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:
Midwest Book Review praises A HALFMAN DREAMING
Date: March 16, 2020
Thanks to Midwest Book Review for this fantastic praise, saying A HALFMAN DREAMING is “an enticing read that is sure to provoke much to think about… [and] an excellent and fine literary […]
Anthony Hecht reviews The Alarming Beauty of our Sky
Date: March 16, 2020
The Alarming Beauty of the Sky Leslie Monsour. Red Hen (CDC
“the only other poet who plies risk against reward so deftly is Pound.”
Date: March 16, 2020
Strong Verse reviews Ernest Hilbert’s Sixty Sonnets. First let me say that Ernie Hilbert is a sneaky bastard for including the Bauman’s Rare Books Catalogue in the package that delivered his […]
SEATTLE REVIEW OF BOOKS reviews EAT LESS WATER
Date: March 16, 2020
Huge thanks to the Seattle Review of Books for this great review on EAT LESS WATER, saying that these “deeply personal stories, told with love and care” “could not have come at […]
“Residue”creates a “funny, bizarre, and ultimately satisfying experience” for Blotterature
Date: March 16, 2020
“Residue” leaves its’ readers wondering “whodunit” and what happens next! If you enjoy “humor in absurdity”, look no further
THE NIGHTLIFE praised by Kenyon Review
Date: March 16, 2020
Elise Paschen’s THE NIGHTLIFE was recently reviewed by the Kenyon Review in their October 2017 microreviews! The lovely Janet McAdams says, “Paschen’s work has always seemed to me infused by […]
Coming Home to Roost
Date: March 16, 2020
In a previous post called Blogging and the Memoir Community I promised to review DeWitt Henry’s memoir called Safe Suicide because he was the first published author who found me […]
Informing the Past: Allison Joseph’s Confessions of a Barefaced Woman?
Date: March 6, 2020
Allison Joseph’s, Confessions of Barefaced Woman was reviewed by Robert Sheldon from MockingHeart Review. Allison Joseph?s new collection Confessions of a Barefaced Woman is a forthright and unabashed examination of the speaker?s personal lives. […]
‘As Burning Leaves’ receives a stunning review from Lambda Literary!
Date: March 6, 2020
Gabriel Jesiolowski articulates the vacancy within the story of grief in As Burning Leaves, a book-length poem in forty-seven segments. Read the full review here!
PIGS by Johanna Stoberock reviewed by Full Stop!
Date: February 4, 2020
Islands provide fertile territory for utopian visions. For Thomas More, Utopia itself was an island, a self-enclosed little atoll just beyond the horizon where the best of all possible worlds […]