The October 2025 issue of The Lake is now online and includes new poetry by Bartholomew Barker, Salvatore Difalco, William Ogden Haynes, Sarah James, O. P. Jha, Beth McDonough, Gloria Ogo, Kenneth Pobo, J. R. Solonche, and Kate Young. The journal also publishes reviews of new books of poetry: Hannah Stone reviews Peter Spafford’s Sun Tanking; Charles Rammelkamp reviews Brian Gyamfi’s What God in the Kingdom of Bastards and Natalie Scenters-Zapico’s My Perfect Cognate; and Shanta Acharya reviews Maggie Brookes-Butt’s Wish: New & Selected Poems.
The Lake understands, “It’s not easy getting a book or pamphlet accepted for review these days. So in addition to the regular review section, the One Poem Review feature will allow more poets’ to reach a wider audience — one poem featured from a new book/pamphlet along with a cover JPG and a link to the publisher’s website.” This month shines a light on works by Loralee Clark, Matthew Paul, Smitha Sehgal, and Julia Thacker.
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