peter Grandbois, Christine E. Hamm, Mary Beth Hines, Bill Hollands, Yuyuan Huang, Arvinder Kaur Johri, Jennifer Mills Kerr, Haley King, Amalie Kwassman, Jim LaMontagne, Mercedes Lawry, Noah Leventhal, Malene Lotz, Ophelia Monet, Judith H. Montgomery, Sati Mookherjee, Tajudeen Muadh, Matthew Murrey, Doug Ramspeck, Mel Ruth, Rikki Santer, John Schneider, J.Y. Tan, and Jeanne Yu.

Also: Toti O’Brien reviews Liminal by Marina deBellagente LaPalma.
Tiffany Troy reviews A Cha Chaan Teng That Does Not Exist by Derek Chung and Is There Room for Another Horse on Your Horse Ranch? by Cyrus Cassells.

The Inflectionist Review is a small press publishing stark and distinctive contemporary poetry that fosters dialog between the reader and writer, between words and their meanings, between ambiguity and concept.

07/30/2024

Tonight's recording:

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07/14/2024

“touch not stars, but the ice in them. Our eleventh three-day poem features Ziyi Yan’s “Focal point” found in Issue 17 of The Inflectionist Review—the link is in our bio! It braids together beautiful imagery to touch on the relationship between one’s family. Check out more of Ziyi’s work in and !

07/02/2024

“I wanted to keep walking past this…” Our tenth three-day poems features Richard Robbins’ “Trees and Light” found in Issue 17 of the Inflectionist Review—the link is in our bio! It is inspired by Brian Fink’s 2015 watercolor. Check out Richard’s 2023 chapbook, “The Orartory of Souls,” with .

06/25/2024

The video from tonight's reading and Q&A with Rae Gouirand, David A. Goodrum, and Justin Groppuso-Cook

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06/21/2024

“Cry till dawn unfurls blue / flowers at down”—our ninth three-day poem features Lynne Jensen Lampe’s “Leaving Louisiana” found in Issue 17 of the Inflectionist Review—the link is in our bio! It evokes evocative imagery in its exploration of what farewell means. Find more of Lynne’s work in THRUSH, amongst other journals, and in her 2022 debut collection, “Talk Smack to a Hurricane,” with .press2.

06/14/2024

“We all know better than to fall asleep in the snow…” Our eighth three-day poem features Paul Ilechko’s “True Crime Hidden by a Blizzard” found in Issue 17 of the Inflectionist Review—the link is in our bio! It examines the quiet intersection between literature and reality. Find more of Paul’s work in The Bennington Review, amongst others, and several chapbooks.

06/14/2024

“We all know better than to fall asleep in the snow…” Our eighth three-day poem features Paul Ilcheko’s “True Crime Hidden by a Blizzard” found in Issue 17 of the Inflectionist Review—the link is in our bio! It examines the quiet intersection between literature and reality. Find more of Paul’s work in The Bennington Review, amongst others, and several chapbooks.

06/14/2024

“slice my breastbone / unfold my chest wide…” Our seventh three-day poem features David A. Goodrum’s “Open Valentine” found in Issue 17 of the Inflectionist Review—the link is in our bio! It touches upon the physical body and wields an almost-scientific dissection in regards to the elusive “you.” Keep an eye out for David’s chapbook, “Sparse Poetica,” and book, “Vitals and Other Signs of Life!”

06/06/2024

“You understand just enough for me to come back home to.” Our sixth three-day poem features Adam Grabowski’s “Write a poem about infidelity, but make it positive,” which delves into the complex relationship between one’s self and love. Find more of Adam’s work in Issue 17 of The Inflectionist Review, as well as Sixth Finch and Ninth Letter—the link is in our bio!

05/28/2024

What a meaningful reading and discussion tonight, thanks to Cindy Buchanan, Matthew Feinstein, and Elisabeth Adwin Edwards.

04/23/2024

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01/30/2024

Such a lovely hour of poetry and conversation tonight. Joanne Durham, Shannon K. Winston, Callista Pitman.

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01/27/2024

Excited to share our issue 17 with the world.

Featured poet: Jennifer Metsker.
Featured artist: Gerrie Paino.

Sally Ashton, Jocko Benoit, F. J. Bergmann, Cindy Buchanan, Dawn Dupler, Sofia Eun-Young Guerra, Brian Evans-Jones, David A. Goodrum, Adam Grabowski, Paul Ilechko, Lynne Jensen Lampe, Sara Kass Eifler, Zachary Kluckman, Veronica Kornberg, Elizabeth Kuelbs, Inkyoo Lee, Izzy Maxson, Helena Mesa, Christine Moore, Karen Neuberg, Caitlin Palo, Donald L Pasmore, Jessica Purdy, Richard Robbins, Lisa Rosenberg, Dominik Slusarczyk, Beth Suter, Lisa Trudeau, Heather Truett, Ziyi Yan

The Inflectionist Review is a small press publishing stark and distinctive contemporary poetry that fosters dialog between the reader and writer, between words and their meanings, between ambiguity and concept.

11/28/2023

Tonight's reading with Laura Reece Hogan and Ziyi Yan. Thanks to everyone who joined us.

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11/11/2023

We are delighted to nominate these poems for this year's Pushcart:

Frank Carellini, "Love is Like That"
Kathleen E. Casey, "Bashar al-Asaad: The Sand Refuses to to Speak Your Name"
Adam Day, "A Bodily Way of Knowing"
Shakiba Hashemi, "Borderline"
Marjorie Maddox, "Swirl"
Shannon K. Winston, "X".

10/31/2023

The recording of tonight's reading.

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09/26/2023

Tonight's recording with Toti O'Brien, Michael Mercurio and Patrick Meeds.

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09/19/2023

Our Best of the Net nominations this year:

Doug Bolling, “Variation N24”
Lauren K. Carlson, “The First Miracle”
Adam Day, "Shared Breath"
BEE LB, “a poem in which there are no answers”
Susan L. Leary, "A Student Says..."
Maggie Yang, "Sweetbitter"

08/29/2023

The recording of today's reading/Q&A with Allison Blevins, Gabrielle Langley and Joseph Kerschbaum.

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08/01/2023

Tonight's reading and Q&A from Paulann Petersen, Michael T. Young and Susan Coronel.

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06/27/2023

What an inspiring reading and conversation tonight. Jeanne Morel, Jeanne Wagner, Jennifer Dorner.

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05/30/2023

The Inflectionist Reading Series 7: José Angel Araguz, Douglas Cole, Elizabeth Vrenios. What a deeply meaningful hour.

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04/25/2023

The Inflectionist Review Reading #6: Daniela Elza, Joshua Michael Stewart, Paul Ilechko.

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03/28/2023

A most thoughtful reading and discussion with Hilary Sallick, Gary Thomas and John Riley.

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02/28/2023

The Inflectionist Reading Series 4: Annette Sisson, Lorrie Ness, David Brunson. Plus Q&A at the end.

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