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“we found muscle pressed / against the panicked lungs and trembling heart / each naked fiber opened up to you”

“Vivisection” by Christopher Szeto is a striking sonnet that explores the vivisection of a frog, creating a vivid image using precise language and tangible detail. Through riveting command of language and form, Szeto examines the idea of vulnerability under a uniquely physical lens. Find this poem and more on our website under the Fall 2026 issue!
https://chestnutreview.com/christopher-szeto-vivisection/ by @chestnutreview

Faery Rooted is out in the world now! We are looking forward to readings from @insta_saram and friends! by @chestnutreview

It’s official! Our newest chapbook, Faery Rooted by Sara Moore Wagner, is available now! Head to our website for everything you need to know about this stunning new work, OR join us tomorrow at 4 pm EST for the official launch party! All information is available in our bio.

#chestnutreview #girlhood #chapbook #launch #outnow by @chestnutreview

“I wanted to explore how grief can sometimes worry the boundary between presence and absence, and how, in the process, we can begin to treat the material world as a threshold through which the dead might still return.” Sarp Sozdinler’s “Spectators” is an incredible poem that touches on that peculiar sort of life that grief breathes into things, and one that resonates with any and all of us that have experienced loss. It’s available on our website (linked in bio) in our newest Autumn 2026 issue along with many other powerful poems, prose, and art pieces.

#chestnutreview #poetry #loss #grief #spirits by @chestnutreview

This Throwback Thursday we’re highlighting L.F. Khouri and their incredible flash fiction piece “Love / Almost” from our Autumn 2025 issue (7:2). He has recently been selected for Best Microfiction 2026 among other awards, and reading this piece, you can understand why. Head to our website linked in the bio to read it (and other incredible works like it) for yourselves for free!

#chestnutreview #flashfic #throwback #love #silence by @chestnutreview

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#chestnutreviewchapbooks #chapbooks #faeryrooted #patreon #chapbooklaunch by @chestnutreview

“Several times a year, I travel throughout the Southwest, hiking and photographing vistas for future paintings. The goal is to catch the light and design in these scenes in all its strangeness and beauty.” Kathleen Frank’s oil painting “Savage Basin” indeed captures that strange beauty within each brushstroke. Take a closer look at her work and other stunning art in our most recent issue, available free on our website (linked in bio!)

#chestnutreview #art #oilpainting #landscape #naturalbeauty by @chestnutreview

Time to submit your best work!

@insta_saram Sara Moore Wagner’s Faery Rooted is coming out in 5 days! To begin the celebration, enjoy 5 more chapbook fee waivers!

#chapbook #chestnutreviewchapbooks #prose #faeryrooted #poetry by @chestnutreview

“‘Red,’ a self-portrait, is a message about women’s empowerment, specifically the ability to speak your mind without fear of repercussion or rejection.” Check out Tracy Whiteside’s stunning and provocative artwork among others featured in our most recent issue, free on our website! (linked in bio).

#chestnutreview #photography #red #selfportrait #empowerment by @chestnutreview

Do you like poetry that exposes the family as both a refuge and a danger? Well, then “What I Can Do” is the chapbook for you. Erik Wilbur’s chapbook is a beautiful braiding of realism and personal tragedy that looks into the struggle of addiction, family, and grief in the home. Available through our website (linked in bio!) and on Amazon, check it out today!

#chestnutreview #litmag #chapbook #addiction #family by @chestnutreview

Happy Throwback Thursday! Today, we’re flashing back to our Autumn 2024 issue with Theresa Sylvester’s “Atsikana!” In an incredible prose piece of resilience, change, and “how siblings may live through the same experience and yet emerge from it with a completely different worldview,” Sylvester paints a picture of what happens when family betrays family and the aftermath. Interested? Check out this piece and much more on our website for free! (linked in bio)

#chestnutreview #throwback #prose #family #strength by @chestnutreview

Free for all is @mayacheav workshop! Want to know more? Read two questions she answers in today’s Patreon (also free to all!). Straight from a writer’s experience to you! Read today’s post…and then mark your calendar for November 5th!

#chestnutreview #workshop #marketing #writershelpingwriters #writers by @chestnutreview