Date: June 18, 2025
In a recent interview with Bookish Brews, Angel Eye author Madeleine Nakamura talks about the concept and her experience of defensive writing—the anxiety over imagined criticism that can cause writers […]
Date: June 17, 2025
Date: June 4, 2025
Elise Paschen’s sixth poetry collection, “Blood Wolf Moon” explores the storylines of her Osage heritage. The core of the book takes on “The Reign of Terror,” when white outsiders murdered […]
Date: May 29, 2025
When Red Hen Press began 30 years ago, cofounder Kate Gale recounted that Los Angeles’ literary scene was crumbling. “There were no [Master of Fine Arts] programs, bookstores were closing, […]
Date: May 20, 2025
Thank you to the New York Times for a beautiful obituary for our dear Nahid Rachlin, who passed away on April 30, 2025. We’re honored to have been a part […]
Date: May 20, 2025
On May 8, Nancy Kricorian discussed and read from her latest book, “The Burning Heart of the World” at Roeliff Jansen Community Library in Hillsdale, New York. Kricorian was interviewed […]
Date: May 20, 2025
In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón welcomes back poet Adela Najarro to discuss her powerful new collection, Variations in Blue, published by Red Hen Press. With warmth, candor, and insight, Najarro […]
Date: May 14, 2025
Mekong Review has published a powerful profile of Andrew Lam in its latest issue. Written by Connla Stokes, this feature highlights Lam’s journey from fleeing Vietnam in 1975 to becoming […]
Date: May 13, 2025
LibraryThing is pleased to sit down this month with novelist Nancy Kricorian, whose work explores the experiences of the post-genocide Armenian diaspora. Her debut novel, Zabelle, published in 1998, has been translated […]
Date: May 7, 2025
The Burning Heart of the World by Nancy Kricorian is featured in Publishers Weekly. The reviewer highlights this work as a “an impactful story of trauma”.
Date: March 24, 2026
“It’s a memorable poem [IGUANA DREAMS], as are many in VARIATIONS IN BLUE, Najarro’s fifth book. She is, I think, still early in her career, one that will, I hope, […]
Date: March 16, 2026
In Ha’s historical novel, a former intelligence officer’s imprisonment in a communist reeducation camp serves as a lens for examining the Vietnam War and its lasting impact. It’s 1978, and […]
Date: March 12, 2026
The author lost her sister at the end of 2019; soon after, the world went into lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, compounding Rikkers’ already overwhelming loss with a sense […]
Date: March 12, 2026
At the heart of Adrianne Kalfopoulou’s The re in refuge is the experience of crossing borders—primarily international, cultural, and linguistic but also erotic, psychological, and intellectual, among others. A Greek […]
Date: March 3, 2026
Each line is a steady and reassuring four beats in length, filled with words that help move the story along.
Date: February 18, 2026
Full review to come March 1! “The characters’ journeys are candid and vulnerable, rendering a pertinent, rich portrait of displaced lives reshaped by conflict and its enduring consequences.” —Booklist
Date: February 11, 2026
Mysticism and science merge in the story of a Louisiana artist. Pence tells her story in language on the border between poetic and precious.
Date: February 3, 2026
This week’s Thirst Quencher doesn’t tiptoe, it kicks the door in. Kill Dick by Luke Goebel is dark, unsettling, and unexpectedly funny, driven by characters and ideas that refuse to […]
Date: February 3, 2026
Abi Pollokoff’s debut poetry collection night myths • • before the body, released this year from Red Hen Press with much advanced praise, is so deft in execution, so consistent […]
Date: February 3, 2026
The daughter of a pharmaceutical executive gets ensnared in criminal mischief in this ambitious blend of social satire and sunshine noir from Goebel (Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours). […]
