Protected: Maurya Simon Showcases Israeli and Palestinian Poetry in “The Poetry of War and Peace”
Date: January 15, 2024
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News & Reviews
News:
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 […]
‘Secret Harvests’ probes an unspeakable Japanese American family history
Date: January 2, 2024
David “Mas” Matsumoto, author of Epitaph for a Peach, Harvest Son, Changing Season, has yet another true story to share, this time a family secret so unspeakable that it remained buried for over […]
Valley author shares family secret in book about internment impact
Date: January 2, 2024
A farmer and author in the small Fresno County community of Del Rey is sharing a personal story with a universal message. Mas Masumoto published a book in the spring […]
Friday 5 at 5
Date: January 2, 2024
Join a Denver Public Library reader’s advisor extraordinaire for a flash book buzz featuring hot new and forthcoming titles that you just have to know about! Give us 15 minutes, […]
Local author sharing family history through poetry
Date: January 2, 2024
A local author and Creative Writing professor at Fresno State is sharing her family history through poetry and written word. Click here to read more.
Reviews:
Phoebe Journal reviews Cartographies
Date: April 13, 2009
Cartographies Maurya Simon. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $18.95 (104p) ISBN 978-1-59709-387-3 Maurya Simon's resume reads like that of a literary superstar. Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1990 and the […]
Steven Hansen reviews Burning Tulips
Date: April 13, 2009
Burning Tulips Diane Payne. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $15.95 (156p) ISBN 978-1-888996-89-0The terms 'memoir' and 'novel' are not as easily blended as PB&J; nor do they make half as good […]
Anthony Julian Tamburri reviews Books and Rough Business
Date: April 13, 2009
Books and Rough Business Tullio Pironti. Red Hen (CDC, dist.), $20.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-59709-129-9Tullio Pironti's Books and Rough Business is, on the one hand, a wonderful metaphor about the publishing […]
B.H. Fairchild reviews Body Painting
Date: April 13, 2009
Body Painting Jane Hilberry. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $13.95 (72 p) ISBN 1-59709-013-1If this is the book of the body, its lineaments are those of not only erotic but spiritual […]
Publishers Weekly reviews Bestiary
Date: April 7, 2009
Bestiary Elise Paschen. Red Hen (CDC, dist.), $16.95 (80p) ISBN 978-1-56709-131-2The passionate, yet controlled, third volume from Paschen (Infidelities) pursues the likenesses between human beings and other sorts of beasts: […]