The Swamp
Date: June 4, 2020
It is Fourth of July weekend, and until a few days earlier, we had forgotten that for coastal towns this is prime time for tourism. Despite the busy sidewalks and […]
News & Reviews
News:
C-Ville: Taking covers: Your social distancing reading list
Date: June 4, 2020
With the cancellation of the Virginia Festival of the Book, and recommendations to practice social distancing, there’s never been a better time to pick up some extra reading material. While […]
The Oregonian: Poems for the Pandemic
Date: June 4, 2020
Kim Stafford’s days have a rhythm, a routine. Oregon’s poet laureate wakes before dawn. He takes a long walk around his neighborhood. When he returns to his home in Southwest Portland, […]
KUER 90.1: To Be Alive — Is Power: Poetry For The Pandemic
Date: June 4, 2020
With all that’s going on right now, it may be more important than ever to remember to take a beat and appreciate something beautiful — even if that’s just a […]
Ms. Magazine: A Word Person Thinks About Bodies
Date: June 4, 2020
It was recently brought to my attention that my characters are obsessed with bodies—their own and everyone else’s.
CBC: Milton’s Paradise Lost: a survival guide for a fractured world
Date: June 4, 2020
Vietnamese-American writer Andrew Lam considers Paradise Lost “the first refugee story.” “When I learned about it, as someone who had lost his homeland, it resonated, naturally, because Vietnam was everything to my […]
Black Earth Institue: Social Distancing
Date: June 4, 2020
In dreams I walk through crowds, brushing arms, knocking elbows. Skin to skin: hands are bare. Crocuses congregate in beds, along sidewalks. Unlatching city gates,
Poets.org: Aerial, Wild Pine
Date: June 4, 2020
A flare of russet,green fronds, surpriseof flush againstthe bare grey cypressin winter woods. Cardinal wild pine,quill-leaf airplantor dog-drink-water.Spikes of bright bloom–exotic plumage.
Arts At MIT: A Writer’s Voyage: Mia Heavener, MIT Course 1, 2000
Date: June 4, 2020
“Be stubborn and ultimately believe in your writing,” advises first-time novelist Mia Heavener ’00, “especially if you are having crappy writing days.” On April 13, Heavener visited Wyn Kelley’s literature […]
Lithub: Writing Place in a Time of Crisis
Date: June 4, 2020
Tess Taylor’s new poetry collection Rift Zone is published this month. She shares five books about writing place in a time of crisis.
Reviews:
Mead Magazine reviews Rodney Wittwer’s Gone & Gone
Date: November 28, 2012
Rodney Wittwer's Gone & Gone is reviewed by Mead magazine for their Fall 2012 volume.- "This first collection is marked by the authority and fearlessness of the voice, one willing […]
Rattle reviews Jessy Randall’s Injecting Dreams into Cows
Date: November 9, 2012
Sandra Knauf praises Jessy Randall's Injecting Dreams into Cows for Rattle.- "Her scope is kaleidoscopic. She treasures and shares found poems. She digs deep and uses all the emotions in […]
The Deepening praises Jessy Randall’s Injecting Dreams into Cows
Date: November 8, 2012
DLKeur from The Deepening reviews and praises Jessy Randall's Injecting Dreams into Cows.- Sometimes sexy, often hilarious, strange and yet familiar, the poems in Injecting Dreams into Cows will leave […]
ChicoER.com Reviews Gary Lemons’ Snake
Date: November 8, 2012
Dan Barnett reviews Gary Lemons' reading of Snake at the Butte College Reading Series. To read the full review, click
The Bicycle Review praises Brendan Constantine’s Calamity Joe
Date: November 8, 2012
J de Salvo from the The Bicycle Review praises Brendan Constantine's Calamity Joe. – “Constantine has always been a poet who was admired for his wit, his line, and for […]
My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus featured in Missoula Independent
Date: October 30, 2012
Here's what Michael Peck from Missoula Independent had to say about Kelly Barth's My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus. – "Unflinching and funny, the book concerns itself with the seeming […]
Injecting Dreams into Cows featured on Examiner.com
Date: October 9, 2012
Kaye Lynne Booth from Examiner.com reviews Jessy Randall's Injecting Dreams into Cows in a recent article.- "[Randall] has a knack for using language to surprise us and catch us off […]
Booklist loves Alice Derry’s Tremolo!
Date: September 27, 2012
Annie McCormick praises Alice Derry's Tremolo in a recent review for Booklist. – “Derry’s quietly captivating collection connects us through each merciless tremble and reverberating refrain. It’s as if one’s […]
Online literary magazine Parallax praises Brendan Constantine
Date: September 25, 2012
Here's what Isaac Dwyer had to say about Brendan Constantine's Calamity Joe in a recent review for Parallax. – “Calamity Joe is quirky, clever, and just past the level of […]
Ship of Fool featured in New Letters Magazine
Date: September 25, 2012
Gary Dop had this to say about Ship of Fool by William Trowbridge in New Letters Magazine. – “William Trowbridge’s Ship of Fool, through laughs and gaffes, reveals that, like […]