Steve Almond interview with PopMatters
Date: April 6, 2018
Megan Volpert, of PopMatters Books, asks great questions from Steve Almond on Bad Stories! Talking Trump, late night TV shows, Moby Dick, sports, and more! Read the full piece
News & Reviews
News:
Steve Almond featured on Miami New Times
Date: March 22, 2018
Steve Almond speaks with Rebecca McBane of Miami New Times on his upcoming book, Bad Stories, and his upcoming conversation with Mitchell Kaplan at Books & Books. Read the article
This is us: Steve Almond’s “Bad Stories”
Date: March 21, 2018
Jack Cline of South Florida Sun Sentinel interviews Steve Almond on his upcoming new book, Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country! Read the full interview here!
This is us: Steve Almond’s “Bad Stories”
Date: March 21, 2018
Jack Cline of South Florida Sun Sentinel interviews Steve Almond on his upcoming new book, Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country! Read the full interview here! […]
Steve Almond: Staying Alive and Pinball Machines
Date: March 2, 2018
The resurgence of pinball has allowed one lapsed fan to return to the classic arcade games of his youth—and the sense of euphoria they once inspired. Check out Steve's article […]
Elise Paschen on PBS News Hour
Date: February 5, 2018
Elise Paschen, author of The Nightlife, was featured in PBS News Hour where she reflects on her Osage heritage and her inspiration for the poem "Wi'-gi-e." Read the article
Steve Almond’s “Trump’s Blood Sport Politics”
Date: February 2, 2018
What does George Orwell have to do with the Super Bowl, President Trump, and politics? Steve Almond provides an insightful perspective on how our obsession with sports influence how we […]
Steve Almond’s “Trump’s Blood Sport Politics”
Date: February 2, 2018
What does George Orwell have to do with the Super Bowl, President Trump, and politics? Steve Almond provides an insightful perspective on how our obsession with sports influence how we […]
Negative Space’ Short Film Nominated for Oscar
Date: January 23, 2018
The animated short film 'Negative Space,' based on Ron Koertge's poem of the same name, which was published by Red Hen Press, was just nominated for Best Animated Short Film […]
Elise Paschen featured in The Best American Poetry 2017
Date: January 16, 2018
Congratulations to Elise Paschen and her poem, "The Week Before She Died," from her award-winning collection THE NIGHTLIFE, which was selected by California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia to be featured […]
Reviews:
Helen Benedict’s THE SOLDIER’S HOUSE reviewed by A Few More Words!
Date: April 28, 2026
As we continue to live through a 24-hour news cycle that moves at breakneck speed from one international conflict to the next, the Iraq War can feel like a distant […]
Khanh Ha’s THE AFTERLIFE OF A THREADBARE JESTER was awarded the five-starred Golden Quill Read from BookViral Reviews!
Date: April 15, 2026
Khanh Ha’s The Afterlife of a Threadbare Jester is not a novel that seeks to comfort its reader. Instead, it draws you into a world stripped of illusion, where survival […]
Molly Fisk receives first review of WALKING WHEEL from West Trade Review!
Date: April 15, 2026
Molly Fisk takes up the challenge with, Walking Wheel, a narrative suite from the decorated California poet which functions as a novel-in-verse. Set in the frontier country of the California-Oregon […]
A Few More Words reviews Amy Pence’s latest novel, YELLOW!
Date: April 14, 2026
At the beginning of Amy Pence’s debut novel, Yellow (Red Hen Press; 232 pages), 12-year-old Eliza makes a strikingly topical observation about the Watergate scandal blowing up in the summer […]
Kill Dick by Luke Goebel Gets a Raving Review from The Oregonian!
Date: April 7, 2026
Luke Goebel’s novel “Kill Dick” is both playful and grotesque. The story revolves around a series of brutal murders in Los Angeles motel rooms, the bodies desecrated, with nipples glued to eyelids, […]
Luke Goebel’s KILL DICK reviewed by Art in America!
Date: April 6, 2026
Ding dong, now Dick is dead. Imagine a novel written in the style of Vice magazine. That’s Kill Dick: every sentence strains to shock with its edginess or searing, cooler-than-you cultural critique. It […]
Yellow by Amy Pence is on SheReads Must-Read Speculative Feminist Books
Date: April 2, 2026
In this galaxy, but in a time and at a conference now somewhat far away, I saw a very long line of women holding books, their faces bright with anticipation. […]
YubaNet features essay by Molly Fisk!
Date: March 31, 2026
Molly Fisk is Inaugural Poet Laureate Emerita of Nevada County. Her historic novel-in-verse, Walking Wheel, comes out April 7th from Red Hen Press.
Helen Benedict’s THE SOLDIER’S HOUSE reviewed in Publishers Weekly!
Date: March 25, 2026
Benedict (Wolf Season) unspools a harrowing story of an Iraqi refugee family’s attempts to fit into American society. During the Iraq War, Khalil served as an interpreter for the U.S. […]
Laura Kasischke’s THE LIFEGUARD got a Booklist review!
Date: March 24, 2026
Full review to come on April 1! “Wednesday, July 16, 1969. When all of America had its eyes on the moon, the Mannings inMission Hills, Michigan, suffered a wrenching personal […]