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.
News & Reviews
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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.”
Librarians recommend YELLOW by Amy Pence if you loved REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES!
Date: May 12, 2026
11 Books Like ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ According to Librarians.
Necessary Fiction reviews Khanh Ha’s latest novel, THE AFTERLIFE OF A THREADBARE JESTER!
Date: May 6, 2026
After years of working on media stories about hotly contested political situations, I’ve learned that sometimes telling the truth about a situation will make people mad. As I read Khanh […]
Molly Fisk shares her writing process for WALKING WHEEL on Periodicity Journal!
Date: May 6, 2026
The ‘process note’ pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections for various workshops and classes. This process note and […]
Luke Goebel’s KILL DICK is listed as a bestseller in SoCal independent bookstores!
Date: May 5, 2026
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,April 26, 2026. This list is based […]
PBS SoCal features THE KITCHEN ACTIVIST author, Florencia Ramirez!
Date: May 5, 2026
Writer and climate change activist Florencia Ramirez takes us shopping for groceries and invites us into her home to share practical tips about how to reduce your kitchen’s carbon footprint […]
The Brooklyn Rail shares an excerpt from Luke Goebel’s KILL DICK!
Date: May 5, 2026
Susie Vogelman, a protagonist who initially sees herself as “a failed attempt at form,” finds definition through outrage. Her roommate has overdosed on Oxycontin, causing Susie to retreat to Los […]
April Ossmann reads select poems from her collection WE at the Vermont House of Representatives!
Date: April 29, 2026
April Ossmann reads poems NON-PARTISAN and STATE OF THE UNION AUBADE from her latest poetry collection WE at the Vermont House of Representatives.
San Francisco Chronicle features Luke Goebel as he discusses the success of his latest novel KILL!
Date: April 28, 2026
Goebel, a recovering addict with a long rap sheet of alcohol- and drug-related arrests, spent years living in cars, on street corners and in motels in San Francisco’s North Beach […]
Reviews:
The heart’s vast and cratered purpose’
Date: December 4, 2017
Many thanks to Elizabeth Savage for her insightful commentary on the poetic themes of Cynthia Hogue's In June the Labyrinth. Read it now
William Trowbridge’s VANISHING POINT is featured in Green Mountains Review
Date: November 17, 2017
William Trowbridge's collection of poems, VANISHING POINT, received a rave review in the online edition of Green Mountains Review. Read the review
Lambda Literary reviews HANGING ON OUR BONES
Date: November 9, 2017
Julie R. Enszer of Lambda Literary extols Judy Grahn's HANGING ON OUR OWN BONES! Enszer preface her lengthly review by praising Grahn's beloved presence in the lesbian literary community. She […]
Booklist Reviews LIFESAVING FOR BEGINNERS
Date: October 30, 2017
Booklist reviewer Karen Springen praises Anne Edelstein’s newest release, claiming “Families struggling to come to terms with unexpected deaths, especially suicides, may find comfort in this well-written memoir.” “
Chelsey Clammer interviewed by The Sunlight Press
Date: October 17, 2017
Thanks to The Sunlight Press for a
WOW! Reviews CIRCADIAN by Chelsey Clammer
Date: October 16, 2017
Women of Writing reviewer Angela Makintosh gives high praise to Chelsey Clammer's debut collection of essays, CIRCADIAN. "Circadian is a masterfully written collection of 12 lyric essays that are poetic, […]
David Mason’s Libretto praised by Gramophone
Date: October 10, 2017
Red Hen author David Mason adapted Nathaniel Hawthorne's THE SCARLET LETTER into a stunning operatic libretto, THE SCARLET LIBRETTO, that had its world premiere in May 2016 by Opera Colorado.
David Mason poem shared by Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser
Date: October 3, 2017
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser
FOREWORD reviews MIRACULUM MONSTRUM
Date: September 28, 2017
Letitia Montgomery-Rodgers recently reviewed Kathline Carr's MIRACULUM MONSTRUM, saying, "Haunting and eerie, Miraculum Monstrum is a fun-house mirror where past, present, and future bounce off one another." Read the full […]
Zack Ravas from ZYZZYVA Reviews CAKE TIME
Date: September 27, 2017
Zack Ravas of ZYZZYVA praises Siel Ju's for how she "expertly taps into the existential malaise of many thirty-something urban dwellers" in her award-winning novel, CAKE TIME. "Cake Time is […]