Date: October 10, 2017
Oakland author Andrew Lam spoke at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center October 3rd, discussing his experiences growing up as a Vietnamese-American refugee in the United States. "The sense of being […]
Date: October 3, 2017
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser
Date: September 29, 2017
Vivian Faith Prescott was featured on Literary Hub's website with an excerpt, "Girls with the Sun in Their Eyes," from her new book The Dead Go to Seattle, which was […]
Date: July 20, 2017
Today Red Hen remembers one if its beloved poets, Austin Straus. Austin published three collections of poetry with Red Hen Press, including Drunk With Light, Intensifications, and The Love Project: […]
Date: July 12, 2017
Ruth Irupé Sanabria was recently featured on Poetry Foundation's website with her poem Ars Poetica, which is found in her book Beasts Behave in Foreign Land, which was published by […]
Date: July 11, 2017
Poet Lisa C. Krueger was featured on Poetry Foundation's website with a poem from her book Run Away to the Yard, which was published with Red Hen Press earlier this […]
Date: July 11, 2017
Poet Lisa C. Krueger was featured on Poetry Foundation's website with a poem from her book Run Away to the Yard, which was published with Red Hen Press earlier this […]
Date: July 11, 2017
Red Hen poet Lena Khalaf Tuffaha was recently featured on Poetry Foundation's website with a poem titled National Security Advisor from her book Water & Salt, published by Red Hen […]
Date: July 11, 2017
Red Hen poet Gary Lemons was recently featured on Poetry Foundation's website with a poem from his book The Weight of Light. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/143498/nowhere-to-hide
Date: July 6, 2017
See Red Hen authors t'ai freedom ford and Brendan Constantine in Santa Monica this weekend (07/09/2017) at The Broad Stage – The Edye as a part of An Evening of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Date: February 24, 2021
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Date: February 24, 2021
Keith Flynn might be the love child of William Blake and Etta James. In his latest collection, The Skin of Meaning, he moves easily from whisper to croon to full-throated growl. […]
Date: February 17, 2021
A Slow Burn Everything about Jessica “Jess” is a slow burn. From the way she yearns for Natasha to the lingering scent of death that she can’t escape. Jess smolders […]
