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 […]
News & Reviews
News:
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 […]
Red Hen author Andrew Lam speaks about growing up as a refugee in the United States
Date: October 10, 2017
Oakland author Andrew Lam spoke at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center October 3rd, discussing his experiences growing up as a Vietnamese-American refugee in the United States. "The sense of being […]
David Mason poem shared by former U.S. Poet Laureate
Date: October 3, 2017
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser
Vivian Faith Prescott Featured on Literary Hub
Date: September 29, 2017
Vivian Faith Prescott was featured on Literary Hub's website with an excerpt, "Girls with the Sun in Their Eyes," from her new book The Dead Go to Seattle, which was […]
Remembering Red Hen Poet Austin Straus
Date: July 20, 2017
Today Red Hen remembers one if its beloved poets, Austin Straus. Austin published three collections of poetry with Red Hen Press, including Drunk With Light, Intensifications, and The Love Project: […]
Reviews:
Confessions of an editor
Date: May 7, 2009
Review by Nina MacLaughlin in The Boston Phoenix, June 21, 2008 In Safe Suicide, an assemblage of revealing, interrelated essays, DeWitt Henry ” Emerson professor, writer, and founding editor and […]
A bountiful harvest of thoughts on life’s journey
Date: May 7, 2009
Review by Chuck Leddy in The Boston Globe, April 21, 2008 A bountiful harvest of thoughts on life's journeyBy Chuck Leddy April 21, 2008 Safe Suicide: Narratives,Essays, and MeditationsBy DeWitt […]
Compelling Clarity of Insight: John Domini on DeWitt Henry’s Safe Suicide
Date: May 7, 2009
Review by John Domini in GENTLY READ LITERATURE, December 2008It's called creative non-fiction, and these days there's just no stopping it. More and more commercial publishing depends on the memoir, […]
Safe Suicide: review by Rand Richards Cooper
Date: May 7, 2009
Safe Suicide reviewed by Rand Richards Cooper in AMHERST MAGAZINE, fall 2008In Safe Suicide, the Boston-based novelist, professor and editor DeWitt Henry has collected his autobiographical essays first published in […]
DeWitt Henry and the Anxiety of Self-Discovery: by Thomas Larson
Date: May 7, 2009
Andrew Kozma’s review in American Book Reviews
Date: May 6, 2009
"Green is an intensely formal poet–not in tone, but in construction. Look at that table of contents again: five groups of ten. A desire for symmetry, some revelatory order. He […]
4-stars, Emerging Writers Network
Date: May 6, 2009
Dan Wickett, on the widely-read blog for his Emerging Writers Network, lists Earthquake I.D. as one of the best books of 2007, and awards it 4 stars. "A great, jam-packed […]
Thomas Burke, long rave review, LITERARY REVIEW
Date: May 6, 2009
Praise for Earthquake I.D. from Thomas Burke, in THE LITERARY REVIEW (50/3, Spring 2007): "an exploration of contrasts: opulence and destitution; the loved, the loving, and the dissatisfied; intractable guilt, […]
Library Journal Issue 5/Arts and Humanities
Date: May 2, 2009
"Everything I write requires this: Alphabet." A child sees letters first, "shape distinguishing itself from its background," but soon we lose the innocence of that first encounter to ideas of […]
Tara Betts Reviews Camille Dungy’s What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison
Date: April 24, 2009
Dungy's first poetry collection offers a number of ways to look at what is considered to be a part of nature, whether it is a part of the plants or […]