Jennifer Schomburg Kanke’s work has appeared recently in Pleiades, Massachusetts Review, Shenandoah and Crab Orchard Review. Her first book, The Swellest Wife Anyone Ever Had, is currently available from Kelsay Books. Her latest collection, Little Stone, Little Stone, is centered on her experiences with ovarian cancer and is available from Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. She serves as […]
“All That Teethes Within” by Kari Gunter-Seymour
October 20, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Kari Gunter-Seymour’s fourth full-length poetry collection, All That Teethes Within (University Press of Kentucky, 2026), grapples with death in many forms and is a journey to be savored and held as you meander along with the speakers of these poems who meet each moment with compassion and honesty. For a book about death, there is […]
“Little Stone, Little Stone” by Jennifer Schomburg Kanke
September 9, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Little Stone, Little Stone (Sheila-Na-Gig, 2026) by Jennifer Schomburg Kanke chronicles the poet’s deeply personal journey through ovarian cancer while also honoring the lives of well-known women who died from the disease. Often called the “silent killer” because its symptoms are subtle and frequently misdiagnosed, ovarian cancer becomes both subject and shadow throughout this collection. […]
“The Swellest Wife Anyone Ever Had,” Poems by Jennifer Schomburg Kanke
June 1, 2026 by Leave a Comment
The Swellest Wife Anyone Ever Had (Kelsay Books, 2024) by Jennifer Schomburg Kanke chronicles the life of Enid, an Appalachian housewife born in 1919, through vivid imagery and keenly observed detail. The poet creates rich portraits not only of Enid’s personality and growth, but also of the people, landscape, and culture that shape her life […]