Hobart Breakfast show features PACIFIC LIGHT’s David Mason
Date: June 27, 2024
Listen in to this morning radio show, Hobart Breakfast, where David Mason makes an appearance!
News & Reviews
News:
Poet Q&A: Kim Stafford finds poetic fodder in nature, war, boyhood, and writing in new book, ‘As the Sky Begins to Change’
Date: June 19, 2024
This spring, Kim Stafford released As the Sky Begins to Change, his third book of poetry from California-based Red Hen Press. The empathetic and witty collection by the educator, writer, and Oregon’s ninth […]
Lynnell Edwards writes about her poetry and THE BEARABLE SLANT OF LIGHT in Mad in America
Date: June 10, 2024
Me: I think there’s a lot of trauma he has to process Dr. K: Did something happen?! —“Medical History #2,” The Bearable Slant of Light In the first intake documents from […]
Shelf Unbound’s Summer 2024 Issue Features Multiple of our Authors!
Date: June 6, 2024
Thank you to the Shelf Unbound Editor for the immense support for our titles! Mirage by Nahid Rachlin Sonnets for a Missing Key by Percival Everett Circle of Animals by Sadie Hoagland Memento […]
ANNIKA ROSE’S Cheri Johnson featured on MN Reads on Northland Morning
Date: June 6, 2024
“Rosemary’s Baby but set in Northern Minnesota” is how author Cheri Johnson describes her latest work. Annika Rose follows the title character as she navigates the early stages of adulthood while understanding a […]
Author Event with AS THE SKY BEGINS TO CHANGE author Kim Stafford at Elliot Bay Book Company in Seattle, WA, Tuesday June 11th at 7:00 PT
Date: June 4, 2024
Poet Kim Stafford once again visits the store from Portland for the Seattle launch of his latest collection. As the Sky Begins to Change is a book of poems to wake […]
Author Event with AS THE SKY BEGINS TO CHANGE author Kim Stafford including workshop and reading at Village Books in Bellingham, WA, Monday June 10th at 6:00 PT
Date: June 3, 2024
In his third poetry collection from Red Hen Press, Kim Stafford gathers poems that sing with empathy, humor, witness, and story. Poems in this book have been set to music, […]
Content Bookstore hosts a LIVE Conversation with CHERI JOHNSON
Date: June 3, 2024
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An interview with Elise Paschen for Water~Stone Review!
Date: May 29, 2024
Your poem, “Divination,” is a gorgeous blend of imagery, myth, and spring welcoming. Where did the spark for this poem come from? Thank you! During the pandemic, our family moved […]
Vox Populi feautres “Return of the Warbling Vireo” by Pamela Uschuk, author of REFUGEE!
Date: May 29, 2024
Deep in the oleanders’ dense thicket, a warbling vireo screamsfor a mate, another migrant back from his longtrek from Mexico. He loves the green tangoof poison leaves keeping his slim […]
Reviews:
Rain Taxi: Subduction reviewed by Douglas Cole
Date: June 3, 2020
Subduction is most of all a story of displacement and dislocation: for Claudia, whose Latina heritage lies over a border and whose sense of family lies beyond the betrayal that […]
Empty Mirror: Hope Amidst Uncertainty: Subduction by Kristen Millares Young, reviewed by Jessica Gigot
Date: June 3, 2020
What happens when the world as you know it changes course? When your seemingly rock-solid life suddenly becomes thin and porous? Such is the case for Claudia, a Latinx anthropologist based […]
Library Journal reviews Subduction
Date: June 3, 2020
VERDICT Gorgeously, toughly written, this book dares to be open-ended yet leaves readers with a satisfying sense of how life really unfolds. Cultural clash matters here, but personal differences and […]
The Seattle Times: Storytelling in Neah Bay forms the fault line in brilliant debut ‘Subduction’ from Seattle’s Kristen Millares Young
Date: June 3, 2020
In the gray autumn of Seattle, Claudia, an anthropology professor, is on edge. Her marriage is over after she found out her husband and sister were having an affair. She’s […]
The Washington Post: In ‘Subduction,’ an anthropologist observing a remote fishing village becomes part of the story
Date: June 2, 2020
What was it the anthropologist said? Claudia wonders as she types up her notes. “Oh, yes. ‘An observer is under the bed. A participant observer is in it.’ She doubted […]
The Book Slut Reviews Body of Render: Poems by Felicia Zamora
Date: May 28, 2020
This moving collection of poetry by Felicia Zamora covers a range of topics from love, politics, identity, addiction, and the natural world. On one level, Body of Render explores a […]
The Paris Review: Staff Picks Subduction
Date: May 21, 2020
Kristen Millares Young’s debut novel Subduction takes as its subject a subtle clash of culture in the Pacific Northwest. The novel’s protagonist, Claudia, is an anthropologist fleeing the remains of her marriage […]
Midwest Book Review recommends Lifesaving for Beginners
Date: March 16, 2020
TBT! In a mid-April review, Midwest Book Review recommended Anne Edelstein’s memoir Lifesaving for Beginners. The recommendation reads, “It is no surprise that Lifesaving for Beginners is an deftly crafted, engagingly presented, intensely […]
Praise for What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison
Date: March 16, 2020
Camille Dungy shares with us in this manuscript her sharp, clear and honest ear and her unswerving commitment to the voice of life. She is a brave poet writing true […]
New Letters admires Gary Dop’s work for Father
Date: March 16, 2020
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