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 […]
My Life in Clothes… in The Economist!
Date: March 16, 2020
Summer Brenner’s My Life in Clothes has received a very nice review in The Economist! The title of the piece? “You should be reading Summer Brenner.” We agree! They go on to say, […]
Ernest Hilbert Featured on Best American Poetry
Date: March 16, 2020
“Prophetic Outlook” [by Ernest Hilbert] Prophetic Outlook Crooks run the whole world, and the Dow just fell. Crap rules the airwaves. All your best plans stall. The air is dirty, […]
The Forage House and Speaking Wiri Wiri on Split This Rock’s Poetry Recomendation List
Date: March 16, 2020
Split This Rock named Tess Taylor’s The Forage House and Dan Vera’s Speaking Wiri Wiri under their annual poetry book recommendation list for 2013. “Every so often there is a book of poetry that […]
Tar River Poetry Reviews William Trowbridge’s Put This On
Date: March 16, 2020
Tar River Poetry gave a wonderful review of William Trowbridge’s Put This On, Please for their spring issue. He is praised for his skill of making poetry seem effortless and enjoyable for his […]
Camille Dungy blogs for the Poetry Foundation
Date: March 16, 2020
Reviews:
Phuong T. Vuong’s A PLUCKED ZITHER featured in Soapberry Review
Date: June 6, 2023
In this work of poetry, Vuong unbinds what gets lost while carrying the aftermath from Vietnamese voices that have been longing to breathe after the disruption from wars, migration, and […]
PACIFIC LIGHT by David Mason featured in Review 31
Date: June 6, 2023
A strong poetic sensibility is combined with a successful conversational style in several insightful accounts of familiar situations, like seeing people in airports that one thinks one knows (‘Long Haul’), […]
The Seattle Times recommends Amber Flame’s APOCRIFA among ‘5 new books from LGBTQ+ authors to read this Pride month’!
Date: June 6, 2023
As we enter another Pride month, it feels as though 2023 has been one of the toughest legislative years for LGBTQ+ folks in a long time. As we witness and […]
Peninsula Clarion’s Off the Shelf recommends H Warren’s BINDED!
Date: June 6, 2023
I’ve always found poetry a bit intimidating. Sometimes I think I know where one is going, then out of nowhere I’m thrown for a loop and left puzzled with a […]
Kirkus Reviews features Laila Halaby’s THE WEIGHT OF GHOSTS!
Date: June 5, 2023
The illegitimate daughter of a white mother and a Jordanian father, Halaby, author of two novels and two collections of poetry, felt that she was a “fiction…squished between other people’s […]
Ann Poore reviews Katharine Coles’ GHOST APPLES for 15 Bytes!
Date: June 1, 2023
Ghost Apples, the ninth collection of poems by Katharine Coles – who might be a witch (IMHO) given the ready way she connects with animals (including her parrot Henri, pronounced […]
VerseCurious reviews Phuong T. Vuong’s A PLUCKED ZITHER!
Date: June 1, 2023
I review Phuong T. Vuong’s A Plucked Zither, from Red Hen Press (June 6, 2023). Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/versecurious/donations
Francesca Bell’s WHAT SMALL SOUND receives a Starred Review from Shelf Awareness!
Date: May 23, 2023
Francesca Bell (Bright Stain) writes poems that chime like the bell of her own name: bright but resonant, sharp but still familiar, lush and likely to echo long after its […]
Lake County Examiner features Kim Dower’s collection, SLICE OF MOON!
Date: May 23, 2023
Did you read “Slice of Moon,” our poetry book for May? If you didn’t, I don’t blame you; many people shy away from poetry, and I am one of them. […]
Recovering Words features Francesca Bell’s WHAT SMALL SOUND!
Date: May 16, 2023
Manifest Image The man keeps telling me I am beautiful.I still look young. He says it like I’ve asked for it,but I don’t care. For him or beauty. I am […]