PUBLISHER OF POETRY, FICTION, & NONFICTION

Lindsey Schaffer’s poem “Untitled” appeared in the very first issue of Variant Lit back in 2019. In the time since, she published a chapbook, City of Contradiction, (Selcouth Station 2022) , became a Poetry Editor of Variant, and wrote a second chapbook, Witch City, (dancing girl press) which is now available for preorder. 

ince Summertime Fine, jason has gone on to publish two more chapbooks, Twerkable Moments (Paper Nautilus) and goodboi (Neon Hemlock) as well a full length from Sundress Publications, Year of the Unicorn Kidz. The day before Tyler and I spoke with jason about community, representation,, and art making, the July/August 2023 issue of Poetry Magazine came out, with three new jason b. crawford poems inside.

Katherine Gaffney’s poem “Likewise, Here” was a finalist in Variant’s 2022 Pizza Prize Competition and also appears in her first full-length poetry collection, Fool in a Blue House which won the Tampa Review Prize for Poetry. I spoke with Katherine in July 2023, a few months after her book’s release to discuss the domestic and caregiving themes in her writing and the process of writing and publishing a full length collection.