Adriana Páramo featured in Solstice Literary Magazine
Date: September 5, 2023
I’m lying on my back, scrawny feet up in the stirrups. In my head, I go like, don’t look, don’t look, don’t you look at her, but of course, I […]
News & Reviews
News:
KPBS Midday Show features poet and author Phuong T. Vuong as she discusses her latest book, A PLUCKED ZITHER
Date: September 5, 2023
[In this episode] we introduce you to a local poet whose work sheds light on war, migration and the experience of the Vietnamese diaspora. Click here to access the recording.
Juliana Lamy’s “You Were Watching from the Sand” featured as the new book of the day by NewPages.com
Date: August 29, 2023
Playful, kinetic, and devastating in turn, You Were Watching from the Sand is a collection in which Haitian men, women, and children who find their lives cleaved by the interminably strange bite […]
New Mexico’s Daily Lobo interviews Diane Thiel, author of “Questions from Outer Space” about the role of AI in academics
Date: August 24, 2023
Faculty at the University of New Mexico are preparing for the impact of artificial intelligence for the upcoming academic year after professors weighed its benefits and risks at a Science, […]
Brynn Saito’s poem “Theses on the Philosophy of History” featured as Poem of the Day by Poetry Daily
Date: August 24, 2023
Theses on the Philosophy of History or Listening to the Presidential Debate While Stuck in Traffic Brynn Saito 1. Roads clog with people in vehicles crossing the Golden GateGive my rage […]
Good River Review features article by Lynnell Edwards, author of THE BEARABLE SLANT OF LIGHT!
Date: August 17, 2023
Poetry is having a moment. Yes, yes, we’ve heard this before—usually during National Poetry Month in April. Or the inauguration of a president or the selection of a new poet […]
Jessica Jopp discusses FROM THE LONGING ORCHARD on Monkeybike’s “If My Book” blog!
Date: August 16, 2023
“If From the Longing Orchard were a line from Shakespeare, it would be Polonius’ ‘To thine own self be true.'”
Shondaland features article ‘ChatGPT, Gary, and Me’ by Deborah A. Lott, author of DON’T GO CRAZY WITHOUT ME!
Date: August 15, 2023
A writer watched her husband become enthralled with AI technology, using it as an outlet for his own type of storytelling. But, ChatGPT’s — and his — penchant for violent […]
Raymond Luczak’s “Otters” featured on Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day!
Date: July 25, 2023
Afaa Weaver, author of A FIRE IN THE HILLS, wins the New England Poetry Club’s Golden Rose Award!
Date: July 20, 2023
At the Longfellow House in Cambridge, MA, poet Afaa Weaver will be the recipient of our New England Poetry Club’s prestigious Golden Rose Award. Last year’s winner was Patricia Smith.
Reviews:
The Ogre’s Wife Causes Jealousy
Date: March 6, 2014
In a recent review of Ron Koertge's The Ogre's Wife, Neil McCarthy (from his namesake blog, Neil McCarthy Poetry) expresses his jealousy and high regard for Koertge's fantastical poetry collection. […]
Neil McCarthy Praises the Humor in Calamity Joe
Date: March 6, 2014
Brendan Constantine's Calamity Joe received high praises for its humor and originality in Neil McCarthy's blog, Neil McCarthy Poetry. "It’s only a matter of time before someone coins an adjective […]
Interrobang featured in Boxcar Poetry Review
Date: March 6, 2014
Paula Mendoza recently wrote an analytical and positive review of Jessica Piazza's Interrobang for the Boxcar Poetry Review. Mendoza writes, "Piazza reads like the best hip-hop; verbal acrobatics that tempers […]
FOCUS on Gary Geddes’ What Does A House Want?
Date: February 13, 2014
FOCUS magazine's Amy Reiswig takes us into Gary Geddes' new collection of poems, What Does A House Want?, in which she proclaims, "Geddes is able to explore both our humanity […]
North American Review praises Chopper! Chopper!
Date: February 5, 2014
Verionica Reyes's Chopper! Chopper! Poetry from Bordered Lives was called a "genunie treasure" by Vince Gotera in the North American Review. Read the full article in the most recent issue […]
Eva Saulitis’ Leaving Resurrection is Hard to Leave Behind
Date: February 3, 2014
Eva Saulitis' collection of essays, Leaving Resurrection, was recently reviewed by Randon Billings Noble from the blog, As it Out to Be. Noble writes, "This collection is one that I […]
Another Sonic Masterpiece” for Douglas Kearney”
Date: January 30, 2014
Douglas Kearney's latest poetry collection, Patter, got an early review from blogger and The Rumpus poetry editor, Brian Spears, on his personal blog New in Des Moines. Spears describes the […]
Ernest Hilbert’s All of You on the Good Earth Breathes New Life into the Sonnet
Date: January 30, 2014
Glassworks reviewed Ernest Hilbert's latest poetry collection, All of You on the Good Earth, praising its use of perspective and observation to reflect on past and modern humanity. Writer Stephanie […]
Jessica Piazza’s Interrobang Reviewed by The Rumpus
Date: January 8, 2014
Jessica Piazza's poetry collection Interrobang recieves an enthusiastic review from literary site The Rumpus. Writer Mag Gabbert proclaims, "The experience of reading these poems is like wandering through a hall […]
Pedestal Magazine Reviews Nicelle Davis’ Becoming Judas
Date: January 8, 2014
Pedestal Magazine reviewed Nicelle Davis' Becoming Judas, complimeting the poet on her unique ability to mix topics of religion, love and desire, among others, into one seemless collection. JoSelle Vanderhooft […]