Red Hen Press at Downtown LA
Date: August 17, 2015
Join Red Hen Press for their new special reading series, Fluid. Events will take place in Downtown LA and the first installment of this series will be at The Edison […]
News & Reviews
News:
Percival Everett Named Guggenheim Fellow!
Date: July 30, 2015
Renowned Red Hen poet Percival Everett was recently named one of three Guggenheim Fellows for 2015!
Gary Dop interviewed by Midwest Gothic!
Date: June 1, 2015
Red Hen author, Gary Dop, shares with Midwest Gothic about his thoughts on his writing process, his new book book of poems (Father, Child, Water) and his connection to the […]
Red Hen author, Elissa Washuta, has a new book available on June 16!
Date: May 20, 2015
Elissa Washuta’s Starvation Mode: A Memoir of Food, Consumption, and Control, will be available on June 16. Washuta recounts her struggle for culinary control, and presents the guidelines she followed […]
Red Hen author Ellen Meeropol has an essay published in Cleaver Magazine!
Date: May 11, 2015
Red Hen author Ellen Meeropol wrote an essay for Cleaver Magazine, in which she discusses of writing varied perspectives and crossing boundaries in fiction in her novel, On Hurricane Island. […]
Douglas Kearney is a California Book Award Finalist!
Date: April 28, 2015
Yesterday, The Commonwealth Club announced the finalists of this year's California Book Awards, and we are delighted that Douglas Kearney's poetry collection, Patter, is a finalist for the poetry award! […]
Ellen Meeropol interviewed by Linda K. Sienkiewicz!
Date: April 7, 2015
Recently, Linda K. Sienkiewicz made a blog post in which she talked with Red Hen author Ellen Meeropol about Ellen's new novel, On Hurricane Island. The two discussed Ellen's writing […]
Kansas City Star lists William Trowbridge’s Put This On, Please as 2014 staff favorite!
Date: March 20, 2015
Recently, The Kansas City Star put out their list of 100 staff favorites from 2014 and Red Hen author William Trowbridge's Put This On, Please made the cut! The collection […]
Cynthia Hogue interviewed by Periodico de Poesia!
Date: March 11, 2015
Recently, Mexican poetry journal Periodico de Poesia conducted an interview with Red Hen author Cynthia Hogue in which they discussed, among other things, the importance of poetry's cultural work in […]
Poets & Writers showcases William Archila’s talk about immigrant life
Date: February 23, 2015
William Archila speaks with author Mariano Zaro about his early influences and how growing up as an immigrant in the United States has made an impact on his writing. Watch
Reviews:
Dennis Must’s New Fantastical Novel
Date: April 7, 2014
Shelf Awareness calls Dennis Must's latest work, The World's Smallest Bible, perfect for fans of historical fiction. Check out the full review
The Meaning of Names is Beautifully colored prose””
Date: April 7, 2014
The Lincoln Journal Star recently reviewed Karen Shoemaker's The Meaning of Names, praising its unique blend of family stories and historical research. “Shoemaker writes with even, rhythmic, beautifully colored prose… […]
Sea Salt Is Praised by Angle
Date: April 2, 2014
David Mason's recent collection of poems, Sea Salt, was recently reviewed by Andrew Frisardi in the Spring/Summer edition of Angle. Frisardi praised Mason's lyric mastery: "Mason has mastered a fluid […]
Chopper! Chopper! is Dramatic and Bold””
Date: March 27, 2014
In a review of Veronica Reyes' Chopper! Chopper!, the poetry collection gets lauded as an "intimate portrait of her East L.A. neighborhood, family and local haunts with daring rhythm and […]
Gary Geddes Compared to Politico-poet Greats
Date: March 27, 2014
George Elliot Clarke of The Chronicle Herald calls Gary Geddes "proudly a political poet, though one whose honed lyrics ask for introspection and contemplation," and compares him to other celebrated […]
Patter, the most important collection of poetry published this year””
Date: March 27, 2014
Luke Fiddler of The Economy Magazine gives a glowing review to Douglas Kearney's new book, Patter. He states, "By all measures, Patter scrapes vertiginous heights; it’s a magisterial study of […]
Dennis Must is Beyond Ordinary
Date: March 27, 2014
Dactyl Review examines The World's Smallest Bible, the new novel by Dennis Must, calling him a "searching writer, able to transcribe madness and instability, the wrack of obsession and the […]
Jessica Piazza’s Contemporary Collection
Date: March 27, 2014
Timothy Otte of Hazel and Wren recently praised Jessica Piazza's Interrobang as "free flowing and contemporary, yet formally precise, employing the same linguistic tricks that mark sonnets written by the […]
Impressive Review for Pause, Traveler
Date: March 6, 2014
Pause, Traveler by Erin Couglin Hollowell was recently reviewed by Kris Bigalk from Poetry Northwest, calling it impressive with "elements of story and song, evoked through a uniquely contemporary lens." […]
Poetry Northwest Asks You to Put Your Trust in Nicelle Davis
Date: March 6, 2014
Poetry Northwest asks the readers to put their trust in the words of Nicelle Davis in their latest review of Becoming Judas. Alexis Vergalla proclaims, "I'll go back again, because […]