Author Event with AS THE SKY BEGINS TO CHANGE author Kim Stafford with music by Jan DeWeese at Bishop & Wilde in Portland, OR, Thursday May 30th at 6:30 PT
Date: May 23, 2024
News & Reviews
News:
Victoria Thomas spotlights E.P. Tuazon’s A PROFESSIONAL LOLA in Local News Pasadena article on Filipino cuisine!
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 […]
CLMP Firecracker Awards Finalist YOU WERE WATCHING FROM THE SAND by Juliana Lamy for 2024 Season
Date: May 20, 2024
The CLMP Firecracker Awards for Independently Published Literature are given annually to celebrate books and magazines that make a significant contribution to our literary culture and the publishers that strive […]
Madeleine Nakamura speaks to Local News Pasadena on CURSEBREAKERS and more!
Date: May 16, 2024
American author of the debut inclusive adult fantasy novel “Cursebreakers,” published by Red Hen Press in September, 2023. Nakamura grew up in the Pasadena area and says that she gets some of her […]
Afaa M. Weaver receives the 2024 Paterson Poetry Prize for A FIRE IN THE HILLS!
Date: May 15, 2024
The Paterson Poetry Prize is sponsored by The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College. It is a $2000 award for a book of poems, 48 pages or more in […]
Author Event with AS THE SKY BEGINS TO CHANGE author Kim Stafford with Bethany Lee at Broadway Books in Portland, OR, Tuesday May 21st at 6:00 PT
Date: May 14, 2024
Please join us for an evening with poet Kim Stafford who will be reading from his latest collection As the Sky Begins to Change, published by Red Hen Press (2024). […]
Helen Benedict, author of THE GOOD DEED, featured on the KPFA Radio Wolinsky podcast
Date: May 13, 2024
Helen Benedict, author of the novel “The Good Deed,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Helen Benedict is the author of eight novels, including “Wolf Season” and “Sand Queen,” and five […]
Brendan Constantine, author of DEMENTIA, MY DARLING discusses the curious connection between aphasia and poetry with Local News Pasadena
Date: May 7, 2024
June is Aphasia Awareness Month and the month for national observances regarding dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. These aspects of brain function are the unlikely creative focus for poet and educator […]
E.P. Tuazon, author of A PROFESSIONAL LOLA Interviewed By NBC Los Angeles!
Date: May 6, 2024
Orange County libraries are celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month, and NBC LA interviewed E.P. Tuazon on his own work and involvement. Check out the article and the video interview below!
Lansing State Journal celebrates AAPI Heritage Month with SECRET HARVESTS by David Mas Masumoto
Date: May 2, 2024
Lansing State Journal lists SECRET HARVESTS as one of 20 books to honor AAPI Heritage Month. Check out the full list below!
Reviews:
Khanh Ha’s THE AFTERLIFE OF A THREADBARE JESTER got a starred Kirkus review!
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 […]
Laing Rikkers’ MORNING LEAVES: CULTIVATING A LIFE OF BEAUTY, MEANING, AND JOY reviewed by Kirkus!
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 […]
Adrianne Kalfopoulou THE RE IN REFUGE, reviewed in World Literature Today!
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 […]
David Mason’s COLD FIRE receives early praise in Poetry Corner!
Date: March 3, 2026
Each line is a steady and reassuring four beats in length, filled with words that help move the story along.
Helen Benedict’s upcoming novel, THE SOLDIER’S HOUSE, reviewed by Booklist!
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
Amy Pence’s YELLOW reviewed by Kirkus Reviews
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.
Luke Goebel’s KILL DICK reviewed by Thirsty Caterpillar
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 […]
Abi Pollokoff’s NIGHT MYTHSᐧᐧBEFORE THE BODY reviewed by West Trade Review
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 […]
Luke Goebel’s KILL DICK reviewed by Publishers Weekly
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). […]
THE SOLDIER’S HOUSE by Helen Benedict gets a raving review!
Date: January 27, 2026
Helen Benedict’s THE SOLDIER’S HOUSE (2026) completes her Iraq war trilogy, that began with SAND QUEEN (2011) and was followed by WOLF SEASON (2017). But the new book is actually […]