The New Criterion reviews News from the Village
Date: March 16, 2020
The New Criterion has a nice review up of David Mason’s lyrical memoir, News from the Village: Aegean Friends. Here’s a taste: “In one of the book’s most eloquent passages, […]
News & Reviews
News:
My Life in Clothes… in the Wall Street Journal!
Date: March 16, 2020
First the Economist, then the Wall Street Journal, and then the world! Summer Brenner’s wonderful short story collection, My Life in Clothes, has been featured in the Wall Street Journal‘s holiday gift […]
The Last Jewish Virgin reviewed in NewPages
Date: March 16, 2020
Yet another great review of Janice Eidus’s The Last Jewish Virgin, this one from New Pages. It’s like the book is good or something. An excerpt: “…an entertaining, original, and psychologically […]
Tess Taylor’s Incredible Family Journey
Date: March 16, 2020
Tess Taylor has had an amazing journey of discovery these past few months. Her debut poetry collection, The Forage House, chronicles the exploration of her familial lineage and ties to Thomas […]
Kate Gale and Kim Dower on KUCI
Date: March 16, 2020
Kate Gale, our managing editor, and Kim Dower, author of the wonderful new collection AIR KISSING ON MARS, were interviewed this morning on KUCI for the segment “Writers on Writing […]
Suck on the Marrow wins an American Book Award!
Date: March 16, 2020
Camille Dungy’s Suck on the Marrow has won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation! For those of you keeping score at home, that’s the sixth significant honor this book […]
Ron Koertge Writes for Huffington Post!
Date: March 16, 2020
Author Ron Koertge wrote a post for Huffington Post about why he loves to write flash fiction: “Flash fiction doesn’t mind giving pleasure. It has a palpable level of affection for its […]
Jamey Hecht finalist for 2009 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize
Date: March 16, 2020
Jamey Hecht’s new manuscript Fate vs. United States has been declared a finalist in the just-concluded 2009 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize. His 2009 Red Hen Press title, Limousine, Midnight Blue: Fifty […]
Chopper! Chopper! listed as a 2014 Book of the Year by Latina Book Club
Date: March 16, 2020
The Latina Book Club recently announced its 2nd Annual Books of the Year List. All books chosen were either written by Latino authors, or contain noteworthy Latino characters. Verónica Reyes’ beautifully […]
William Trowbridge Appointed State Poet Laureate of Missouri!
Date: March 16, 2020
Congratulations to William Trowbridge, Missouri’s newly appointed Poet Laureate! He’s the author, most recently, of Ship of Fool. His next collection, currently untitled, is due out in 2014. Read the press […]
Reviews:
Burn This House praised in Contrary Magazine
Date: August 1, 2013
Lee Gulyas from Contrary Magazine applauds Kelly Davio's use of "the lens and language of religion to question existence, family, and herself" in the poems of Burn This House.- "Don't […]
Hyphen Magazine praises Birds of Paradise Lost
Date: July 25, 2013
Noah Cho from Hyphen Magazine applauds the stories of Andrew Lam's Birds of Paradise Lost.- "Each of the thirteen stories has a distinct tone and flavor….for Lam, that risk of […]
Publishers Weekly reviews When Rain Hurts
Date: July 25, 2013
Publishers Weekly comments on the remarkable story found in Mary Evelyn Greene's When Rain Hurts.– "With vivid language and strong imagery, [Greene] describes the harsh deprivations characteristic of Russia's orphanages, […]
Kirkus features When Rain Hurts
Date: July 19, 2013
Check out the August issue of Kirkus to read their take on Mary Evelyn Greene's When Rain Hurts.- "A searingly candid chronicle of the heroic struggle of two adoptive parents […]
diaCRITICS commends Andrew Lam’s Birds of Paradise Lost
Date: July 11, 2013
Eric Nguyen applauds Birds of Paradise Lost, calling it short stories of "second chances."- “What is refreshing about Lam’s work is that it defies expectations of ‘immigrant story’…. Lam’s stories […]
storySouth’s take on Constantine’s Calamity Joe
Date: July 11, 2013
storySouth applauds Brendan Constantine's poetry in Calamity Joe.- “While the narratives of loss help hold this work together, it’s Constantine’s lyrical touch that keeps the poems engaging…their inventiveness is refreshing […]
Rain Taxi reviews But A Storm is Blowing from Paradise
Date: July 11, 2013
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram receives a great review from Rain Taxi.- Lillian-Yvonne Bertram's But a Storm is Blowing from Paradise locates the human in a large context, vacillating between the cosmic and […]
Late Night Library applauds But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise
Date: July 2, 2013
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram’s But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise receives an excellent review from Late Night Library.- "Bertram is beyond fearless in her refusal to make reading simple…[her] work can […]
The Forage House featured in Publishers Weekly
Date: June 26, 2013
Publishers Weekly praises the "close attention to the texture and sound of language" in the poems found in Tess Taylor's The Forage House.– "The confessional and historical poems in Taylor’s […]
Library Journal reviews Koertge’s The Ogre’s Wife
Date: June 25, 2013
Hoffert of Library Journal applauds Ron Koertge's The Ogre's Wife– “A pleasure for any reader; in this collection, ‘the straw of the day, bushel after bushel of it, slowly/ turns […]