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 […]
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 […]
Reviews:
Institute of American Indian Arts praises William Archila’s CANÍCULA/DOG DAYS
Date: June 9, 2026
In this bilingual collection, much wisdom emerges from the struggle of living through a civil war and then migrating from El Salvador to Los Angeles. […]The history and knowledge that […]
Rebecca Chace’s TALKING TO THE WOLF reviewed by a few more words!
Date: June 2, 2026
In Rebecca Chace’s new novel, Talking to the Wolf (Red Hen Press; 208 pages), three friends in their mid-50s—Val, Sasha, and Lauren—prepare for their thirty-fifth high school reunion while mourning […]
Amy Pence’s YELLOW Lauded by Midwest Book Review
Date: June 2, 2026
“Amy Pence’s ability to weave poetic overtones of observation and dialogue into Z’s story permeates her life with a richness of language and realization uncommon in LGBTQ+ stories.”
Laura Kasischke’s THE LIFEGUARD is Heralded by Midwest Book Review
Date: June 2, 2026
“THE LIFEGUARD by Laura Kasischke is raised to an extraordinary level of literary excellence and is unreservedly recommended.”
Midwest Book Review Praises Luke Goebel’s KILL DICK
Date: June 2, 2026
“Original, deftly crafted, and a simply riveting read from start to finish, author Luke Goebel’s distinctive, character and narrative driven style brings his novel, “Kill Dick”, to an impressive level […]
Library Journal reviews Khanh Ha’s THE AFTERLIFE OF A THREADBARE JESTER!
Date: June 2, 2026
In his latest novel (following An Artist’s Legacy), Ha returns to a 20th-century postwar Vietnam setting, the same setting and time he deployed in earlier fictional works, notably The Demon […]
Susan Campbell’s THIS FAR NORTH receives advanced praise from Foreword Reviews!
Date: June 2, 2026
What wilderness does best, it does in Alaska. With her temporal gaze fixed on how immense cold and wind , water and time weather a virginal northern landscape, Susan Campbell’s […]
Matt Witt’s Memorial Day Radio Review of Helen Benedict’s THE SOLDIER’S HOUSE
Date: May 28, 2026
“War is never over, even when the fighting stops […] THE SOLDIER’S HOUSE brings that reality to life.”
Khanh Ha’s THE AFTERLIFE OF A THREADBARE JESTER reviewed by Christopher Connor!
Date: May 28, 2026
It’s important to understand what this novel is, and conversely, what it is not. It does not sanitize the treatment of prisoners with cheerful escape plots. While Khang forms genuine […]
North American Review Raves about Khanh Ha’s AFTERLIFE OF A THREADBARE JESTER
Date: May 28, 2026
The past creeps in and settles like a chill mist upon the reader while experiencing Khanh Ha’s The Afterlife of a Threadbare Jester. Yet a sharp little ringing, a tiny bell, […]