First Review of My New Book Ophelia
I’m so grateful for J.D. Ho’s beautiful, insightful review of my forthcoming book, Ophelia, published at Moist Poetry Journal. Continue reading First Review of My New Book Ophelia
Author: V.C. Myers
V.C. Myers is the author of Ophelia (Femme Salvé Books, 2023) and Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2019). She has read and edited for Sarabande Books, Barren Magazine, Ice Floe Press, and Frontier Poetry. Her work appears in journals such as EPOCH, Poet Lore, and Prairie Schooner. An Appalachian poet, she lives in West Virginia. Her website is vcmyers.com.
Cover Reveal & Pre-Order for My New Poetry Collection, Ophelia
My second poetry collection, Ophelia, will be released on October 17th by Femme Salvé Books. You can now pre-order at a discounted price from my publisher’s website. I’m so grateful to my editors, Elisabeth Horan and Amanda McLeod, for believing in and publishing this book. Continue reading Cover Reveal & Pre-Order for My New Poetry Collection, Ophelia
Poetry Forthcoming in Women of Appalachia 15th Anniversary Anthology
My poems “Lessons in Mining” and “The Stone Age” will be reprinted in the upcoming Women of Appalachia Project’s Women Speak 15th Anniversary anthology. Continue reading Poetry Forthcoming in Women of Appalachia 15th Anniversary Anthology
Poetry in UCity Review Now Available
Six of my poems (“Food for the Worms”; “Unseasonable”; “Feral”; “Climate Animals”; “Threshold”; and “Everything Rots”) have been published in the new issue of UCity Review. Continue reading Poetry in UCity Review Now Available
Poetry Forthcoming in Bowery Gothic
My poem “Disintegration,” from my forthcoming book Ophelia, will be published in the Summer 2023 issue of Bowery Gothic. Continue reading Poetry Forthcoming in Bowery Gothic
Poetry Forthcoming in On Spec Magazine
My sci-fi poem “Cryptid Corpse Flower Constellation Superblooms in Space” will be published in a future issue of the Canadian speculative literary journal On Spec Magazine. Continue reading Poetry Forthcoming in On Spec Magazine
Poetry Forthcoming in OyeDrum Magazine
Two of my poems from Ophelia, an erasure of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, will be featured in OyeDrum Magazine. The poems are from the title series of my forthcoming book, Ophelia, which will be published by Femme Salvé Books in October. Continue reading Poetry Forthcoming in OyeDrum Magazine
Semi-Finalist 2023 Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Award
I just learned an earlier chapbook version of my forthcoming book Ophelia, titled Prelude to Keening, made the longlist in the 2023 Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Award. Congrats to the winner and other poets in the final round! Continue reading Semi-Finalist 2023 Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Award
Poetry Available in The Chestnut Review
My poem “Geometries of Benediction,” from my forthcoming book Ophelia, is in the new issue of The Chestnut Review. Continue reading Poetry Available in The Chestnut Review
Poetry in Dream Pop Journal
Five of my Ophelia-centric erasures of Shakespeare’s Hamlet have been published in Dream Pop Journal. The poems are from the title series of my forthcoming book Ophelia (Femme Salvé Books, October 2023). Continue reading Poetry in Dream Pop Journal
V.C. Myers Official Site 