Excuse us but isn't it high time we addressed the divide?

Full poetry collections or Chapbooks? Which should be a poets first offering?

All those for full collection say aiii, those for chapbooks say nayyy! Who has it?

Which would you pick first from an author you've never read? A Chapbook or A Full Collection? Tell us please.

News From Headquarters

1. Listen/Watch our poems on the Stripes Literary Magazine YouTube channel.

2. A poetry live reading is coming in July. Venue yet to be decided. Advice needed.(Google meet or X open space)

3. New pieces now published on the Stripes Literary Magazine website.

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