Congratulations to PBQ author Kelly McQuain who was recently named a 2015 Lambda Literary Fellow to the Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices! In addition, his poem “Thirst” placed as an honorable mention in Philadelphia Stories’ Sandy Crimmins Poetry Contest and his recent chapbook, Velvet Rodeo, won 2nd place in the Best LGBT Poetry category in the 2014 Rainbow Book Awards. […]
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Summer Off to a Great Start at the P&P
The Pen & Pencil club filled up last Thursday night to ring in the start of the summer with a good ol’ fashioned Slam, Bam, Thank You Ma’am! The weather wasn’t the only thing heating up when our host Andrew Keller got the event started in usual fashion by asking the audience for a noun, […]
Jed Myers Makes Name for Himself With New Collection
Jed Myers, previously published in PBQ, will soon release The Nameless, a new poetry collection from Finishing Line Press. Jed himself describes the chapbook as, “a small collection of poems rising out of encounters with human presences we will never fully know” while James Bertolino says that, “These poems have a beauty that will make you shiver.” […]
Congratulations, Mary McMyne!
We are proud to announce that one of our contributors to the 86th issue of PBQ, Mary McMyne is publishing her first chapbook, Wolf Skin. The collection of fairy tale poems will include the two previously published in Painted Bride Quarterly: “Heyghoge,” and “The Butterfly Dome.” You’ll be able to get a copy from Dancing […]
Slam, Bam, Thank You Ma’am!
Who needs to go out of town for Spring Break? Have a stay-cation with PBQ at this month’s slam on Thursday, March 27, 2014. The Pen and Pencil Club, 1522 Latimer St., is much less expensive to get to than Daytona. We’ll be ready to party at 7:30. You bring your brilliant minds, relax, and we’ll […]