Serena Agusto-Cox
Echoes Carry
Beltway Editions, 2026
$20
Playlist:
What remains when memory begins to fray? My debut poetry collection, Echoes Carry, explores the fragile terrain between remembrance and forgetting, illuminating the moments, people, and places that shape who we become.
Poems Read:
“Time's Fusion"
“Between Worlds"
“Fly"
“Longing for Childhood"
“Edge of the Yard"
“Between Worlds" and “Fly" were previously published in The Write Launch.
Babo Kamel
Through the Amber
Broadstone Books, 2026
$20
Playlist:
Through the Amber explores the lasting impact of immigration, art and memory on the creation of family and self. The poems stretch across years from the early 30’s to present day. The stories of an immigrant grandmother and bohemian parents weave their way throughout and inform the underlying theme of the search for cohesion and identity. Part homage, part elegy, the voice is that of the ex-pat whose memories resurface “in the floating between moments.”
former DMQ Review contributor
Charles Harper Webb
The Elephant of Surprise
Moon Tide Press, 2026
$16.95
Playlist:
William Trowbridge, former Poet Laureate of Missouri, calls The Elephant of Surprise, “A new collection from one of America's most gifted poets, whose work combines a rare and engaging blend of wit, imagination, and heart."
I hope he's right.
Poems Read:
“The Elephant of Surprise"
“Only So Much Patience" “Halloween"
“A Certain Pear"
“Only So Much Patience" “Halloween"
“A Certain Pear"