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:
NEW MOONS, our upcoming anthology featuring Muslim-American writers, was featured in NewPages List of New and Noteworthy Books!
Date: August 26, 2021
A dynamic collection of contemporary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by North American Muslims. From the Introduction: “The goal with this anthology is to represent that full range of contemporary expressions […]
Review of THE PLAYWRIGHT’S HOUSE by Dariel Suarez from Latino Stories!
Date: August 24, 2021
Havana breathes, swears and cries in Dariel Suárez’s first novel, The Playwright’s House (Red Hen Press, 2021). With a plot that blends family stories and national history, this is a beautifully layered […]
THE PLAYWRIGHT’S HOUSE reviewed by On The Seawall!
Date: August 24, 2021
This July, Cuba erupted into its widest protests in a generation. News reports credit food and medicine shortages and summer power outages as the catalysts for the demonstrations which have […]
Starred review given to Nicole Stellon’s book EVERYTHING NEVER COMES YOUR WAY!
Date: August 23, 2021
In her inviting third poetry collection, Everything Never Comes Your Way, Nicole Stellon O’Donnell (You Are No Longer in Trouble) muses on the struggles and transcendence of “family-tethered Alaska life.” The […]
JANE OF BATTERY PARK by Jaye Viner gets reviewed by Foreword!
Date: August 19, 2021
A chance encounter changes the trajectory of two lives in Jaye Viner’s novel Jane of Battery Park. Eight years ago, Jane and Daniel met and connected in Battery Park. She saw […]
JANE OF BATTERY PARK by Jaye Viner reviewed in the Midwest Book Review!
Date: August 11, 2021
Read the glowing review here!
Dexter L. Booth’s ABRACADABRA, SUNSHINE was featured on 10 Can’t Miss New Books!
Date: July 21, 2021
Check out the full list here!
FROM THE CAVES by Thea Prieto reviewed in Publishers Weekly!
Date: July 19, 2021
In Prieto’s trenchant debut, the survivors of an apocalypse navigate a scorched land full of desolation and desperation. Among the enigmatic cast is Mark, a bossy young man; Tie, a […]
THE PLAYWRIGHT’S HOUSE by Dariel Suarez has an appearance in The Massachusetts Review!
Date: July 14, 2021
In his debut novel, Dariel Suarez takes the reader into the heart of Cuba, of Havana, of the people of the island. As a Cuban American, I notice how the […]
ABRACADABRA, SUNSHINE by Dexter L. Booth reviewed by Poetry Foundation!
Date: July 14, 2021
Most of the poems in Dexter L. Booth’s second collection, Abracadabra, Sunshine, are addressed to old lovers, friends, and family, and seek understanding amid the emotional complexities of adult life. Booth […]