Join Black Fox Literary Magazine and Heather-Lang Cassera via Zoom for a 2-hr. exploration of poetic forms including the awdl gywydd, pantoum, and more. Throughout this generative writing workshop, poets will read and write in an encouraging online environment. Participants…
A Review of DeWitt Henry’s Restless for Words by Elizabeth Gauffreau
I found DeWitt Henry’s poetry collection Restless for Words an accessible and relatable exploration of both language and “the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself” (to quote William Faulkner). Reflection on the book as a whole engaged…
Secrets Beneath Our Skin by Suzanna C. de Baca
Winner of the Fox Tales “Art of Deception” Contest *Note: We’ve posted a screenshot of the winning poem for the sake of keeping the exact formatting. Secrets Beneath Our Skin
How to Write a Saturation Poem by Jennifer Jean
For years, I’ve been trying to write an ekphrastic poem about Gustav Klimt’s posthumous portrait Ria Munk III. I’ve tried every kind of approach to an ekphrastic that I know: describing the artwork, writing from the viewpoint of an object…
Canary: Selected Poems by Rebecca Faulkner
Winner of the Fox Tales “Music” Contest *Note: We’ve posted screenshots of the winning poems for the sake of keeping the exact formatting. Giant Steps Canary after Liz Phair Rebecca Faulkner is a London-born poet based in Brooklyn. The author…
A Conversation with Emily Hoover
Emily Hoover is the author of the novella in stories, Snitch (Wordrunner eChapbooks, 2021), and the poetry chapbook, My Mother as a Serrano Pepper (Zeitgeist Press, 2023). Her poetry, fiction, and reviews have been published by Sundress Publications, Rinky Dink…
Poetry Workshop: Poetic Forms with Heather Lang-Cassera
Join Heather-Lang Cassera via Zoom for a multi-week exploration of poetic forms including the awdl gywydd, ghazal, golden shovel, haibun, nonet, pantoum, villanelle, and more. Throughout this generative writing workshop, poets will receive writer-centric feedback from both the instructor and…
A Conversation with Vanessa Couto Johnson
Vanessa Couto Johnson (she/they) is the author of the full-length poetry books pH of Au (Parlor Press, Free Verse Editions Series 2022) and pungent dins concentric (Tolsun Books, 2018), as well as three poetry chapbooks. Most recently, Vanessa’s poems have…
True Story by Christian Paulisich
True story, I’ve often told my peers in poetry workshops, where fellow writers gather to read and discuss each other’s work. The workshop is a sacred space where communities are built, where feedback is given and received, and where we…
Poetry Class: Writing Eco and Nature Poetry with Heather Lang Cassera
The Black Fox Writing Academy has a new workshop on the block! Join us for Eco and Nature Poetry with Heather Lang-Cassera, Black Fox Poetry Editor! This class will be taught via Zoom and poets of all levels may register…
La Vie En Rose by Jerrice J. Baptiste
As a little girl, I often encountered dead bodies on my way to school during the Baby Doc dictatorship in the 1980’s. We’d hear the gunshots fired outside of my Catholic school and take cover under our desks. There were…
Welcome Guest Editor Heather Lang-Cassera!
If you’re a newsletter subscriber, then you already know we’ve got lots of BIG plans for Black Fox Literary Magazine this year. Today we’re announcing one of them! Over the years, we’ve received requests from poets asking if we ever…