Luke Goebel discusses KILL DICK in Conversation with Chris Dankland
Date: June 9, 2026
“I really enjoyed the prose style of Kill Dick. I loved how the sentences are always on the move, manic & fast, constantly on to the next.”
News & Reviews
News:
Luke Goebel interviews with Jackie Corley of The Brooklyn Rail to discuss KILL DICK
Date: June 3, 2026
“I’ve been a drug addict since before I hit puberty. I guess this is what Susie Vogelman taught me about my addiction and my brother’s addiction. Just how simple the […]
Helen Benedict interviews with Radio Wolinsky to discuss her latest novel, THE SOLDIER’S HOUSE!
Date: June 2, 2026
Helen Benedict, Columbia Professor of Journalism and author of the novel, “The Soldier’s House,” about the lives of Iraqi refugees in America in 2010, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky.
Rebecca Chace shares a wonderful comparison of her novel, Talking to the Wolf, and The Group!
Date: May 26, 2026
Just after my novel, Talking to the Wolf, was accepted for publication, I picked up Mary McCarthy’s novel, The Group for the first time. In my own novel, a friend breakup and untimely […]
BLOOD WOLF MOON by Elise Paschen WINS the 2026 Oklahoma Book Award in Poetry!
Date: May 21, 2026
Huge congratulations to Elise, and to all of the finalists!
Helen Benedict Brings Iraq Trilogy’s Final Chapter to Vroman’s!
Date: May 21, 2026
Helen Benedict wrote about the Iraq War as a journalist first — the sexual assaults, the displacement, the veterans who came home different. Then she turned the same material into […]
THE BURNING HEART OF THE WORLD listed as a work celebrating Armenian mothers by Armenian Weekly!
Date: May 19, 2026
Preceded by “Zabelle,” “Dreams of Bread and Fire,” and “All the Light There Was,” “The Burning Heart of the World” is the fourth book in Kricorian’s “Armenian Diaspora Quartet” focused […]
WABE interviews Amy Pence to discuss her latest novel, YELLOW!
Date: May 19, 2026
Acclaimed poet and essayist Amy Pence has released a new speculative fiction novel that blends science fiction, Southern gothic storytelling and a coming-of-age story set across decades of change in […]
Katie Couric Media shares an essay by MORNING LEAVES author Laing Rikkers!
Date: May 12, 2026
Dementia and Ambiguous Grief: Holding on While Letting Go – Loving someone with dementia reshapes how we understand love, loss, and presence.
The American Scholar reads a poem from David Mason’s COLD FIRE!
Date: May 12, 2026
Amanda Holmes reads David Mason’s “Before the Loon Calls.”
Reviews:
Adroit Journal: Father as God and Monster: A Review of Don’t Go Crazy Without Me by Deborah A. Lott
Date: June 3, 2020
Sometimes, you can judge a book by its cover. Consider the cover image for Deborah A. Lott’s memoir Don’t Go Crazy Without Me (Red Hen Press): a chubby adult male dressed in blue velvet […]
Rain Taxi: Subduction reviewed by Douglas Cole
Date: June 3, 2020
Subduction is most of all a story of displacement and dislocation: for Claudia, whose Latina heritage lies over a border and whose sense of family lies beyond the betrayal that […]
Empty Mirror: Hope Amidst Uncertainty: Subduction by Kristen Millares Young, reviewed by Jessica Gigot
Date: June 3, 2020
What happens when the world as you know it changes course? When your seemingly rock-solid life suddenly becomes thin and porous? Such is the case for Claudia, a Latinx anthropologist based […]
Library Journal reviews Subduction
Date: June 3, 2020
VERDICT Gorgeously, toughly written, this book dares to be open-ended yet leaves readers with a satisfying sense of how life really unfolds. Cultural clash matters here, but personal differences and […]
The Seattle Times: Storytelling in Neah Bay forms the fault line in brilliant debut ‘Subduction’ from Seattle’s Kristen Millares Young
Date: June 3, 2020
In the gray autumn of Seattle, Claudia, an anthropology professor, is on edge. Her marriage is over after she found out her husband and sister were having an affair. She’s […]
The Washington Post: In ‘Subduction,’ an anthropologist observing a remote fishing village becomes part of the story
Date: June 2, 2020
What was it the anthropologist said? Claudia wonders as she types up her notes. “Oh, yes. ‘An observer is under the bed. A participant observer is in it.’ She doubted […]
The Book Slut Reviews Body of Render: Poems by Felicia Zamora
Date: May 28, 2020
This moving collection of poetry by Felicia Zamora covers a range of topics from love, politics, identity, addiction, and the natural world. On one level, Body of Render explores a […]
The Paris Review: Staff Picks Subduction
Date: May 21, 2020
Kristen Millares Young’s debut novel Subduction takes as its subject a subtle clash of culture in the Pacific Northwest. The novel’s protagonist, Claudia, is an anthropologist fleeing the remains of her marriage […]
Midwest Book Review recommends Lifesaving for Beginners
Date: March 16, 2020
TBT! In a mid-April review, Midwest Book Review recommended Anne Edelstein’s memoir Lifesaving for Beginners. The recommendation reads, “It is no surprise that Lifesaving for Beginners is an deftly crafted, engagingly presented, intensely […]
Praise for What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison
Date: March 16, 2020
Camille Dungy shares with us in this manuscript her sharp, clear and honest ear and her unswerving commitment to the voice of life. She is a brave poet writing true […]