Prairie Schooner features an essay of Alison Hawthorne Deming, the author of BLUE FLAX & YELLOW MUSTARD FLOWER
Date: January 29, 2025
Prairie Schooner features Alison Hawthorne Deming’s essay “The Eye of Water” in its recent issue.
News & Reviews
News:
Electric Literature reveals the cover of BIND ME TIGHTER STILL by Lara Ehrlich
Date: January 29, 2025
Electric Literature reveals the cover of Bind Me Tighter Still by Lara Ehrlich, which will be published by Red Hen Press in September, 2025. The design celebrates otherworldly beauty and […]
Omaha Magazine features Elom K. Akoto, author of BLINDSPOT IN AMERICA
Date: January 28, 2025
Omaha Magazine features an interview with Elom K. Akoto, shearing his journey from Togo to the U.S., his experiences as an immigrant, and the inspiration behind his debut novel, which […]
Shelf Awareness interviews Kim Dower, author of WHAT SHE WANTS
Date: January 28, 2025
Shelf Awareness interviewed Kim Dower to discuss her career highlights, share some intriguing gossip, explore what has sustained her over the years, and learn how she has merged her roles […]
Mostly Banter podcast features Jenny Factor, author of WANT, THE LAKE
Date: January 21, 2025
Jenny Factor, acclaimed poet and Beverly Hills native, shares her journey from a unique childhood to Harvard and beyond. In this compelling conversation, she reflects on her lifelong passion for […]
Poetry.LA features Kim Dower, author of WHAT SHE WANTS
Date: January 21, 2025
In this episode of SoCal Poets in Conversation, Elena Karina Byrne and Kim Dower, who have very different poetic styles, reflect on the themes they have in common, including “longing,” […]
Soapberry Review reviews E.P. Tuazon’s A PROFESSIONAL LOLA as one of the Best Asian American Books of 2024
Date: January 21, 2025
“In A Professional Lola, a joyful, weird, and eclectic collection of short stories from Grace Paley award winner E.P. Tuazon, there is an intimacy that makes you, the reader, feel […]
BLOOD ON THE BRAIN by Esinam Bediako and BLINDSPOT IN AMERICA by Elom K. Akoto featured in Brittle Paper’s list of 100 Notable African Books of 2024!
Date: December 10, 2024
Huge thanks to the editors at Brittle Paper for inclusion in this incredible list!
Red Hen Press Welcomes Nine New Board Members
Date: December 5, 2024
Red Hen Press is thrilled to welcome nine new members to our Executive Board, whose diverse range of expertise in marketing, branding, and governance will help advance the core values […]
@belletrist features Esinam Bediako, author of BLOOD ON THE BRAIN
Date: December 3, 2024
Reviews:
EXTREMELY LIGHTWEIGHT GUNS reviewed by Rebellious Magazine!
Date: April 12, 2021
Nikki Moustaki’s debut collection of poetry captures this divide and dissociation while establishing themes of darkness and light within the difficult narratives of suffering and abuse. These poems juxtapose the […]
[PANK] reviews GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT!
Date: April 12, 2021
Khalisa Rae’s Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat is like a newborn scream that’s been held in for eons. Sharp, strong, unapologetic, beautiful, and angry, the writing in this collection is a […]
NewPages reviews GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT!
Date: April 1, 2021
Guest Post by Lannie Stabile. A Black girl can be a dog, a rat, a gadget, a myth, a ghost, a mermaid, origami, or livestock. A Black girl can be […]
Rain Taxi shows off UNSEEN CITY in their recent magazine issue!
Date: March 24, 2021
“Funny, spooky, sad, and yet hopeful, Amy Shearn’s UNSEEN CITY is at times a family drama, a ghost story, a commentary on race relations, an intense flirtation, and a love […]
Douglas Kearney’s PATTER reviewed by The Georgia Review
Date: March 18, 2021
In a decade of reading and writing about motherhood poetry—including an essay-review in these pages in 2019—I have found no universal truths about motherhood. However, as I’ve worked with poet […]
SEX & TAIPEI CITY by Yu-Han Chao reviewed in Home Planet News!
Date: March 17, 2021
Bawdy and tragic, Taipei in Taiwan is not New York City. There is more Confucian shame than Taoist ecstasy. In these tales of love, lust and relationships gone awry, Yun-Han […]
The Culture Commentator reviews GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT!
Date: March 11, 2021
What happens when a Midwestern girl migrates to a haunted Southern town, whose river is a graveyard, whose streets bear the names of Southern slave owners? How can she build […]
Tess Taylor’s RIFT ZONE reviewed on West Branch!
Date: February 24, 2021
Like many devoted bibliophiles, I love to visit archives. I sigh contentedly while enacting the familiar rituals of shutting the locker door on all of my belongings except two mechanical […]
Shelf Media Group reviews UNSEEN CITY by Amy Shearn!
Date: February 24, 2021
The Past Meets the Present Shearn’s book, Unseen City, is an unexpected entry into an historical home and the contrast between life and death. Or, perhaps more fitting, the contrast […]
North Carolina Literary Review features & reviews Keith Flynn’s THE SKIN OF MEANING!
Date: February 24, 2021
The journal is online so visit below for the full text!