NEXT WEEK: join RHINO Editor Virginia Bell and @ignatius2u.bsky.social for this workshop at @bookends.bsky.social! bit.ly/4drrg75

REVIEWS — RHINO — The Invisible Sun: A Guide for the Soul from Rumi’s Master by Attar, translated by Sholeh Wolpé This is a quick read: front-to-back in a day or hop around out-of-order throughout a week. I started this with zero knowledge of Attar, approaching as an outsider lacking context. The good news: the...

“Each poem stands alone on its mostly white page; most poems have around six lines. The language is simple and direct, and sometimes surprisingly casual.”
In @rhinopoetry.bsky.social, Jamie Weaver reviews Attar’s newly translated poetry collection, “The Invisible Sun” rhinopoetry.org/reviews/atta...

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The latest issue of RHINO Reviews is live!

Featuring:
🦏 Emily Pérez reviewing Natalie Shapero
🦏 @robeshoe.bsky.social reviewing @troycabida.bsky.social
🦏 @alauchter.bsky.social reviewing @kathryncowles.bsky.social
🦏 loads more!

Find your next National Poetry Month read here: bit.ly/4sko9SJ

Today in St. Louis! 🥳🥳🥳

Thank you so much! ❣️

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As part of our anniversary year, we have an exhibit at the Evanston Public Library! 🥳

Check out “RHINO: The First 50 Years” through the end of the month.

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A special issue of POETRY magazine will honor one of our great literary cities: Chicago!

We're calling on poets and writers who have lived in Chicago for around seven years at some point in their lives to submit their poems by May 15: https://bit.ly/42cfEO9

35 Writers to Watch | Guild Literary Complex The Guild Complex’s 35 Writers to Watch list celebrates the Guild’s 35+ years of innovative programming by featuring local writers whose careers represent the future of the literary arts in Chicago, a...

WOW. Seven of the honorees in the Guild Literary Complex’s “35 Writers to Watch” in 2026 are current or former Rhinos.

We could not be more proud and thrilled, especially during National Poetry Month!

Congratulations to all of the honorees! 👏👏👏

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More more more! How do you like it? How do you like it? 🎶

April 30, we have RHINOs past and present reading at the Dawes House in Evanston! bit.ly/47EJT3K

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We had a wonderful time getting our Poetry Month on at the Daley Branch of @chipublib.bsky.social. 🤩

Thank you to everyone who came to learn about waka poetry from our Translation Initiative Editor, Naoko!

Today's the day! 👏

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Then on April 29, Editor Virginia Bell teams up with Ignatius Valentine Aloysius to lead a workshop on protest poetry at @bookends.bsky.social 🔥

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No One in This Dumb Bar Will Acknowledge How Famous We Are by Sarah Carson | Waiting to be seen.

Well now I guess I have to read everything Sarah Carson has ever written. @short-reads.org @rhinopoetry.bsky.social

www.short-reads.org/no-one-in-th...

Yellow paper background with a purple flyer on top affixed with green and purple tape. The flyer has a rhinoceros with a party hat above a drawing of the Gateway Arch and portraits of 4 people. Text reads: Rhino Poetry 50th Anniversary Reading! Celebrating five decades of poetry. Featuring poets Apollo Chastain, Kristin Emanuel, Joanne Diaz, and Alex Mouw. Bel Air Social. Central West End. St. Louis, MO. Saturday April 18, 2026. 3:00 PM. 4630 Lindell Blvd.

You thought we were done? NO WAY!

April 18, we’re coming to St. Louis to celebrate our 50th anniversary with some of our wonderful contributors and you! Hosted by Senior Editor Laura Evers. 🥳 bit.ly/3Ohk8Qi

Happy National Poetry Month! 🎊

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Calling all high school and college writers! The 206 Adroit Prizes for Poetry & Prose are open for submissions through May 1, judged by the brilliant Leila Chatti and Karissa Chen. theadroitjournal.org/adroit-prizes/

REVIEWS — RHINO — Burn the Losses by Antonio Gamoneda, Translated by Katherine M. Hedeen and Victor Rodríguez Nuñez Horses cry out at bloodshed, mothers become senseless (“tormented in their children”), and the speaker can’t help but watch and burn losses as a witness to humanity’s self-destruction (50). Here are a...

“There’s a madness in the truth of life: that the body’s experience can seem trapped in a jar for observation while the self goes on.”
In @rhinopoetry.bsky.social, Robert Eric Shoemaker reviews Antonio Gamoneda’s newly translated poetry collection, “Burn the Losses” - rhinopoetry.org/reviews/anto...

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April 12 Senior Editor Ann Hudson talking about memoir in Joanne Jacobson at the Evanston History Center. 📕

Details here: bit.ly/48gJbts

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First up is a waka poetry translation class led by Translation Initiative Editor Naoko Fujimoto with the @chipublib.bsky.social 📚

Registration required: bit.ly/4bJytwB

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April is National Poetry Month, so make sure RHINO is part of your plans! Otherwise, we'll have to crash your party. 💥🦏

Upcoming events: bit.ly/4sFB0z2

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SLM Editor-in-Chief @maureenlangloss.bsky.social breaks down what literary mags really look for in your cover letter. Read it all here! 💐 buff.ly/SSYsGR8

Congratulations to RHINO contributor Arah Ko! 🎊

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There are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see them.

A green and blue cartoon owl holds a scroll and a quill pen in the upper right corner. Portrait of Naoko Fujimoto in the bottom right corner, next to the Chicago Public Library logo. Black text reads: Let's Translate a Japanese Waka Poem! with Poet Naoko Fujimoto. Saturday, April 4, 2026. 2:30PM – 4:00PM. Daley-Bridgeport Library. "Let’s translate a Japanese waka poem!" We are going to translate No.38 from the Ogura Waka Anthology. The poem was written by a female poet, Ukon (around 966 CE). This writing exercise is a valuable way to improve our creative skills and generate new ideas. The famous anthology was made by Fujiwara no Teika (1162–1241). It is a classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets. Naoko Fujimoto is a RHINO Poetry associate & translation editor and Tupelo Quarterly Poetry translation editor. She is a Bread Loaf Translation full scholarship recipient and the 2023 Visiting Teaching Artist at the Poetry Foundation. She had been teaching poetry classes domestically and internationally."

Celebrate National Poetry month with the @chipublib.bsky.social and RHINO Senior Editor, Naoko Fujimoto!

The session is FREE, but you have to register, so get those library cards ready! 🪪

Details: bit.ly/4lKIJJH

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A Reading List for Women’s History Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses For Women’s History Month, observed annually during the month of March, we asked our members—independent presses, literary journals, and others—to share with us some of the books and magazines they…

Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! Celebrate by picking several reads from our 2026 reading list and bookmarking it for year-round recommendations: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

Know a friend looking to publish a poetry collection or novella? Tag them so they submit it to Driftwood Press! Link in bio with details and to submit. #callforsubmissions

REVIEWS — RHINO — and when the light comes it will be so fantastic by Kristin Berget - Reviewed by Susanna Lang Kristin Berget is a Norwegian writer whose work has not been translated into English, though she has already published seven poetry collections and a novel. The title of this first collection to appea...

Thanks to @rhinopoetry.bsky.social and guest editor Naoko Fujimoto for including this review of Kristen Berget's luminous poetry in Kathleen Maris Paltrineri's translation. It's a whole translation issue--translators, have fun with it! rhinopoetry.org/reviews/kris...

A light blue background with images of flowers taped the corner of a white rectangle. Text in white box reads: RHINO Reviews is proud to present these fascinating selections for our third annual translation issue. We are thrilled to include eight reviewers who are also poets with multiple language backgrounds. The reviews cover Belarusian, Chinese, Japanese, Norwegian, and Spanish poetry collections, Taiwanese and Lithuanian short stories, and Indian folktales. We hope you enjoy reading them. -Naoko Fujimoto, RHINO Reviews translation editor

The 2026 Translation Issue of RHINO Reviews is live! This this annual issue includes Belarusian, Chinese, Japanese, Norwegian, and Spanish poetry in translation—and it doesnt stop there. 📚 bit.ly/4sko9SJ

At the @northamerreview.bsky.social booth. Few other journals forge such supportive bonds with their writers.

Check out their latest issues, and grab a bookmark with PULSE’S pre-order QR code.

We had a great #awp alongside @rhinopoetry.bsky.social + @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social ,

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The @awpwriter.org team interviewing our friends at @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social because #AWP is going to be in Chicago next year. We can’t wait to welcome you all there! 🤩