chapbook

noun

chap·book | \ˈchap-ˌbu̇k

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Definition of chapbook

: a small book containing ballads, poems, tales, or tracts

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Fleischer is widely published in small independent press chapbooks, anthologies and journals. — Carole Goldberg, courant.com, "Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar, Blanche McCrary Boyd To Give Book Talks," 2 May 2018 Surowiecki has published seven chapbooks and five full poetry collections and has won many awards for his work. — Carole Goldberg, courant.com, "Local Authors Festival To Host Authors, Panel Discussions," 30 May 2018 Poet Emily Wall of Douglas will research and write a chapbook of persona poems based on Georgia O'Keefe. — Anchorage Daily News, "Rasmuson Foundation announces 2018 award winners; Alvin Amason named ‘distinguished artist’," 11 May 2018 This tiny chapbook by beloved local poet Irene Latham contains 19 powerful poems to continue some tough conversations from the 1930s. — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, "Local writer's new book receives international attention," 6 Oct. 2017 This effort takes verbal form Saturday, when Myopic Books in Wicker Park will host a reading of some of these anti-Trump chapbooks. — Rebecca Aydin, chicagotribune.com, "Poets digest first 100 days of Trump's term at Myopic Books," 12 July 2017 The chapbook ends optimistically in the borough of Brooklyn, where the young speaker lives happily, sometimes seen in the neighborhood eating bagels with friends and writing new poems. — NBC News, "‘Groundbreaking’ Asian-American Poets to Read With Immigrant, Refugee Roots," 26 May 2017 The other was Bill Knott, an obscure but equally intriguing figure: a poet, artist, and illustrator, who penned several books, leaflets, chapbooks, and broadsides, along with, years later, blog posts and comment-section diatribes. — Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, "Bill Knott’s Anti-Career of Guerrilla Poetry," 24 Mar. 2017 Participants will work with Trentham and each other in groups and individual conferences to write and revise poems that will be the basis for a chapbook. — Carole Goldberg, courant.com, "Write Stuff: CT Authors Trail Hosting Dozens Of Free Talks," 28 June 2017

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