Date: August 13, 2026
Date: August 8,2026 In July, 2026, I had the pleasure of speaking with Alan Chazaro about his latest poetry collection, These Spaceships Weren’t Built for Us. Our conversation took us from the […]
Date: August 11, 2026
Little made sense, on paper, about a folk singer in her 50s with a young child and a touring lifestyle pivoting to chase an MFA—and specifically to study a form […]
Date: August 4, 2026
At Public Books, our editorial staff and contributors are hard at work to provide readers with thought-provoking articles. But when the workday is done, what is actually on our nightstands? […]
Date: August 3, 2026
Huge congratulations to Adela Najarro on this prestigious win, alongside other honorees such as Stephen Colbert and Karen Tei Yamashita!
Date: July 8, 2026
[Susan Rich]’s poem looks up, listens, and leans into the many things we can become open to by finding closeness with these familiar and strange animals.
Date: July 2, 2026
Date: July 1, 2026
Finding true healing after grief requires intentional steps and the courage to integrate new practices into our daily lives. Award-winning author, entrepreneur, and executive coach Laing Rikkers shares how the […]
Date: June 29, 2026
She discusses “the realities behind America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Date: June 29, 2026
“A conversation on mothering and the action of it, and how many of us are mothering outside our traditional knowledge of what it means to mother.”
Date: June 23, 2026
In the dark bunker where we are both trapped, my dad struggles against the chair he is roped to. He wriggles one arm free from beneath the ropes, reaching for […]
Date: March 31, 2026
Molly Fisk is Inaugural Poet Laureate Emerita of Nevada County. Her historic novel-in-verse, Walking Wheel, comes out April 7th from Red Hen Press.
Date: March 25, 2026
Benedict (Wolf Season) unspools a harrowing story of an Iraqi refugee family’s attempts to fit into American society. During the Iraq War, Khalil served as an interpreter for the U.S. […]
Date: March 24, 2026
Full review to come on April 1! “Wednesday, July 16, 1969. When all of America had its eyes on the moon, the Mannings inMission Hills, Michigan, suffered a wrenching personal […]
Date: March 24, 2026
“Chace’s latest (after Capture the Flag, 2010) is told mostly through flashbacks and is heavily dependent on what the characters are thinking as they navigate the final day before their […]
Date: March 24, 2026
“COLD FIRE is a revitalizing collection that burns off the dross from our tired, worn-out concepts of the world, restoring for us its inherent mystery and splendor.”
Date: March 24, 2026
“Flush with sensory details, the sprawling, immersive prose includes both extensive information on how a lifeguard wears her swimsuit and evocative active images.”
Date: March 24, 2026
“It’s a memorable poem [IGUANA DREAMS], as are many in VARIATIONS IN BLUE, Najarro’s fifth book. She is, I think, still early in her career, one that will, I hope, […]
Date: March 16, 2026
In Ha’s historical novel, a former intelligence officer’s imprisonment in a communist reeducation camp serves as a lens for examining the Vietnam War and its lasting impact. It’s 1978, and […]
Date: March 12, 2026
The author lost her sister at the end of 2019; soon after, the world went into lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, compounding Rikkers’ already overwhelming loss with a sense […]
Date: March 12, 2026
At the heart of Adrianne Kalfopoulou’s The re in refuge is the experience of crossing borders—primarily international, cultural, and linguistic but also erotic, psychological, and intellectual, among others. A Greek […]
