Feminist Wednesday: Meet Sarah Cannon
Date: September 27, 2018
Feminist Wednesday features Sarah Cannon! Meet Sarah Cannon as she talks about writing, feminism, burnout, and giving advices to budding writers. Full interview
News & Reviews
News:
Poet Laureate’s Tribute to South Pasadena
Date: September 26, 2018
Ron Koertge pens a lovely poem to the city of South Pasadena! Read the poem, "Ode to South Pasadena"
Maurya Simon goes to Rome for a residency!
Date: July 19, 2018
Maurya Simon just accepted a Visiting Artists Residency at the American Academy in Rome! This month-long November residency serves as a great opportunity for Maurya and her writing. Congrats Maurya!
Archila featured on Poets.org’s Poem-A-Day series
Date: July 19, 2018
Congrats to our incredible poet and accomplished author William Archila for his feature on The Academy of American Poets. He was highlighted on their website's Poem-a-Day series! Read "Spirits"
‘Negative Space’ Short Film Nominated for Oscar
Date: June 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 […]
Kim Stafford named Poet Laureate of Oregon!
Date: May 17, 2018
Amy Wang at The Oregonian/OregonLive writes: Oregon's new poet laureate, announced Tuesday, is Kim Stafford, who follows in the footsteps of his late father, William Stafford, in the position. Kim […]
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
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! […]
Reviews:
As It Ought to Be” raves about “River Electric With Light”!”
Date: March 16, 2016
The editor describes the book as "enigmatic, transversive, transformative," and so beautifully writes that there is "water–and the life water ensures–running through this book." Thanks for the wonderful words of […]
Dean Kostos: This is Not a Skyscraper
Date: February 16, 2016
"An interview with Dean Kostos about the power of pauses, structure, and zebra metaphors at Coney Island." The online magazine Guernica contucted an interview with author Dean Kostos as well […]
Fogged Clarity Reviews Dean Kostos’s Latest Collection of Poetry
Date: February 9, 2016
The Literary journal Fogged Clarity has beautifully reviewed Dean Kostos's latest collection of poetry This Is Not a Skyscaper. "Like New York itself, with its carefully plotted grid of streets […]
The Yellow Door” Celebrated by Nichi Bei!”
Date: January 20, 2016
"Journey through a post-war Japanese American landscape with Amy Uyematsu as she defines race, unpacks the family incarceration experience and discovers a confluence with Japanese culture in “The Yellow Door,” […]
On Birds of Paradise Lost” by Andrew Lam”
Date: January 12, 2016
"Just as Lam connects with and penetrates each persona, so too each persona achieves a moment that bridges or leaps the gap between our two cultures, forever wedded by the […]
When the World Breaks Open is a hit with Kirkus Reviews!
Date: December 7, 2015
The first review for Seema Reza’s memoir When the World Breaks Open is live! Kirkus Review praises Reza for her “self-lacerating honesty” and that she “exercises literary license and often […]
Elissa Washuta’s My Body is a Book of Rules” is featured on Buzzfeed! “
Date: December 7, 2015
Arianna Rebolini, writer for Buzzfeed, created a list of books that will help the public understand mental disorders and illnesses. Elissa Washuta's My Body is a Book of Rules is […]
Blotterature Celebrates The Crawford County Sketchbook”!”
Date: December 3, 2015
Called a "must read for all of those fans of Southern Gothic, great storylines, nostalgia, and a tinge of weirdness," this is one book you won't want to miss. Read […]
For this month’s Southwest Book Review, Mary Sojourner spoke with author Mark Rozema about his memoir Road Trip.””
Date: November 20, 2015
Mary Sojourner, from KNAU, interviews Mark Rozema and discusses his first memoir, Road Trip. She brings up the focus Road Trip has on grace and the gift of being in […]
Brad Wethern’s Kids in the Wind” leaves an impression on Cleaver Magazine!”
Date: November 16, 2015
Rachael Tague, of Cleaver Magazine, recently reviewed Brad Wethern's Kids in the Wind. She comments on how Wethern seems to blend the lines between imagination and reality by saying his […]