Congrats to Eloise!
Date: March 16, 2020
News & Reviews
News:
“The Nightlife” shortlisted for the 2017 Chicago Review of Books Awards!
Date: March 16, 2020
THE NIGHTLIFE by Red Hen Author Elise Paschen has been
Mitchell Douglas nominated for a Hurston/Wright!
Date: March 16, 2020
Mitchell Douglas, author of Cooling Board: A Long Playing Poem, has been nominated for a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, in the Poetry category. Congratulations Mitchell! More info here.
Camille Dungy on Verse Daily and PSA
Date: March 16, 2020
The Poetry Society of America has a great interview with Camille Dungy about that nebulously national literature, American Poetry. Read the full thing here. Her poem “Sunday Morning,” from her new […]
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 […]
Amy Schutzer Opens Up to Shelf Unbound
Date: March 16, 2020
Amy Schutzer gave an interview to Shelf Unbound and talked about her creative writing process and influences for her new book, Spheres of Disturbance. “When I begin a novel, it is […]
House Arrest excerpt posted on Shaking Like a Mountain
Date: March 16, 2020
If you have ever wanted to get a taste of Ellen Meeropol’s writing, here is a great opportunity. Shakinglikeamountain.com has posted an enticing excerpt from Ellen’s Spring 2011 title House Arrest. […]
Reviews:
Midwest Book Review praises The Earth Is Not Flat
Date: June 21, 2013
James A. Cox from Midwest Book Review recommends The Earth Is Not Flat by Katharine Coles to readers of poetry.- "With humor and insight, The Earth Is Not Flat is […]
Library Journal features Song for Chance
Date: June 21, 2013
Douglas Lord from Library Journal adds John Van Kirk's Song for Chance to his BEA "Books for Dudes" list.- "Debut novelist Van Kirk delivers the highly authentic story of melancholy, […]
Doris Lynch reviews The Forage House
Date: June 14, 2013
Doris Lynch discusses her take on Tess Taylor's The Forage House. “This first collection reveals a poet with a fully formed voice and involving subject matter…the genealogy she presents provides […]
Linda Rodriguez Writes take on Speaking Wiri Wiri
Date: June 13, 2013
Linda Rodriguez Writes applauds Vera's new work, Speaking Wiri Wiri: “Full of longing and bittersweet humor, these poems are lyrical, narrative, poignant, and always powerful…Vera has given us a true […]
BOOM reviews Birds of Paradise Lost
Date: June 13, 2013
Boom Journal outlines the merits of Lam's collection of short stories: "His own voice is a true gift to California and the world . Lams fiction weaves the pitch-perfect perceptiveness of […]
Gone & Gone featured on Rain Taxi
Date: May 31, 2013
Ralph Pennel from Rain Taxi Review of Books praises Rodney Wittwer's Gone & Gone.- "Gone & Gone both transports and transforms. It forces us to take pause from our every […]
Washington Independent reviews Speaking Wiri Wiri
Date: May 31, 2013
Grace Cavalieri from the Washington Independent calls Dan Vera's Speaking Wiri Wiri "an exegesis on language and culture."- "Vera writes so we know how it was for him, and that […]
Hinged praises The Palace of Contemplating Departure
Date: May 17, 2013
Garrett Bryant from Hinged says that the poems from Brynn Saito's The Palace of Contemplating Departure sing.- "Saito’s ferocious and confident voice guides the reader through both an external journey […]
Synchronized Chaos is impressed with All of You on the Good Earth
Date: May 17, 2013
Christopher Bernard from Synchronized Chaos says that the poems found in Ernest Hilbert's All of You on the Good Earth are "some of the most elegant poems in American literature […]
Donna Miscolta applauds Burn This House
Date: May 9, 2013
Donna Miscolta calls Kelly Davio's Burn This House "blisteringly good poetry".- "In Burn this House (Red Hen Press), Kelly Davio explores relationships—how they falter or erode, how time distorts the […]