Cheri Johnson author of ANNIKA ROSE featured in Four Minutes Five Questions!
Date: January 31, 2024
“A few years ago, my niece gave me a rock that says ‘you rock’ on it. I put it on my desk because I thought it was cute, but I […]
News & Reviews
News:
“[ ]” by William Archila, author of THE GRAVEDIGGER’S ARCHAEOLOGY, featured in Winter 2024 issue of The Kenyon Review!
Date: January 31, 2024
The Winter 2024 issue of The Kenyon Review includes an essay by Carrie Cogan, the winner of the 2023 Kenyon Review Nonfiction Contest, selected by Leslie Jamison; work by the 2021 Kenyon Review Developmental […]
Poetry Foundation features Diane Thiel’s “Listening in Deep Space,” from QUESTIONS FROM OUTER SPACE!
Date: January 24, 2024
Listening in Deep Space BY DIANE THIEL We’ve always been out looking for answers, telling stories about ourselves, searching for connection, choosing to send out Stravinsky and whale song, which, in […]
Diane Thiel’s “Listening in Deep Space,” from QUESTIONS FROM OUTER SPACE, added to Poetry Out Loud!
Date: January 24, 2024
Diane Thiel has lived in Europe and South America and is fluent in several languages. A 2001 Fulbright Scholar and recipient of the Robert Frost and Robinson Jeffers awards, Thiel […]
Protected: Maurya Simon Showcases Israeli and Palestinian Poetry in “The Poetry of War and Peace”
Date: January 15, 2024
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Best of 2023: Our Favorite Indie Books
Date: January 9, 2024
Combing through our Best of Indie list is always an interesting end-of-year exercise. Which trend percolated through our sample size of 100 books in 2023? Stewardship, a call for protection of […]
Deborah A. Lott’s Essay THE QUACK-UP DUCK featured in the Keepthings Newsletter!
Date: January 8, 2024
“I was 16 when my father came home from his three-month stay in the mental hospital. I kept him company as he unpacked his suitcase and carefully, robotically, put away […]
Red Hen Author Ching-in Chen appointed as Redmond’s new poet laureate for 2024-25!
Date: January 8, 2024
“Redmond City Council appointed Ching-In Chen as Redmond’s new poet laureate for 2024-25. Chen was selected through a robust process that included applying to an open call, a selection panel […]
Episode 38: Anna V. Q. Ross (Of Self-Portraits, Foxes, and Leaving For Good)
Date: January 2, 2024
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Best New Poetry Books
Date: January 2, 2024
Handpicked by our expert librarians and staff, the poetry books in this list, all published in 2022, include debut collections and new classics from established poets. Click here to read […]
Reviews:
Hobart Pulp interviews Chelsea Clammer
Date: January 31, 2018
Thank you Hobart Pulp for this insightful interview with Chelsea Clammer, author of Circadian. “Essays seem to encourage digression and tangents, and you do such a great job of managing […]
The Baltimore Sun covers Ron Koertge
Date: January 29, 2018
Ron Koertge is in the news again, this time in The Baltimore Sun, for his poem “Negative Space,” which inspired the Oscar-nominated animation. “Porter, 36, who has been collaborating with […]
CBS Baltimore mentions Ron Koertge
Date: January 29, 2018
Big thank you to CBS Baltimore for not forgetting that "Negative Space," the Oscar-nominated animation, was inspired by Ron Koertge's prose poem of the same name.
Our Man at the Oscars”– SGVT covers Ron Koertge”
Date: January 29, 2018
Many thanks to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune for giving a shout-out to Ron Koertge, whose prose poem, "Negative Space," has been made into an Oscar-nominated short film. Thanks SGVT! […]
Bad Stories receives a starred review by Booklist
Date: January 18, 2018
We're excited that Steve Almond's Bad Stories is the recipient of a starred review by Booklist. The full review will appear in the February 15th edition of Booklist, but here's […]
CIRCADIAN gets rave review from Reader Views!
Date: January 18, 2018
Huge thanks to Reader Views for this fantastic review of Chelsey Clammer’s CIRCADIAN! “If you read just one essay collection this year, make it “Circadian” by Chelsey Clammer.” Read the […]
RAIN TAXI reviews HOW TO GET OVER
Date: January 4, 2018
Huge thanks to Rain Taxi for this fantastic review of t’ai freedom ford’s HOW TO GET OVER, calling it “a courageous and brilliant book… [that] interweaves personal life and American […]
CrossTown by Loren W. Cooper
Date: January 3, 2018
Straight out of the Bewitching Book Tour, blogwriter Anie wrote a snappy review of CrossTown by Loren W. Cooper. “
Gertrude Press praises THE DEAD GO TO SEATTLE
Date: December 5, 2017
Huge thanks to Lara Messersmith-Glavin for this rave review of Vivian Faith Prescott’s THE DEAD GO TO SEATTLE! “
Book Review: In June the Labyrinth
Date: December 4, 2017
Anne Kaier provides a deep look into the emotional depth of Cynthia Hogue’s In June the Labyrinth, citing “one of the more penetrating of ways to speak to the dead […]