Amy Lemmon is Guest Blogger at the Best American Poetry Blog

Date: September 7, 2008
Date: September 7, 2008
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Date: April 1, 2025
Andrew Lam’s Stories from the Edge of the Sea is reviewed by Paul Christiansen in Saigoneer, an English-language publication based in Saigon. The review highlights Lam’s focus on “desire, generational […]
Date: March 18, 2025
Poetry collection We by April Ossmann is reviewed by Rena Mosteirin in Daybreak. “Inside this collection, the poet succeeds in showing us what beauty means to tell us, through small, […]
Date: March 12, 2025
Nancy Kricorian’s The Burning Heart of the World is reviewed by Susan Cox in Library Journal. “This is a fast-moving, relatable story that would be a good addition to a […]
Date: March 4, 2025
Short stories examine lives shaped by the Vietnamese refugee experience. Lam and his family fled Vietnam in April, 1975, when he just 11 years old. While the stories in this […]
Date: February 26, 2025
Kim Dower’s latest poetry collection What She Wants is reivewed by Vick Mickunas in Journal-News. In the review, Mickunas highlights the collection’s ability to provide a literary refuge, stating: “Whenever […]
Date: February 24, 2025
Even when the return is to unlivable conditions with no protection from any type of law, displaced people returning home is something to celebrate. The connection one has to one’s […]
Date: February 3, 2025
Between its quiet swells of suspense, Blood on the Brain is an interior and intimate story about a young woman navigating identity and adulthood. Bediako concludes this strong and spirited […]
Date: January 29, 2025
Eleanor J. Bader recommends The Burning Heart of the World by Nancy Kricorian, describing it as “a beautiful, sad, and timely look at the aftermath of war and its lasting […]
Date: January 28, 2025
Blood Wolf Moon reflects a poet at the height of her powers, yet it remains accessible to a wide audience and will especially be valued by Osages. Readers will find […]
Date: January 22, 2025
Book critic Ron Charles recommended Kim Dower’s new collection, What She Wants, in the Washington Post Book Club and included the poem ‘Longing’ in the weekly selection.