Jericho Brown’s PLEASE
As books of poems go, Please, Jericho Brown’s first book, is especially unconcerned with subtlety. This is the book’s biggest weakness, though also perhaps...
It Doesn’t Happen Often–But Should We Look At It?
Young children, ages 8-11, were swimming out into the bay, disappearing under the water, and swimming back to the beach where they displayed their tiny...
Gold Without Warning–a three day poetry festival
GWW is a three-day festival of capital-region poets, and features a number of past Phoebe contributors, as well as a few current or former staffers. More details at
Why nonfiction?
You’ve probably noticed that Phoebe is taking a big step: We’re now accepting nonfiction submissions.
That’s the...
Are You Sure You Want to Shut Down…?
I stare at electronic screens a lot. I watch television and play video games, and half the time I listen to music I’m mesmerized by iTunes’ Visualizer......
Telling Our Stories
Lisa Tracy's most recent book, Objects of Our Affection, is a work that combines history and memoir to tell the tale of objects that are part of...
Honest Conversation: the state of online publishing
I watched for a bit, then got bored and exited the window.
Frankly, a lot of literary online publishing today strikes me as similarly problematic......
Another year, another all new chapter to Phoebe…
After a good bit of work, we're happy to introduce the new, improved, updated Phoebe website. It's much more than just design retooling--we're quite enthused to...