Red Hen Press

Poetry Reading with Eloise Klein Healey and Ron Koertge
2022-12-02 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Boulevard, Venice, CA, 90291, United States

Poetry Reading: Ron Koertge & Diane Thiele
2022-10-27 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Flintridge Books, 858 Foothill Blvd. La Canada, Flintridge, CA, 91011, United States
I Dreamed I Was Emily Dickinson’s Boyfriend by Ron Koertge
This poetry collection easily solidifies Ron Koertge’s reputation as a poet who is very funny and also very serious. In these surprising and delightful poems, a mannequin joins the Me Too movement, a summer job turns into a lesson in class distinctions, and Jane Austen makes a surprise appearance at a mall. Ron Koertge’s uniquely playful imagination is on display in poem after poem.

Red Hen Press 28th Benefit Champagne Luncheon
2022-10-23 11:00 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | NOOR, 300 E. Colorado Blvd #200, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Visit our Benefit Page for more details by clicking below!

Poetry at the Claremont Library with Katrinka Moore and RON KOERTGE
2022-10-22 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Claremonth Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., Claremont, CA, 91711, United States
​A dedicated committee of local poets and poetry-lovers arrange a monthly poetry program that includes many award-winning and local poets.
These programs take place on the fourth Saturday of the month at 2pm.
Readings are free and open to the public. Light refreshments are served. Get the latest details about the program on their Facebook page.

IN PERSON: Ron Koertge at Chevalier's!
2022-10-20 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Chevalier’s Books, 133 N Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90004, United States
Ron Koertge will be reading with Boris Drayluk at the world famous Chevalier’s Bookstore in Los Angeles!

More details to come!

Ron Koertge and Eloise Klein Healy: A Book Launch Celebration
2022-10-16 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Hen Press, 1540 Lincoln Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91103, United States
Join Red Hen Press, South Pasadena Poet Laureate Ron Koertge, and inaugural Los Angeles Poet Laureate Eloise Klein Healy as we celebrate the launches of their latest poetry collections!
Refreshments will be provided, and a good time is guaranteed. These two incredible poets are the life of any party and have some incredible new work to share. We’re honored to be a part of their writing journeys and look forward to partying and celebrating with all of you!
Masks are required when not eating or drinking. All attendees must be fully vaccinated and boosted and show proof of such at the door prior to entry.

Red Hen Press Poetry Reading with Ron Koertge and Eloise Klein Healey
2022-10-16 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Hen Press, 1540 Lincoln Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91103, United States

ArtNight Pasadena!
2022-10-14 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Hen Press, 1540 Lincoln Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91103, United States
Red Hen Press is back with ArtNight Pasadena for a night of games, books, and deep dives into the world of publishing!
Add your stories and art to Red Hen’s legacy! This fall, we’ll have individual literary and art activities for kids and adults alike: contribute to our community art wall by creating drawings, filling in coloring pages, writing your own 1-page story, or creating black-out poems of your own! Author readings will be screened on-site and, as always, we’re happy to give tours of our publish world!

Red Hen Poetry at Village Well Books
2022-10-13 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Village Well Books, 9900 Culver Blvd. #1B, Culver City, CA, CA, 90232, United States
Three of LA’s finest poets — Brendan Constantine, Kim Dower, and Ron Koertge — read from their latest collections and share secrets and ideas for prompts and crafts.

Red Hen Press Poetry with Kim Dower, Brendan Constantine, and Ron Koertge
2022-10-13 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Village Well Books, 9900 Culver Blvd. #1B, Culver City, CA, CA, 90232, United States
Ron Koertge, “I Dreamed I Was Emily Dickinson’s Boyfriend”
The book easily solidifies his reputation as a poet who is very funny and also very serious. In these surprising and delightful poems, a mannequin joins the Me Too movement, a summer job turns into a lesson in class distinctions, and Jane Austen makes a surprise appearance at a mall. Ron Koertge’s uniquely playful imagination is on display in poem after poem.

Meet Ellen Meeropol at Lenox Library
2022-10-12 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sedgwick Reading Room and Welles Gallery, 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States
We are pleased to host Northampton author Ellen Meeropol to discuss her new novel, The Lost Women of Azalea Court, on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of our friends at The Bookstore. The event is free and open to the public.
On a chilly November morning, 88 year old Iris Blum goes missing from Azalea Court, a six-bungalow development on the gourds of a long closed state mental hospital in Northampton. Her husband, Asher Boum, was the last head psychiatrist at the hospital and is writing a book about the treatment of mental illness. Their daughter Lexi, the neighbors, and police detective McPhee suspect Dr. Blum of being involved in Iris’s disappearance. When the searches and interviews came up empty, the neighbors dig into the past–Asher’s childhood experiences with anti-Nazi partisans in the forests of Poland, unethical practices at the mental hospital , and Iris’s mysterious best friend, Harriet. The neighbors of Azalea Court are the narrators, uncovering ghosts, secrets, and lies.

IN-PERSON: Voices at the Center of American Literature with Juan Felipe Herrera, Carlos Allende, and Kristen Millares Young
2022-10-09 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Hen Press, 1540 Lincoln Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91103, United States
Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Voices at the Center of American Literature will feature readings and conversations by and with BIPOC and LGBTQ+ authors to discuss visibility, community, and navigating multiple identities, plus the “own voice” and personal narrative. Award-winning journalist and novelist Kristen Millares Young will moderate this fascinating conversation with former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and award-winning novelist Carlos Allende.
ASL interpreting services will be provided. This event will take place in-person at the Hen House Literary Center in Pasadena, California, and will also be livestreamed on Red Hen Press’s website at redhen.org/virtual, Red Hen’s YouTube Channel, and Red Hen’s Facebook Page.

LIVE - Poetry in French and English w Cynthia Hogue
2022-10-08 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Phoenix) | WA
POG Arts in Tucson presents poetry in French and English with CYNTHIA HOGUE, Nicole Brossard, and Sylvain Gallais, live on Zoom. Nicole Brossard will read from Distantly as well as other new poems. Cynthia Hogue will read from new poems. Sylvain Gallais & Cynthia Hogue will read English translations of Brossard’s French poems. Register now!

Kate Gale, Cai Emmons and Yuvi Zalkow at Annie Bloom's
2022-10-07 00:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Annie Bloom’s, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, CA, 97219, United States
more info to come!

A Walking & Reading Tour with Author Ellen Meeropol
2022-09-30 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | HISTORIC NORTHAMPTON, 46 Bridge Street, Northampton, MA, 01060, United States
Join local author Ellen Meeropol on a walk and talk around the former Northampton State Hospital and the Village Hill neighborhood, the setting and inspiration for her new novel. The Lost Women of Azalea Court begins one November morning, when 88-year-old Iris Blum goes missing from a fictional six-bungalow development on the grounds of the long-closed hospital, where her husband was the last head psychiatrist. Their daughter, the neighbors, and police detective McPhee suspect Dr. Blum of being involved in Iris’s disappearance and dig into his past. The neighbors, family, and detective narrate this story together, uncovering ghosts, secrets, and lies.
At historical landmarks, the group will hear short scenes from the novel set in those places, and think together about the challenge of both honoring our local history and telling a good story.

Ellen is the author of five novels, including Her Sister’s Tattoo and Kinship of Clover. She lives in the Village Hill neighborhood. Books can be pre-ordered through the Broadside Bookshop and will be signed after the walk.

Ellen Meeropol at Odyssey Bookstore
2022-09-29 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Odyssey Bookshop, 9 College St, South Hadley, MA, 01075, United States
Join us live and in-person on Thursday, September 29 at 7 PM as Ellen Meeropol talks about her new novel, The Lost Women of Azalea Court. She will be joined in conversation by Caroline Heller, author of Reading Claudius: A Memoir in Two Parts.
About the Book
On a chilly November morning, eighty-eight-year-old Iris Blum goes missing from Azalea Court, a six-bungalow development on the grounds of a long-closed state mental hospital. Her husband, Asher Blum, was the last head psychiatrist at the hospital and is writing a book about the treatment of mental illness. Their daughter Lexi, the neighbors, and police detective McPhee suspect Dr. Blum of being involved in Iris’s disappearance. When the searches and interviews come up empty, the neighbors dig into the past–Asher’s childhood experiences with anti-Nazi partisans in the forests of Poland, unethical practices at the mental hospital, and Iris’s mysterious best friend, Harriet. The neighbors of Azalea Court, Lexi, Harriet, and Detective McPhee narrate this story together, uncovering ghosts, secrets, and lies.
About the Author
Ellen Meeropol is the author of the novels Her Sister’s Tattoo, Kinship of Clover, On Hurricane Island, and House Arrest, and the play Gridlock. Essay and short story publications include Ms. Magazine, The Writer’s Chronicle, Guernica, and The Boston Globe. Her work has been honored by the Sarton Prize, the Women’s National Book Association, the Massachusetts Center for the Book, and PBS NewsHour. A founding member of Straw Dog Writers’ Guild, Ellen coordinates their Social Justice Writing project and lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Doors open at 6:30 PM

LIVE - Fireside Chat Fall Series featuring Ellen Meeropol
2022-09-22 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
It’s never too early to start planning your autumn book selections, so why not fall into reading now by joining our 6-part Fireside Chat Fall Series featuring bestselling and fan favorite authors Sara Ackerman, Jamie Beck, Carol Van Den Hende, Madeline Martin, ELLEN MEEROPOL, and Gill Paul to discover six fun new reads!
Each week, Adventures by the Book founder Susan McBeth will chat live with a different author to discuss their new book on the innovative interactive storytelling platform, Fireside, that allows you to join the conversation live. Pre-order a book below for shipping to you and then tune in to Fireside for this fun six-part series.
To join all (or part) of this series on Fireside, simply pre-order a book below to be shipped directly to you. Prior to the event, we will send you a private VIP link to attend the virtual event. If you have an iPhone or iPad, you can be part of the virtual audience to chat live with the authors. With other devices, you can still listen live to the broadcast HERE.

Women…Water…Spirals Exhibition Launch
2022-09-18 15:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Hen Press, 1540 Lincoln Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91103, United States
Red Hen Press is celebrating the re-opening of our art gallery space at the Hen House Literary Center! We’re thrilled and honored to welcome over 80 artists to our community center, including Rachel X Hobreigh, Renee Amitai, 50 artists from the Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, and 30 local Los Angeles artists! These incredible artists are all donating some or all of their proceeds from art sales to Red Hen Press, and we are so grateful for their generosity. Join us at the opening party for this wonderful celebration and take home a unique, exclusive art piece!
Refreshments will be provided! All attendees must be fully vaccinated and boosted, which will be verified at the door. Masks are required when not eating or drinking.

A Writer's Night with Ellen Meeropol
2022-09-15 18:45 - 19:45 (America/New_York) | The Longmeadow Adult Center, 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United States
The Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild present “A Writer’s Night” with Ellen Meeropol, Thursday, September 15, 6:45-7:45pm.
You may register by calling 413-565-4150, option 1. (Or just show up.) The Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow. Masks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution.
Bio: Ellen Meeropol is the author of the novels The Lost Women of Azalea Court, Her Sister’s Tattoo, Kinship of Clover, On Hurricane Island, and House Arrest, the play Gridlock, and is guest editor for the new anthology Dreams for a Broken World. Recent essay publications include Ms. Magazine, Lilith, The Writer Magazine, Guernica, Lit Hub, and Mom Egg Review. Her work has been a finalist for the Sarton Women’s Prize, longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award, and selected by the Women’s National Book Association. Ellen is a founding member of Straw Dog Writers Guild.

Ellen Meeropol's LOST WOMEN OF AZALEA COURT Book Launch at Coolidge Museum
2022-09-14 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Coolidge Museum, 20 West St, Northampton, MA, 01060, United States
Forbes Library and Broadside Bookshop present the launch of The Lost Women of Azalea Court by Ellen Meeropol In Conversation with Lisa Downing.
Author’s Statement:
This novel begins on a chilly November morning, when eighty-eight-year-old Iris Blum goes missing from Azalea Court, a six-bungalow development on the grounds of a long-closed state mental hospital. Her husband, Asher Blum, was the last head psychiatrist at the hospital, and he is writing a book about the treatment of mental illness. Their daughter Lexi, the neighbors, and police detective McPhee suspect Dr. Blum of being involved in Iris’s disappearance. When the searches and interviews come up empty, the neighbor women dig into the past–Asher’s childhood experiences with anti-Nazi partisans in the forests of Poland, unethical practices at the mental hospital, and Iris’s mysterious best friend, Harriet. Lexi, the neighbor women, a homeless woman who befriends Iris, and Detective McPhee uncover the ghosts, secrets, and lies of the past; together, they narrate this story.
To me, this is a story about sisterhood and about how we treat mental illness and about taking care of each other despite our differences. It’s also about the sins of the past and trying to move beyond them. Or not.
Books will be available for sale.
Attendance is limited to 50.

Yuvi Zalkow at Broadway Books
2022-09-14 00:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, CA, 97232, United States

Red Hen Press Feature at the Mic @ Micky's
2022-09-13 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Micky’s West Hollywood, 8857 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90069, United States
Do you have what it takes to get published? Join us on September 13th at Micky’s Weho & get to meet the publishers from Red Hen Press. Don’t miss this!
Hosted by
Brian Sonia-Wallace
Nate Lovell
Featuring special guests performances & YOU!

6 – 7 PM: Tacos and writing on the patio! Come for Taco Tuesday, find a collaborator, or get a writing prompt from the WeHo Poet Laureate to write something for the mic!
7 – 9 PM: The Mic at Micky’s: a space for creatives! Open sign ups, 3-5 minutes at the mic: Poems, stories, and music. Originals & homages. Come share your voice and hear your community loud and proud

Interested to perform? Sign up here (click here)
Get your $5 tickets now!

Adam Kirsch at Chevalier's Books
2022-09-12 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Chevalier’s Books, 133 N Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90004, United States

Yuvi Zalkow at Dynasty Typewriter
2022-08-27 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Dynasty Typewriter, 2511 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90057, United States

Yuvi Zalkow at Annie Bloom's
2022-08-16 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Annie Bloom’s, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, CA, 97219, United States
In-Person Reading: Liz Prato and Yuvi Zalkow

Annie Bloom’s welcomes back Portland authors Liz Prato and Yuvi Zalkow to read from their new books, Prato’s essay collection Kids in America: A Gen X Reckoning and Zalkow’s novel I Only Cry with Emoticons. They will be in conversation with Jackie Shannon Hollis, author of the memoir This Particular Happiness: A Childless Love Story.
Signed copies of both Kids in America and I Only Cry with Emoticons are available for pre-order! Include any personalization details in the order comments box at checkout.
https://www.annieblooms.com/event/person-reading-liz-prato-and-yuvi-zalkow

VIRTUAL: Dolores Hayden at Phosphorescence with Terry Blackhawk and Marilyn Nelson
2022-07-28 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | WA
Phosphorescence July 2022 featured poets:
Terry Blackhawk, Dolores Hayden, and Marilyn Nelson
VIRTUAL PROGRAM
This virtual program is free to attend. Registration is required.
REGISTER
To Emily Dickinson, phosphorescence, was a divine spark and the illuminating light behind learning — it was volatile, but transformative in nature. Produced by the Emily Dickinson Museum, the Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series celebrates contemporary creativity that echoes Dickinson’s own revolutionary poetic voice. The Series features established and emerging poets whose work and backgrounds represent the diversity of the flourishing contemporary poetry scene. The 2022 Series will be a virtual event to ensure the health and safety of participants. While we are disappointed not to gather together in Amherst, we are excited to connect with a global community of friends and writers. Join us on the last Thursdays of each month to hear from poets around the world as they read their work and discuss what poetry and Dickinson mean to them.

About this month’s poets:

Terry Bohnhorst Blackhawk is Founding Director (1995-2015) of InsideOut Literary Arts Project dedicated to amplifying the voices of Detroit youth. While still a high school Creative Writing teacher, Blackhawk won a National Endowment for the Humanities “Teacher Scholar” sabbatical (1992-1993) to study Emily Dickinson. Other awards are the 2010 Pablo Neruda Prize and grants from Michigan Council for the Arts and Kresge Arts in Detroit. Her five full- length poetry collections include Escape Artist (2003), winner of the John Ciardi Prize, and One Less River, named a Top 2019 Indie Poetry Title by Kirkus Reviews. A fourth chapbook, Maumee, Maumee, is forthcoming from Alice Greene & Co.
terrymblackhawk.com

Dolores Hayden, urban historian and poet, is professor emerita at Yale University. Her books on the American landscape include The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History and Building Suburbia. Her poems appear in many journals and anthologies including Poetry, Raritan, Ecotone, Yale Review, The Common, and Best American Poetry. She is the author of three poetry collections: American Yard, Nymph, Dun, and Spinner, and Exuberance, set in the earliest years of American aviation when daredevil pilots—women and men—thrilled spectators who had never seen an airplane.
doloreshayden.com

Marilyn Nelson is the author or translator of seventeen poetry books and the memoir How I Discovered Poetry. She is also the author of The Fields Of Praise: New And Selected Poems, which won the 1998 Poets’ Prize, Carver: A Life In Poems, which won the 2001 Boston Globe/Hornbook Award and the Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, and Fortune’s Bones, which was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and won the Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry. She is also the author of the biography Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor’s Life (2022). Nelson’s honors include two NEA creative writing fellowships, the 1990 Connecticut Arts Award, a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship, a fellowship from the J.S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Frost Medal. She was the Poet Laureate of the State of Connecticut from 2001-2006.
marilyn-nelson.com

LIVE on ZOOM - DOLORES HAYDEN in the Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series
2022-07-28 18:00 (America/New_York) | WA
To Emily Dickinson, phosphorescence, was a divine spark and the illuminating light behind learning — it was volatile, but transformative in nature. Produced by the Emily Dickinson Museum, the Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series celebrates contemporary creativity that echoes Dickinson’s own revolutionary poetic voice. The Series features established and emerging poets whose work and backgrounds represent the diversity of the flourishing contemporary poetry scene. The 2022 Series will be a virtual event to ensure the health and safety of participants. While we are disappointed not to gather together in Amherst, we are excited to connect with a global community of friends and writers. Join us on the last Thursdays of each month to hear from poets around the world as they read their work and discuss what poetry and Dickinson mean to them.

A Conversation and Celebration with Lisa Greer and Kate Gale
2022-07-27 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Hen Press, 1540 Lincoln Ave., Pasadena, CA, 91103, United States
Red Hen Press is pleased to announce a celebration of Philanthropy Revolution: How to Inspire Donors, Build Relationships, and Make a Difference, by philanthropist, entrepreneur, convener, Lisa Greer. The book– the first and only book on philanthropy and the nonprofit sector written from a donor perspective– sounds the alarm on what Lisa sees as an endemic problem among charitable organizations: fundraising tactics that are illogical, irritating, ineffective, and that hold back the sector’s progress. Lisa will briefly read from Philanthropy Revolution, and then join in conversation with Red Hen Press’ co-founder and Managing Editor Kate Gale. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments to follow. We can’t wait to see you at Red Hen Press’ headquarters in Pasadena to hear Lisa detail her mission to “Save Giving” – and why an optimized nonprofit sector is so incredibly important in shaping the future.

Click here for more information on Lisa Greer and Philanthropy Revolution.

Disclaimer: This event was originally scheduled for May 18, 2022, but was rescheduled due to unforeseen (non-COVID-related) circumstances.

ABOUT PHILANTHROPY REVOLUTION:

In the first book on philanthropy written from a donor’s perspective, businesswoman and philanthropist Lisa Greer lifts the lid on our charitable sector, with an authentic account that describes exactly how outdated the sector has become and why it’s at risk of collapse.

Weaving in her story of instant wealth and philanthropy, Lisa showcases the latest research, as well as dozens of interviews with donors, nonprofit professionals and leading academics in the field. She also provides much-needed ethical solutions that apply to any business, including:
• Upfront ways to ask for money
• Effective communications strategies
• Ways to be transparent from the outset
• How to curate meaningful events
Philanthropy Revolution is the handbook all fundraisers, nonprofits and donors should be using to create trusting, authentic partnerships that can be sustained long-term. Philanthropy is changing dramatically and it needs nothing short of an intervention to succeed. In this book, Lisa Greer shows us how to ‘save giving’ by providing a clear path to success. With her help, the nonprofit world will see its donors energized, its charities better supported and its impact increased, all while building a more honest philanthropic culture.

ANNA V.Q. ROSS Reading at "Opening Celebration of Native American and American Art Gallery"
2022-07-23 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Saturday, July 23, 2022 from 10 am-5 pm
Included with admission
Celebrate our new exhibition On This Ground: Being and Belonging in America, which explores how art can help us understand what it means to belong to family, community, and this place we now call America. Enjoy the acoustic melodies of Kalyn Fay Barnoski and the folkloric sounds of Grace Givertz, then experience the power of poetry with live readings from published author Anna V. Q. Ross, the innovative duo Adobo-Fish-Sauce, and a poetry screening featuring Amanda Gorman. Head over to the Create Studio in the afternoon to create your own pinch pot home out of clay.

POETRY PARLEY: Emily Wall
2022-07-20 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Juneau) | WA
Poetry Parley is a free poetry event. Each month the Parley features a local poet who reads their own work. Readers choose poems by the featured poet’s chosen poet of influence. “FRINGE!” follows, wherein the floor is open to sharing three poems or taking five minutes per poet – whichever is less.

For July 20, Parley has chosen Emily Wall, with Poem of Influence the iconic Sylvia Plath.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86057207353?pwd=[REDACTED]
