Volume 43 of The Worcester Review, the print journal of the Worcester County Poetry Association, includes poems by the winners and judge of the WCPA’s Frank O’Hara Contest and the winner of the college poetry contest Elizabeth Bishop Manuscript Prize; the second part of the feature “Artists in the Archive: Celebrating Twenty-five Years of Creative and Performing Artists and Writers Fellowships at the American Antiquarian Society,” edited by Kevin Wisniewski; and poetry and fiction by writers including Emma Bolden, JD Debris, Hannah Feustle, Eloise Klein Healey, Jose Hernandez Diaz, Rita Mookerjee, Gathondu Mwangi, and Lucy Zhang. Volume 43’s cover art is by Worcester artist Parker Milgram.

About the Cover Artist

Parker Milgram is a fine artist, author, and illustrator based in Massachusetts. Their art has been showcased in several exhibitions and was recently featured in Worcester Magazine. Parker loves to create original characters and is currently developing several picture books on themes of mental illness, grief, friendship, and neurodiversity. Find more of their work online at parkermilgram.com and @parkermilgram on Instagram.