BLOOD WOLF MOON by Elise Paschen WINS the 2026 Oklahoma Book Award in Poetry!
Date: May 21, 2026
Huge congratulations to Elise, and to all of the finalists!
News & Reviews
News:
Helen Benedict Brings Iraq Trilogy’s Final Chapter to Vroman’s!
Date: May 21, 2026
Helen Benedict wrote about the Iraq War as a journalist first — the sexual assaults, the displacement, the veterans who came home different. Then she turned the same material into […]
THE BURNING HEART OF THE WORLD listed as a work celebrating Armenian mothers by Armenian Weekly!
Date: May 19, 2026
Preceded by “Zabelle,” “Dreams of Bread and Fire,” and “All the Light There Was,” “The Burning Heart of the World” is the fourth book in Kricorian’s “Armenian Diaspora Quartet” focused […]
WABE interviews Amy Pence to discuss her latest novel, YELLOW!
Date: May 19, 2026
Acclaimed poet and essayist Amy Pence has released a new speculative fiction novel that blends science fiction, Southern gothic storytelling and a coming-of-age story set across decades of change in […]
Katie Couric Media shares an essay by MORNING LEAVES author Laing Rikkers!
Date: May 12, 2026
Dementia and Ambiguous Grief: Holding on While Letting Go – Loving someone with dementia reshapes how we understand love, loss, and presence.
The American Scholar reads a poem from David Mason’s COLD FIRE!
Date: May 12, 2026
Amanda Holmes reads David Mason’s “Before the Loon Calls.”
Librarians recommend YELLOW by Amy Pence if you loved REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES!
Date: May 12, 2026
11 Books Like ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ According to Librarians.
Necessary Fiction reviews Khanh Ha’s latest novel, THE AFTERLIFE OF A THREADBARE JESTER!
Date: May 6, 2026
After years of working on media stories about hotly contested political situations, I’ve learned that sometimes telling the truth about a situation will make people mad. As I read Khanh […]
Molly Fisk shares her writing process for WALKING WHEEL on Periodicity Journal!
Date: May 6, 2026
The ‘process note’ pieces were originally solicited by Maw Shein Win as addendum to her teaching particular poems and poetry collections for various workshops and classes. This process note and […]
Luke Goebel’s KILL DICK is listed as a bestseller in SoCal independent bookstores!
Date: May 5, 2026
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,April 26, 2026. This list is based […]
Reviews:
The Mirror Spectator Reviews THE BURNING HEART OF THE WORLD by Nancy Kricorian
Date: February 24, 2025
Even when the return is to unlivable conditions with no protection from any type of law, displaced people returning home is something to celebrate. The connection one has to one’s […]
Rain Taxi reviews Esinam Bediako’s BLOOD ON THE BRAIN
Date: February 3, 2025
Between its quiet swells of suspense, Blood on the Brain is an interior and intimate story about a young woman navigating identity and adulthood. Bediako concludes this strong and spirited […]
NewPages features a review of Nancy Kricorian’s THE BURNING HEART OF THE WORLD
Date: January 29, 2025
Eleanor J. Bader recommends The Burning Heart of the World by Nancy Kricorian, describing it as “a beautiful, sad, and timely look at the aftermath of war and its lasting […]
Osage News reviews BLOOD WOLF MOON by Elise Paschen
Date: January 28, 2025
Blood Wolf Moon reflects a poet at the height of her powers, yet it remains accessible to a wide audience and will especially be valued by Osages. Readers will find […]
The Washington Post recommended Kim Dower’s new collection WHAT SHE WANTS
Date: January 22, 2025
Book critic Ron Charles recommended Kim Dower’s new collection, What She Wants, in the Washington Post Book Club and included the poem ‘Longing’ in the weekly selection.
THE NEW YORK TIMES reviews FOUR Percival Everett Collections!
Date: December 16, 2024
Huge thanks to book critic Dwight Garner for your thorough, generous review of Percival Everett’s poetry collections, including re:f (gesture), The Book of Training by Colonel Hap Thompson, Sonnets for […]
NH Librarians Recommend MEMENTO MORI by Eunice Hong on CHECK THIS OUT at NHPR!
Date: December 12, 2024
This episode of “Check This Out” from New Hampshire Public Radio features local librarians discussing their favorite books of 2024! This to the full episode to hear what they thought […]
The Gay and Lesbian Review reviews Jason Schneiderman’s SELF PORTRAIT OF ICARUS AS A COUNTRY ON FIRE
Date: December 3, 2024
AS A POET AGES, he’s often faced with several choices. He can keep doing what he has always done, or he can, by seriously confronting himself, seek another voice. Jason […]
Publishers Weekly reviews Didi Jackson’s MY INFINITY
Date: November 19, 2024
“I am good with secrets,” Jackson confesses early in her subtle latest (after Moon Jar). She makes good on that statement in poems that detail the secrets of the departed, including […]
Washington Independent Review of Books reviews Didi Jackson’s MY INFINITY
Date: October 31, 2024
In My Infinity (Red Hen Press), Didi Jackson employs a lyrical grace and intimate tone as she seeks transcendence, even while acknowledging that not all wounds may heal. She explores personal concessions […]