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celebrating 15 years of supporting writers and artists

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​​Palooka is an international literary magazine of unique fiction, poetry, nonfiction, artwork, photography, and graphic narratives. We've featured new, up-and-coming, and established writers, artists, and photographers from United States, Canada, Australia, India, United Kingdom, China, Mexico, Pakistan, Spain, France, Japan, Ireland, Brazil, South Korea, Israel, Croatia, Finland, Italy, and Austria. 

​See what we're about: mission statement and interview with the editor.
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  • ​​​​​​100% publication from unsolicited submissions
  • We uphold, encourage, and fight for underdogs
  • We read anonymously and without discrimination
  • We only pursue the writing and art we love​

FUTURE PALOOKAS

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 Yvonne Higgins Leach                  Ian Dooley                         Khalilah Okeke                              Eric Day                           Katherine Flynn


AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT:
​Tana MILLER & jan zlotnik schmidt

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​Joseph Cornell: The Man Who Loved Sparrows (Kelsay Books), a collection of poems by Tana Miller and Jan Zlotnik Schmidt
 
These poems are inspired by the life and works of Joseph Cornell, focusing on Cornell’s process, the people in his life, and themes of enclosure vs. transfiguration, memory, desire, loss, and the permanence gained through artistic creation. As one critic noted, the artist was obsessed both with the "ruins" of life and the desire to capture fleeting moments.

Purchase your copy of this fantastic chapbook at Kelsay Books!
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CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: DEVEN PHILBRICK (ISSUE 12)

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                        Deven Philbrick's debut poetry collection, Snow Drifts, is available now from Spuyten Duyvil Press!

"Philbrick’s beautifully braided music elaborates on that 'way out' tradition of philosophical poets riffing—errantly, unexpectedly—on themes of rupture and rapture, finitude and freedom. With the sensuousness of Nate Mackey, and the lyric acumen of Ed Roberson, this collection augurs something singular, a new way of making meanings crest and slope within the spun drift of possibility." — Zack Finch

SOME OTHER APRIL

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Purchase your copy of Joel Scarfe's Some Other April, our newest chapbook.

 "A thoughtful look at the complexity of nature, opening up its beauty with graceful lines and delicate observations."

Featured Palooka:
CHARLIE SCATURRO (ISSUE 10)​

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​Charlie Scaturro was born and raised in Brooklyn. His work has been published in Star 82 Review, Bending Genres, was shortlisted for the 2017 Best New Writing Anthology, and has appeared on CBSSports.com, USAToday.com, LATimes.com, and various publications on Medium.com. Charlie is currently working on a collection of short stories.

Featured Work:
​ROBBIN BATES (ISSUE 8)

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Check out Robbin's wonderful paintings!
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