The New York Times spotlights Maria Tallchief, mother of BLOOD WOLF MOON author Elise Paschen
Date: February 4, 2025
The New York Times honors Native American ballet dancer Maria Tallchief and features lines from her daughter, poet Elise Paschen.
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VOA Africa podcast features Esinam Bediako, author of BLOOD ON THE BRAIN
Date: February 3, 2025
Ghanaian American writer Esinam Bediako discusses her new novel, Blood on the Brain, a tale that follows Akosua, a young woman recovering from a concussion.
The Georgia Review features an essay of Alison Hawthorne Deming, the author of BLUE FLAX & YELLOW MUSTARD FLOWER
Date: January 29, 2025
The Georgia Review features the essay “Mobius: A Meditation on Art and Science” by Alison Hawthorne Deming in its Winter 2024 issue.
Prairie Schooner features an essay of Alison Hawthorne Deming, the author of BLUE FLAX & YELLOW MUSTARD FLOWER
Date: January 29, 2025
Prairie Schooner features Alison Hawthorne Deming’s essay “The Eye of Water” in its recent issue.
Electric Literature reveals the cover of BIND ME TIGHTER STILL by Lara Ehrlich
Date: January 29, 2025
Electric Literature reveals the cover of Bind Me Tighter Still by Lara Ehrlich, which will be published by Red Hen Press in September, 2025. The design celebrates otherworldly beauty and […]
Omaha Magazine features Elom K. Akoto, author of BLINDSPOT IN AMERICA
Date: January 28, 2025
Omaha Magazine features an interview with Elom K. Akoto, shearing his journey from Togo to the U.S., his experiences as an immigrant, and the inspiration behind his debut novel, which […]
Shelf Awareness interviews Kim Dower, author of WHAT SHE WANTS
Date: January 28, 2025
Shelf Awareness interviewed Kim Dower to discuss her career highlights, share some intriguing gossip, explore what has sustained her over the years, and learn how she has merged her roles […]
Mostly Banter podcast features Jenny Factor, author of WANT, THE LAKE
Date: January 21, 2025
Jenny Factor, acclaimed poet and Beverly Hills native, shares her journey from a unique childhood to Harvard and beyond. In this compelling conversation, she reflects on her lifelong passion for […]
Poetry.LA features Kim Dower, author of WHAT SHE WANTS
Date: January 21, 2025
In this episode of SoCal Poets in Conversation, Elena Karina Byrne and Kim Dower, who have very different poetic styles, reflect on the themes they have in common, including “longing,” […]
Soapberry Review reviews E.P. Tuazon’s A PROFESSIONAL LOLA as one of the Best Asian American Books of 2024
Date: January 21, 2025
“In A Professional Lola, a joyful, weird, and eclectic collection of short stories from Grace Paley award winner E.P. Tuazon, there is an intimacy that makes you, the reader, feel […]
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NH Librarians Recommend MEMENTO MORI by Eunice Hong on CHECK THIS OUT at NHPR!
Date: December 12, 2024
This episode of “Check This Out” from New Hampshire Public Radio features local librarians discussing their favorite books of 2024! This to the full episode to hear what they thought […]
The Gay and Lesbian Review reviews Jason Schneiderman’s SELF PORTRAIT OF ICARUS AS A COUNTRY ON FIRE
Date: December 3, 2024
AS A POET AGES, he’s often faced with several choices. He can keep doing what he has always done, or he can, by seriously confronting himself, seek another voice. Jason […]
Publishers Weekly reviews Didi Jackson’s MY INFINITY
Date: November 19, 2024
“I am good with secrets,” Jackson confesses early in her subtle latest (after Moon Jar). She makes good on that statement in poems that detail the secrets of the departed, including […]
Washington Independent Review of Books reviews Didi Jackson’s MY INFINITY
Date: October 31, 2024
In My Infinity (Red Hen Press), Didi Jackson employs a lyrical grace and intimate tone as she seeks transcendence, even while acknowledging that not all wounds may heal. She explores personal concessions […]
World Literature Today reviews Didi Jackson’s MY INFINITY
Date: October 31, 2024
My Infinity is a volume that puts Didi Jackson’s talent on full display. This is only her second poetry volume (the first, Moon Jar, was published in 2020), but it reads like […]
The Manhattan Review reviews Susan Rich’s BLUE ATLAS
Date: October 15, 2024
Blue Atlas is an absorbing and heart-wrenching collection that revolves around the poet’s decision, thirty years back, to have an abortion rather than go full term with an unplanned pregnancy. As […]
Anchorage Daily News reviews Thomas McGuire’s THE CURVE OF EQUAL TIME
Date: October 15, 2024
Book Review: Thomas McGuire’s second novel is as lyrical, intelligent and suspenseful as his first By Nancy Lord Updated: September 14, 2024Published: September 14, 2024 “The Curve of Equal Time” By […]
North of Oxford reviews THE BEARABLE SLANT OF LIGHT by Lynnell Edwards
Date: October 1, 2024
By g emil reutter There is much involved when dealing with mental illness in a family member. There is always the hope for a turnaround, a recovery and in some […]
Hyperallergic reviews Didi Jackson’s MY INFINITY
Date: September 17, 2024
If Hilma af Klint’s monumental paintings could speak, what would they say? Didi Jackson answers this with a resonant collection of poems, several written from the perspective of the Swedish […]
The Florida Review Online reviews Didi Jackson’s MY INFINITY
Date: September 16, 2024
“Didi Jackson’s second collection of poems, My Infinity, is a quiet, pensive reckoning with life and death by a speaker uniquely suited to discuss such enigmatic subjects.”