The Aftershock Review
Max Wallis (Aftershock Review), Katy Evans-Bush, Sophie Hall, Writing in Context, Rhian Elizabeth, Glyn EdwardsBacked by Arts Council England, The Aftershock Review is a radical poetry journal of survival and aftermath—publishing fierce, necessary work on trauma, queerness, class, madness, and recovery. Print ISSN 2976-9752 Online ISSN 2976-9760
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 134 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 2 days ago |
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aftershockpoetry.substack.comLatest Issues
Issue One - Hugo Williams, 'The Art Scene'
Dear readers,
I started this substack way back before Issue One, and I am still uploading Issue One today. Since then we’ve published two more Issues, two Pocket Aftershocks, and we have even more books releasing soon.
The Aftershock Revi...
Issue One - Section XII - Pele Cox, Jane Burn, Erika Przibram Wallis and Rosie Garland
Another quick note today as I’m busy typesetting Ecoshock and our Aftershock Poet collections.
We end Section XII of Issue One with poems in the afterglow - what has burned, loved, and survived.
From the strange intimacy of being seen in...
Ecoshock is Coming!
What does it mean to love a living world while the systems around us unmake it?
The third Pocket Aftershock from The Aftershock Review, Ecoshock is edited by Glyn Edwards and gathers poems from the hot, flooded, flickering edge of the clim...
3 Poems by Rachael Boast - Section XII, Issue One
Rachael probably doesn’t know this, but for years I kept my Self Assessment tax details inside my copy of her book Sidereal, scribbled in sharpie in the front cover or opening pages. I carried it to every new flatshare, house, then back aga...
Issue One - Section XII - John McCullough (5 Poems)
I’ve known John McCullough ever since he won the Polari Prize, in 2021, for his collection The Frost Fairs. (My pamphlet, Modern Love, was shortlisted, too.) Big love, John…!
When Issue One was in its larval stage John was one of the poets...
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My personal account but the main substack is @aftershockpoetry - Arts Council funded magazine publishing the best poetry from trauma.
Poet, freelance editor & essayist. When I lost my flat I googled 'middle-class homelessness’ & found two things. One said, 'Let's face it: if you're middle class you're very unlikely ever to become homeless’. The other was about me.
I don't want to see a ghost, It's a sight that I fear most I'd rather have a piece of toast And watch the evening news
Poet, blogger. When I lost my flat to a £500 rent rise I googled ‘middle-class homelessness’ & found two articles. One said, ‘Let’s face it, if you’re middle class you are very unlikely ever to be homeless’. The other was about me. Then it was 2020.
Writer responding creatively to the contemporary and historical world from my own tiny corner of Yorkshire.
Writer. Trainee Counsellor.
'In Orbit', Seren, was voted People’s Choice at the Wales’ Book of the Year. ‘How to Make a Paper Grenade’ is now available through Verve Press.
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