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:
Soapberry Review calls Madeleine Nakamura’s CURSEBREAKERS “Literal healing magic”!
Date: April 10, 2024
Cursebreakers is a powerful debut novel by fantasy writer Madeleine Nakamura. Set in a magic-filled world adjacent to our own, we follow professor of magic Adrien Desfourneaux as he works to uncover […]
Reema Rajbanshi’s SUGAR, SMOKE, SONG featured in a review from Publishers Weekly
Date: March 28, 2024
The nine linked stories in Rajbanshi’s sterling debut collection blend snapshots of immigrants from Africa, Asia, and South America in New York and California, as well as flashing back to […]
The Vinyl Press features review of Peter Ulrich’s DRUMMING WITH DEAD CAN DANCE
Date: March 28, 2024
I didn’t really get on to Dead Can Dance until “Into the Labyrinth,” their most popular LP that made the audiophile rounds here in the States. 4AD, their label, wasn’t […]
E.P. Tuazon’s A PROFESSIONAL LOLA on Kirkus Reviews
Date: March 12, 2024
Brightly evocative, clever, and sincere, Tuazon’s third work of fiction continues to chart a promising path forward. Click here to read more.
Booklist features review of Helen Benedict’s THE GOOD DEED!
Date: March 6, 2024
Benedict’s true-to-life novel resonates, particularly in the characters’ moments of fortitude in the face of brutal experiences of heartbreak and loss.
MAINCREST MEDIA Book Review of MacLeish Sq.
Date: February 29, 2024
MacLeish Sq. is a haunting and lyrical novel that blurs the boundaries between reality and illusion, present and past; Dennis Must explores the power of memory, guilt, and redemption in […]
Library Journal features review of Francesca Bell’s poetry collection, WHAT SMALL SOUND!
Date: February 28, 2024
Following 2019’s multi-award finalist Bright Stain, poet/translator Bell returns with a second collection focusing largely on women and the issues they face (many poems deal with abortion and rape), while […]
RHINO Magazine features review of Max Sessner’s WHOEVER DROWNED HERE, translated by Francesca Bell!
Date: February 28, 2024
Once upon a time many years ago I taught in Germany, not far from the Harz Mountains, haunt of the Brothers Grimm and Heinrich Heine. To my surprise my students […]
Bookworm for Kids blog recommends TREE SPIRITS (2nd Edition) by Louise Wannier!
Date: February 21, 2024
Today’s read… Tree Spirits by Louise Wannier Today’s read heads into the direction of creativity and imagination. It was presented to me as an unique, nonfiction read…and I’m expecting it […]
MomReadIt blog recommends Louise Wannier’s TREE SPIRITS (2nd Edition) as a “STEM Books to Explore”!
Date: February 21, 2024
I’m back with some new books to explore fun STEM concepts. I really miss having a Discovery Club at my library… maybe I’ll use these as a way to gauge […]