Seamus Heaney Poems Come To Life In Belfast, Ireland
Date: May 31, 2017
In an interview with 90.3 kazu, Red Hen Press poet Tess Taylor reflects on the work of fellow poet Seamus Hearney and how he was able to write his poetry […]
News & Reviews
News:
Red Hen Press signs debut novel by Vietnamese-American author Thuy Da Lam
Date: March 14, 2017
Red Hen Press is thrilled to announce the acceptance of a new novel: Thuy Da Lams gripping debut, Fire Summer, a book reminiscent of works by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Haruki […]
Cake Time receives STARRED REVIEW by Kirkus
Date: January 24, 2017
CAKE TIME [STARRED REVIEW!] Author: Siel Ju Review Issue Date: February 1, 2017 Online Publish Date: January 23, 2017 Publisher:Red Hen Press Pages: 192 Price ( Paperback ): $15.95 Publication […]
Red Hen Press to Receive $15,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
Date: January 4, 2017
Pasadena, CA – National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $30 million in grants as part of the NEA's first major funding announcement for fiscal […]
Launch of 52 Men, the Podcast
Date: November 15, 2016
52 Men by Louise Wareham Leonard was published August 15th, 2015. We love this book at Red Hen, we love women with power in their fingertips. We are thrilled to […]
Red Hen Press Celebrates Its 22nd Year of Literary Excellence!
Date: November 2, 2016
With featured readings by acclaimed poets Jill Bialosky, Rita Dove, and Alan Lightman, inspiring performances by two of our very own Writing in the Schools students, and a wealth of […]
REMEMBERING TOM HAYDEN
Date: October 16, 2016
By Steve Wasserman (Published in The Nation, Oct. 16, 2016) A week before he died, I went to say farewell to Tom Hayden. I’d known him ever since we […]
Red Hen Press moves to Ingram Publisher Services!
Date: July 29, 2016
We are pleased to announce that effective August 27, 2016, Red Hen Press will begin US and Canadian distribution through Ingram Publisher Services (IPS). With over twenty years of excellence […]
Red Hen is pleased to announce the 2015 Award Winners
Date: January 21, 2016
Red Hen Press is pleased to announce the winners of its 2015 awards series. Winners of the Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award, the RHP Fiction Award, and the RHP Nonfiction Award […]
Red Hen Mourns the Loss of Eva Saulitis
Date: January 19, 2016
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Eva Saulitis. Eva was an extremely gifted writer and poet, whose impact at the press was nothing short of remarkable. […]
Reviews:
Necessary Fiction Remarks on the Interplay Between “the Weird and the Mundane” in Their Glowing Review of Molly Olguín’s Debut Collection THE SEA GIVES UP THE DEAD
Date: June 17, 2025
The stories in The Sea Gives Up the Dead, Molly Olguín’s debut collection, are remarkable for the ways in which they skate between the weird and the mundane, the ordinary and […]
Didi Jackson’s MY INFINITY Featured in Seven Days’ Writeup On Vermont Books
Date: June 12, 2025
In her second poetry collection, Didi Jackson shifts among lyrical strategies, sometimes earthy and elsewhere mystical. An assistant professor at Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University, she spends part of the year in […]
Kirkus Reviews and Lara Ehrlich’s BIND ME TIGHTER STILL
Date: May 27, 2025
The relationship between Ceto—a siren who left her sisters and the ocean behind—and her 15-year-old daughter, Naia, is tested when Sirenland, their seaside burlesque attraction, is threatened by the untimely […]
Chapter House Journal Reviews Blood Wolf Moon by Elise Paschen
Date: May 22, 2025
In James, Percival Everett’s National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the character James writes, “With my pencil, I wrote myself into being. I wrote myself to here.” By doing […]
Midwest Book Review highlights WHAT SHE WANTS by Kim Dower
Date: April 23, 2025
MBR Bookwatch features a review of Kim Dower’s latest poetry collection, What She Wants, written by Mary Cowper. “Her word smithing, poetry based storytelling skills are truly impressive.”
NPR Host Scott Simon talks about THE BURNING HEART OF THE WORLD with its author Nancy Kricorian
Date: April 22, 2025
Scott Simon joins Nancy Kricorian for a conversation about her novel The Burning Heart of the World. Simon praised the book as “a wonderful novel … tough and moving”.
The Burning Heart of the World Follows an Armenian Family in Exile
Date: April 22, 2025
Nancy Kricorian’s latest novel, The Burning Heart of the World, is a powerfully spare, poetic evocation of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War (1975−1990) and its long-term impact on one Armenian family living in Beirut. It’s the […]
Booklist features a starred review of Elisa Paschen’s BLOOD WOLF MOON
Date: April 22, 2025
“In this graceful, assured, and incandescent collection, Paschen explores her relationship with her mother, the trailblazing Osage prima ballerina Maria Tallchief, and her mother’s life and family, while also delving into Osage […]
Nancy Kricorian’s novels tell the stories of the Armenian diaspora, exiled but always seeking community
Date: April 17, 2025
“Nancy Kricorian grew up in Watertown in a two-family house where her grandmother, a survivor of the Armenian genocide, lived in the apartment upstairs. The community was rich in Armenian […]
Book review: Celebrate Poetry Month with new work by veteran Fairbanks poet, Peggy Shumaker
Date: April 15, 2025
Peggy Shumaker, a stalwart supporter of Alaska writers and the larger arts community, is a professor emerita from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a former Alaska writer laureate. Author […]