Date: November 19, 2024
Returning to the fabular tone of Zabelle, her popular first novel, Kricorian conjures up the lost worlds and intergenerational traumas that haunt a family in permanent exile. Leavened with humor and […]
Date: November 19, 2024
For our fifth episode of S3 of There She Goes, we’re proud to partner with VONA Traveling While BIPOC, the nation’s first writing workshop for travelers of color. Adriana is […]
Date: November 14, 2024
When Esinam Bediako submitted the manuscript for her debut novel, “Blood on the Brain,” for consideration for the Ann Petry Award, she didn’t think she’d be in the running for the […]
Date: November 14, 2024
Wa-zha’-zhe, name of the Osage tribe . . . who came from the stars.—“The Osage and the Invisible World: From the Works of Francis LaFlesche” […]
Date: November 5, 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: October 31, 2024
In “Witness,” you allude to the martyr St. Priscilla. Other poems take up women mystics like Hilma af Klint and the other members of De Fem, who practiced mysticism. The […]
Date: October 31, 2024
I have a little something special to add to the newsletter today! A brief interview with Aliah Wright, author of the recently published Now You Owe Me from Red Hen Press. 1. What […]
Date: October 22, 2024
I’ve been reading from outside of Phoenix, where there have been over 120 days of 100 degree temperatures as summer comes to a close. With Hurricane Helene devastating the Southeast […]
Date: October 10, 2024
Today I talked to Esinam Bediako about here novel Blood on the Brain (Red Hen Press, 2024). When Akosua, a 24-year-old grad student in New York, falls and bangs her head, she has too […]
Date: October 10, 2024
Living Writers: Peggy Shumaker Expands Human Perception in ‘Cairn: New and Selected Poems’ Olivia Miller, Assistant Arts & Features Editor • October 4, 2024 Peggy Shumaker, the most recent author featured in Colgate […]
Date: August 1, 2026
“Tender and rich in their complexity, Sacks’ stories will remain with readers long after they finish the novel…”
Date: August 1, 2026
“Her memoir will make readers from other “low supervision” families feel seen.”
Date: July 29, 2026
“The narrative has drama, sex, and a wacky cast.”
Date: July 21, 2026
“Through lyrical writing, Pence creates a spellbinding, mesmerizing narrative.”
Date: July 21, 2026
In this breathtaking autobiography, Soyer (The Ending Hasn’t Happened Yet) examines how her life has been shaped by disability, medical trauma, and questions of personal autonomy.
Date: July 9, 2026
“Like the tornado in the Wizard of Oz, Kill Dick can be read cyclically from beginning to end, back to beginning to end, and so on.”
Date: July 1, 2026
“The Lifeguard is more than its defining plot point, more diverse than a collective main character.”
Date: July 1, 2026
“Rikkers opens her heart to the reader and expresses ways to deal with both life and grief. She is a skillful author with an honest and sincere voice.”
Date: June 30, 2026
The third novel in a connected trilogy written over more than a decade, “The Soldier’s House” follows an American veteran of the war in Iraq and his interpreter’s widow and child, […]
Date: June 29, 2026
“During this moment of madness and unmitigated cruelty, we need Archila’s words”
