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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Date: June 3, 2024
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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 […]
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 […]
Date: May 29, 2024
“It seems possible that, because sex and violence are encoded together, there could be a way into reorienting towards violence by rethinking sexuality, (and by extension gender relations.) I’m not […]
Date: May 29, 2024
Spring is finally here, which means it is time to get started on your summer reading list. Dodie, our Central Library based readers advisor, will tell you about 32 titles […]
Date: May 23, 2024
Date: May 22, 2024
A Professional Lola is the title of author E.P. Tuazon’s newest collection of short stories, published earlier in May by Pasadena’s Red Hen Press. The title story opens with the author’s […]
Date: March 4, 2013
In a review for Cirque Journal, Ela Harrison Gordon praises Nicole Stellon O'Donnell's new poetry collection.- "This collection deserves a wider readership; deserves to be seen as more than an […]
Date: February 20, 2013
Diego Baez from Booklist praises John Barr's The Adventures of Ibn Opcit, calling it "wildly imaginative, satirical verse".- "Barr imbues his characters with such distinct voices and is so incredibly […]
Date: February 20, 2013
G. M. Palmer from Literary Magnet praises Ernest Hilbert's All of You on the Good Earth.- "Far more than his previous work or the work of most other poets today, […]
Date: February 15, 2013
CL Bledsoe from Rain Taxi Review of Books praises Injecting Dreams into Cows by Jessy Randall.- "Randall's poems have been appearing in various literary journals for some time, and this […]
Date: January 31, 2013
Philip Fried from the Manhattan Review praises New and Selected Poems: 1957-2011, calling Robert Sward a "humorous, thoughtful, and delightful poet".- "And what makes his work even more engaging is […]
Date: January 24, 2013
B.H. James' Parnucklian For Chocolate is featured in the latest issue of Booklist.- "A classic naïf, Josiah is reminiscent of Chauncey Gardner in Jerzy Kozinski’s satirical novella, Being There (1970). […]
Date: January 23, 2013
B.H. James' Parnucklian For Chocolate is featured on Publishers Weekly.- To read the full review, click
Date: January 18, 2013
Dean Rader from the Huffington post reviews Richard Silberg's The Horses: New and Selected.- "It's impossible to refrain from equine metaphors when writing about a book called The Horses (or […]
Date: January 18, 2013
Amos Lassen calls Speaking Wiri Wiri a rich and witty history: "There is a poem for everyone here and themes such as identity, migration, family, history, ethnicity and others can […]
Date: January 11, 2013
Iris Jamahl Dunkle from Sugar House Review praises New and Selected Poems, 1957-2011 by Robert Sward.- "Indeed, the winding road offered by New and Selected Poems 1957–2011 is a fruitful, […]
