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:
Broome Street Review has high praise for RUIN!
Date: January 7, 2015
Recently, Andrew E. Colarusso, writing for Broome Street Review, wrote a review of Adrianne Kalfopoulou's RUIN, and had nothing but good things to say. "Ruin was written to remind us: […]
The Times Literary Supplement loves Sea Salt!
Date: December 12, 2014
Recently, Rory Waterman, writing for The Times Literary Supplement reviewed David Mason's newest Poetry collection, Sea Salt, Poems of a Decade: 2004-2014, and had great things to say about the […]
Forewords Reviews has high praise for Ruin!
Date: December 3, 2014
In it's Winter 2015 issue, Foreword Reviews recently ran a review of Adrianne Kalfopoulou's new book Ruin: Essays in Exilic Living and they are big fans. Here's what Sara Budzik […]
Library Journal Names Into the Silence” One of the Top 15 Indie Books of Fall”
Date: November 25, 2014
Barbara Hoffert of Library Journal places America Hart's into the silence on the Top Indie Fiction: 15 Key Titles Beyond the Best Sellers List for Fall 2014. She writes that […]
Big Sky Journal Loves If Not for This!
Date: November 21, 2014
Erin H. Turner of Big Sky Journal reviewed Pete Fromm's novel, If Not for This, and had this to say about it: “Where the brilliance of this novel shines through […]
The Rumpus Loves My Body Is a Book of Rules
Date: November 19, 2014
Samantha Claire Updegrave, writer for The Rumpus, recently gave a stellar review of Elissa Washuta's memoir, My Body Is a Book of Rules. Updegrave commends the author's ability to make […]
Lambda Literary Loves Spheres of Disturbance!
Date: November 14, 2014
Recently, Stephanie Glazier, writing for Lambda Literary, reviewed Amy Schutzer's new novel Spheres of Disturbance, singing its praises: "I had a big reaction to this novel. I finished it in […]
My Body Is a Book of Rules Gets Called Inventive” and “Heartbreaking””
Date: November 7, 2014
Barbara Lloyd McMichael of The Seattle Times recently reviewed Elissa Washuta's memoir, My Body Is a Book of Rules. McMichael calls it "bitterly funny, fierce, sometimes crass and sometimes heartbreaking." […]
BookNAround loves If Not For This!
Date: October 30, 2014
In a recent review of If Not For This, BookNAround praises Pete Fromm's ability to capture life: "The descriptions of the physical world, the rivers and the wilderness are simply […]
Waxwing Reviews My Body is a Book of Rules!
Date: October 23, 2014
Waxwing Mag gives high praise to Elissa Washuta's My Body is a Book of Rules: "My Body is a Book of Rules is a painful book to read, but true, […]