Red Hen Press

Hen House at Home ft. Khalisa Rae, Nikki Moustaki, and Allison Joseph
2021-04-21 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Red Hen Press is excited to bring our virtual event series, the Hen House at Home, back to your screens this spring! Mark your calendars for Wednesdays at 4:00 P.M. PT

We kick off the series with a poetry special featuring Khalisa Rae, Nikki Moustaki, and Allison Joseph. These female women warriors write poetry that pulls punches as they identify with grief, society, injustice, rage, race, and womanhood. Purchase GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT, EXTREMELY LIGHTWEIGHT GUNS, and LEXICON now! https://shop.aer.io/Red_Hen_Press/cl/Spring_/218726

You don’t want to miss this reading and conversation. Tune in on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/redhenpress, our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/redhenpressbeats, or our website at www.redhen.org/virtual. We hope to see you there!

Kim Stafford with Claudia Castro Luna
2021-04-21 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
As the world goes, this evening’s singer does not come from that afar, though it is by virtual means that esteemed Oregon poet Kim Stafford ventures this way this evening – to be joined in conversation with Seattle poet Claudia Castro Luna. The author of numerous books of poetry, memoir, works on writing and craft, and a teacher of note, as well, Kim Stafford is here this evening with his newest book of poems, Singer Come From Afar (Red Hen Press).

Kim Stafford book event at Village Books (Bellingham, WA)
2021-04-27 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
We couldn’t think of a better way to close out National Poetry Month than by hosting Kim Stafford. Please join us for the launch of his latest collection, Singer Come From Afar.
This book considers war and peace, pandemic struggles, Earth’s imperatives, and forging kinship. Readers have called the Singer Come from Afar “a deep well of gratitude,” “a collection of bright wings and wild songs,” and “a big-hearted book.” Stafford views the writing and sharing of poetry as an essential act of testimony for the healing of the world. May this book be the hidden spring you seek.

NEH Reading and Conversation Series: Victoria Chang and Afaa Weaver
2021-04-28 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Continuing our poetry lecture and conversation series are Victoria Chang and Afaa Weaver, with conversation moderated by Kate Gale, on bending the rules of Formalism.
With the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Red Hen Press is proud to bring a unique lecture and conversation series to the public, focusing on the history and future of formalism in poetry.
The unifying thread of this conversation series is exploring formalist poetry and the role it plays in our culture as poetry continues to evolve. Why do we as readers and listeners to poetry continue to love the sound and rhythm of formal poetry? Why does it create a kind of heartbeat for us?
Our series is organized with a movement from the traditional to the contemporary, bringing in diverse experiences and voices. Speakers will discuss poetry’s formal foundation and how teaching these building blocks allows for growth. In order for young people to do experimental poetry, they have to know what rules to break; to play with form, they have to know what form is. In poetry, traditional forms are the way we learn technique. If poetry were dance, form is ballet.
Streamed live on redhen.org, facebook.com/redhenpress, and youtube.com/redhenpressbeats

Khalisa Rae @ ACROSS THE PLATFORM: Evening of Prose & Poetry
2021-04-29 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
For more information: https://www.artsbythepeople.org/event-poss/2021/4/29/across-the-platform

Thursday, April 29, 2021
8:00 PM 9:15 PM
[Virtual]

Join us for an evening of poetry and prose from across our diverse landscape.
To register send an email to info@artsbythepeople.org with ACROSS THE PLATFORM in the Subject line. A Zoom link will be sent to you the day of the event. Featuring:
CMarie Fuhrman (Idaho)
Khalisa Rae (North Carolina)
Meghan Sterling (Maine)
Robin Rosen Chang (New Jersey)
To order books in advance of the reading:
https://khalisarae.com/
https://www.cmariefuhrman.com/
http://meghansterling.com/
https://www.robinrosenchang.com/

Books In Common - Kim Stafford, Kathleen Flenniken, & Sy Hoahwah
2021-04-29 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Books in Common NW is excited to welcome three fantastic poets , including two state Poet Laureates, to share their art, philosophy and work with us.

Kim Stafford in conversation with Jeff Fearnside
2021-04-30 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Kim Stafford will read from his new poetry book, Singer Come from Afar, following by a short conversation with Corvallis writer Jeff Fearnside, and audience Q&A. The reading will include a short poetry film, a glimpse of first drafts for poems in the book, and reflections on a citizen writing practice.

Hen House at Home ft. Janice Dewey and Eleanor Wilner
2021-05-12 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Our next Hen House at Home virtual event features two poets from the newest addition to Red Hen Press, our Crooked Hearts imprint! Crooked Hearts Press focuses on work from writers over the age of 55, and we’re honored to have Janice Dewey and the incredible Eleanor Wilner as our first poets from this imprint.
Janice and Eleanor will read from their upcoming collections, HOW TO FEED A HORSE and GONE TO EARTH respectively, before speaking with each other on the imprint and the importance of carving a space for senior writers to thrive.
Tune in on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/redhenpress, our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/redhenpressbeats, or our website at www.redhen.org/virtual and order their books at our webstore now! https://shop.aer.io/Red_Hen_Press/cl/Spring_/218726 We hope to see you there!

Deborah Lott, author of DON'T GO CRAZY WITHOUT ME, attending a Mental Health Awareness Virtual Event!
2021-05-13 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
https://www.flintridgebooks.com/instore-events/2021/5/11/virtual-event-memoir-authors-converse-in-recognition-of-mental-health-awareness-month
VIRTUAL Event: Memoir authors converse in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month
PAOLINA MILANA, DEBORAH LOTT, AND SUSAN AUERBACH

Thursday, May 13, 2021
5:30 PM 7:00 PM

Flintridge Bookstore858 Foothill BoulevardLa Cañada Flintridge, CA, 91011 United States

For more information visit their website!
https://www.flintridgebooks.com/instore-events/2021/5/11/virtual-event-memoir-authors-converse-in-recognition-of-mental-health-awareness-month

Kim Stafford book event at Red Hen Press
2021-05-19 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Reading and Conversation with Judy Gran & Gary Lemons

Hen House at Home ft. Judy Grahn, Kim Stafford, and Gary Lemons
2021-05-19 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
The Hen House at Home Virtual Event Series continues with a reading and conversation featuring Judy Grahn, Kim Stafford, and Gary Lemons! These three incredible writers discuss their latest collections, the connections between literature, nature, and the self, and their long-lasting careers and legacies as writers in their communities.
Tune in on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/redhenpress, our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/redhenpressbeats, or our website at www.redhen.org/virtual. We hope to see you there, and don’t forget to purchase TOUCHING CREATURES, TOUCHING SPIRIT, SINGER COME FROM AFAR, and SNAKE IV: ORIGINAL GRACE now! https://shop.aer.io/Red_Hen_Press/cl/Spring_/218726

Cyntha Hogue "Flash" Poetry Reading at University of Buffalo: Marianne Moore and the Archives Symposium
2021-05-25 17:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Featuring Laura Marris, Cynthia Hogue, Christina Pugh, Jeredith Merrin
https://www.mooreconference.org/

NEH Reading and Conversation Series: Jason Schneiderman and Ellen Bass
2021-05-26 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Streamed live on redhen.org, facebook.com/redhenpress, and youtube.com/redhenpressbeats
Continuing our poetry lecture and conversation series are Jason Schneiderman and Ellen Bass, moderated by Douglas Manuel, on the queer voice in poetry, and the topic of subverting the form, and subverting the language in Formalist poetry.
With the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Red Hen Press is proud to bring a unique lecture and conversation series to the public, focusing on the history and future of formalism in poetry.
The unifying thread of this conversation series is exploring formalist poetry and the role it plays in our culture as poetry continues to evolve. Why do we as readers and listeners to poetry continue to love the sound and rhythm of formal poetry? Why does it create a kind of heartbeat for us?
Our series is organized with a movement from the traditional to the contemporary, bringing in diverse experiences and voices. Speakers will discuss poetry’s formal foundation and how teaching these building blocks allows for growth. In order for young people to do experimental poetry, they have to know what rules to break; to play with form, they have to know what form is. In poetry, traditional forms are the way we learn technique. If poetry were dance, form is ballet.

Martha Cooley in conversation with Sheridan Hay at the Center for Fiction
2021-06-02 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
June 2, 1:00pm EST
Join BUY ME LOVE author Martha Cooley and The Secret of Lost Things author Sheridan Hay for a fantastic reading and conversation at the Center for Fiction!
More details here!

Martha Cooley: WAMC interview with Joe Donahue, host of The Book Show
2021-06-04 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | virtual
Tune in here on June 4th, from 11:15-11:30AM EST!

Hugo Literary Series 2021: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse w/ Kristen Millares Young!
2021-06-04 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
After a year of isolation and infection, of “fake news” and challenges to democracy, of wildfires and superstorms, of violence and racial injustice, one question keeps coming to mind: If these aren’t apocalyptic times, then what are?
For this season’s Hugo Literary Series, we’re going all in on Apocalypse. Over four nights this spring, twelve writers and four musicians will explore all things calamitous, presenting new work themed on, what else, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Conquest, War, Famine, and Death. So embrace your inner mayhem and snag a ticket to the hottest—and most disastrous—show in town.

Famine: Ottessa Moshfegh, Leni Zumas, Laura Da’, and Sad13
February 12, 2021 | 6 pm PST
Death: Rebecca Makkai, Layli Long Soldier, Lucy Tan, and PC Muñoz
April 2, 2021 | 6 pm PST
Conquest: Jeff VanderMeer, Lacy M. Johnson, Juan Carlos Reyes, and Eva Walker (of the Black Tones)
May 7, 2021 | 6 pm PST
War: Tommy Orange, Khadijah Queen, Kristen Millares Young, and Amanda Winterhalter
June 4, 2021 | 6 pm PST
For more information visit:
https://hugohouse.org/upcoming-events/hugo-literary-series/

The Virtual Kestrel Celebration with Cynthia Hogue
2021-06-04 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Reading and Panel discussion with: Cathy Barber, Marisa P. Clark, Cynthia Hogue, Hannah Marshall, Christine Potter, and Sara Moore Wagner; this session will be moderated by Elizabeth Savage.

Northshire Live: Northshire Bookstores: Martha Cooley in conversation with Lynne Sharon Schwartz
2021-06-08 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Join us from home for literary conversation!

Event date:

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 – 6:00pm

Event address:

Reserve a ticket on eventbrite to get the zoom link for this event!

Welcome acclaimed novelist Martha Cooley “back” to Southern Vermont for the publication of her latest Buy Me Love in a literary conversation with Lynne Sharon Schwartz, author of Truthelling.

Click here for tickets!

Hen House at Home with Martha Cooley, Sadie Hoagland, and Dariel Suarez
2021-06-09 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
June 9th, 4:00PM PST
The next event in our Hen House at Home virtual series features three fantastic novelists Martha Cooley, Sadie Hoagland, and Dariel Suarez! This is bound to be a captivating reading and conversation as the authors discuss the intricacies of finding identity in the face of uncontrollable circumstances. A lottery winner, a polygamist commune survivor, and a Cuban lawyer walk into a bar… and you’ll have to tune in to find out what happens next.

Tune in on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/redhenpress, our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/redhenpressbeats, or our website at www.redhen.org/virtual. We hope to see you there, and order Sadie, Martha, and Dariel’s books now from our webstore! https://shop.aer.io/Red_Hen_Press/cl/Spring_/218726

Hen House at Home ft. Martha Cooley, Sadie Hoagland, and Dariel Suarez
2021-06-09 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
The next event in our Hen House at Home virtual series features three fantastic novelists Martha Cooley, Sadie Hoagland, and Dariel Suarez! This is bound to be a captivating reading and conversation as the authors discuss the intricacies of finding identity in the face of uncontrollable circumstances. A lottery winner, a polygamist commune survivor, and a Cuban lawyer walk into a bar… and you’ll have to tune in to find out what happens next
Tune in on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/redhenpress, our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/redhenpressbeats, or our website at www.redhen.org/virtual. We hope to see you there, and order Sadie, Martha, and Dariel’s books now from our webstore! https://shop.aer.io/Red_Hen_Press/cl/Spring_/21872

Community Bookstore, Brooklyn: Martha Cooley in conversation with Susan Merrell
2021-06-10 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual, 143 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, United States
June 10, 2021, 7:30 PM

Martha Cooley joins us to present her new novel, Buy Me Love, in conversation with Susan Merrell. This program will take place on Zoom. Register here!

Public Reading of Ellen Meeropol's GRIDLOCK in MA, also LIVE ON YOUTUBE
2021-06-11 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | LAVA Center, 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Greenfield, MA – Set in an unspecified re-purposed building in a small Western Massachusetts town, Northampton author and playwright Ellen Meeropol’s GRIDLOCK tackles issues of climate change and radical activism as two sisters reunite after a fifty-year separation. On Friday, June 11, a public reading of this work-in-development will give audience members and artists the chance to hear and comment on this new play.
The reading will take place at 7:30 pm at the LAVA Center at 324 Main St, Greenfield. The reading is free and open to the public, but seating capacity is very limited, so reservations are advised by calling 413-768-7514 or writing to silverthornetheater@gmail.com, Attendees should have been fully vaccinated. The event will also be streamed live on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTM_CHysj_URdk1QDxCWr_A

Book Launch with GrubStreet and Porter Square Books (Boston), in conversation w/ Jonathan Escoffery
2021-06-14 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Porter Square Books
Dariel Suarez’s The Playwright’s House Book Launch Event!
Join Porter Square Books and GrubStreet to celebrate the launch of The Playwright’s House, the debut novel from Dariel Suarez, GrubStreet’s Education Director! Dariel will be joined in conversation by Jonathan Escoffery. This event is free and open to all, hosted on Crowdcast in partnership with Grubstreet.
More info here!

Green Apple Books: Martha Cooley in conversation with Anne Germanacos
2021-06-14 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
June 14, 6 pm PT.
More details to come! Check Green Apple Books for updates here.

Birch Bark InConversation: Martha Cooley in conversation with Deirdre McNamer
2021-06-15 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
June 15th.
More details to come. Check here for updated info!

Hen House at Home ft. Cécile Barlier, Dexter L. Booth, and Carl Marcum
2021-06-16 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Red Hen Press is back with another incredible Hen House at Home virtual event! Wednesday, June 16, at 4:00pm PT, join Red Hen authors and poets Cécile Barlier, Dexter L. Booth, and Carl Marcum as they share their work and discuss their shared themes of love, relationships, lessons, observations, and the unwavering spirit of curiosity. Don’t forget to order their books, A GYPSY’S BOOK OF REVELATION, ABRACADABRA, SUNSHINE, and A CAMERA OBSCURA now! https://shop.aer.io/Red_Hen_Press/cl/Spring_/218726
Tune in on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/redhenpress, our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/redhenpressbeats, or our website at www.redhen.org/virtual. We hope to see you there!

Skylight Books, Live on Crowdcast: Dariel Suarez in conversation w/ Christopher Castellani
2021-06-16 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Event date:

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 – 6:00pm PST!

RSVP for the Crowdcast here!

VIRTUAL: Martha Cooley in Conversation with Dinah Lenney at Pages: A Bookstore
2021-06-17 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual, CA, United States
Join Martha Cooley, author of Buy Me Love, in conversation with Dinah Lenney at the fantastic PAGES Bookstore! More info to come here.

The Kenyon Review: The Writers Workshop Online with Rebecca McClanahan
2021-06-20 08:00 - 2021-07-17 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Kenyon Review is hosting their Writers Workshop this summer! Red Hen author Rebecca McClanahan will be instructing on the nonfiction portion July 11-17. eccRead below for information!

Our summer 2021 workshops take on a new dimension this year. Entirely online, they are designed to fit more easily into writers’ daily lives, all while providing the stimulating and supportive experience that writers seek from Kenyon Review. Three different options are available for each genre, during both sessions (June and July):
The Finn Workshop*: The most rigorous, interactive option, the Finn Workshop is ideal for writers seeking an intensive, small-group experience supplemented by an individualized, one-on-one meeting with the instructor. This option also includes small group conversations with visiting editors and exclusive green room access to special guest authors.
The Bexley Workshop*: This option provides the rigor of the small-group workshop combined with opportunities to interact with a community of writers, through open mic sessions and the writers cafe, a communal online space for writing in the company of others.
The Rosse Event Series: The most flexible option, the Rosse Event Series provides enrichment and insights through readings and conversations with faculty (including Kaveh Akbar, David Baker, Angie Cruz, Geeta Kothari, Dinty W. Moore, Carl Phillips, Natalie Shapero, Nancy Zafris, and more). Participants can experience the events synchronously or access them asynchronously until September 1.
*Note: Participants in the Finn and Bexley Workshops have access to the entire Rosse Event Series.
Our faculty members are talented writers and teachers of national renown. They have advanced degrees in creative writing and are accomplished, active members of the literary community.
Session I Instructors (June 20–26)
Fiction: Angie Cruz or Ira Sukrungruang
Nonfiction: T Kira Madden or Dinty W. Moore
Poetry: Gabrielle Calvocoressi or Carl Phillips
Spiritual Writing: Kaveh Akbar or Jamie Quatro
Session II Instructors (July 11–17)
Fiction: E.J. Levy, Nick White, or Nancy Zafris with Karin Lin-Greenberg
Nonfiction: Geeta Kothari or Rebecca McClanahan
Poetry: David Baker, Dan Beachy-Quick, Shara McCallum, or Natalie Shapero
The Finn and Bexley Workshops center around a daily 90-minute, small-group experience offered synchronously via Zoom. Many of the other enrichment opportunities associated with each workshop are asynchronous. A complete schedule is available on each genre workshop page.

For more information visit:
https://kenyonreview.org/writers-online/

Hen House at Home ft. David Campos and Maceo Montoya
2021-06-23 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Our final Hen House at Home virtual event features David Campos and Maceo Montoya, who together conceptualized and created the gorgeous poetry/art hybrid collection AMERICAN QUASAR (available for purchase here: https://shop.aer.io/Red_Hen_Press/cl/Spring_/218726) David and Maceo will take us through the journey of how this book came to be, where their ideas came from, the complexities of creating art for poetry and poetry for art in tandem, and the fluidity of inspiration that ebbs and flows between both.
Tune in on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/redhenpress, our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/redhenpressbeats, or our website at www.redhen.org/virtual. We hope to see you there!
