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:
The Library Jounral reviews Beasts Behave in Foreign Land
Date: April 27, 2017
Startling and successful; for most readers.
The Translator Poems of Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
Date: April 24, 2017
"Her poetry is always translating something—experiences, cultures, memories—for someone else." Lena's skill with translation and her new collection of poetry WATER & SALT has been covered in SEATTLE WEEKLY! Read […]
Review of Lena Khalaf Tuffaha’s WATER & SALT
Date: April 24, 2017
"Tuffaha’s poems are required reading material for any Arab-American literature list, and for all Americans whose knowledge of the Middle East ends at what the media reports." Lena Khalaf Tuffaha's […]
Fiction Writers Review Interview with Siel Ju
Date: April 17, 2017
Congratulations to Siel Ju on this amazing interview with Fiction Writers Review! "It?s interesting, because it didn?t really occur to me that my stories were so much about sex until […]
Library Journal review of Lena Tuffaha’s Water & Salt
Date: April 6, 2017
Of Palestinian, Jordanian, and Syrian heritage, Tuffaha offers a beautifully crafted debut that uses clear, observant language to explore the immigrant experience and the burdens of ongoing war. As she […]
Library Journal (starred review) of t’ai freedom ford’s how to get over!
Date: April 6, 2017
Winner of the Feminist Wires inaugural poetry contest, ford debuts with a fiery collection that uses language both evocatively rich and colloquially sharp and sly to capture the African American […]
Verónica Reyes Presents Poetry from Bordered Lives
Date: April 3, 2017
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh praises Verónica Reyes for her collection of poetry. "Verónica Reyes charges her lines—nearly every single one—with the sharp electricity of her East L.A. tongue. It’s […]
Portland Press Herald’ Reviews Ellen Meeropol’s ‘Kinship of Clover’
Date: April 3, 2017
"All good stories turn on conflict, but there is a plethora of discord and tension in ?Kinship of Clover.? At times, it almost overwhelms the story, requiring attentive reading so […]
Cake Time receives STARRED REVIEW by Kirkus!
Date: January 24, 2017
CAKE TIME [STARRED REVIEW!] Author: Siel Ju Review Issue Date: February 1, 2017 Online Publish Date: January 23, 2017 Publisher:Red Hen Press Pages: 192 Price ( Paperback ): $15.95 Publication […]
Barrelhouse Reviews Sings Praises
Date: September 8, 2016
Barrelhouse says Rozema's essays are "humble, honest, insightful, and, like the best essays on any topic, but especially ones tinged with spirituality, they aren’t too sure about any one thing. […]