Date: April 9, 2024
On the occasion of the book launch for Ulrich Jesse K Baer’s Deer Black Out, join us for a philosophical and ufological reading and trans-genre dialogue with Ulrich Jesse K Baer and […]
Date: April 9, 2024
Congratulations to this week’s featured poet at Yetzirah: a hearth for Jewish poetry, Susan Rich, on the recent publication of BLUE ATLAS (Red Hen Press). Diane Seuss writes that this […]
Date: April 9, 2024
Susan Rich sat down with Crab Creek Review to discuss her latest book Blue Atlas, the themes of the book, and her writing in general. Blue Atlas is a lyrical abortion […]
Date: April 8, 2024
There is a huge market for books outside the United States, so how can U.S. publishers break into the international market, and how do publishers know which markets are a […]
Date: April 8, 2024
“Every refugee’s story opens in horror, passes through betrayal, and ends in a question.” This sentence, spoken by a protagonist in my new novel, The Good Deed, came to me […]
Date: April 8, 2024
A MIGHTY BLAZE vision: “a book may seem like a small candle in a dark time, but when you put many books together, they make a mighty blaze to light […]
Date: April 8, 2024
Looking for a direct line to your character’s innermost thoughts? In our world of digital noise, it can be overwhelming all the time, never mind when you need a quiet […]
Date: April 3, 2024
The following is from Helen Benedict’s The Good Deed. Benedict is a British-American writer whose most recent work is about war and refugees. Her war novels received citations as best book […]
Date: April 2, 2024
Helen Benedict’s new novel, The Good Deed, follows four refugee women whose lives suddenly collide with an American tourist’s on the Greek island of Samos after she rescues a drowning […]
Date: March 28, 2024
This 38-minute interview features some of Edward’s poems from her upcoming collection, and dives into the meaning behind them. Listen to the insightful segment below.
Date: March 24, 2026
“COLD FIRE is a revitalizing collection that burns off the dross from our tired, worn-out concepts of the world, restoring for us its inherent mystery and splendor.”
Date: March 24, 2026
“Flush with sensory details, the sprawling, immersive prose includes both extensive information on how a lifeguard wears her swimsuit and evocative active images.”
Date: March 24, 2026
“It’s a memorable poem [IGUANA DREAMS], as are many in VARIATIONS IN BLUE, Najarro’s fifth book. She is, I think, still early in her career, one that will, I hope, […]
Date: March 16, 2026
In Ha’s historical novel, a former intelligence officer’s imprisonment in a communist reeducation camp serves as a lens for examining the Vietnam War and its lasting impact. It’s 1978, and […]
Date: March 12, 2026
The author lost her sister at the end of 2019; soon after, the world went into lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, compounding Rikkers’ already overwhelming loss with a sense […]
Date: March 12, 2026
At the heart of Adrianne Kalfopoulou’s The re in refuge is the experience of crossing borders—primarily international, cultural, and linguistic but also erotic, psychological, and intellectual, among others. A Greek […]
Date: March 3, 2026
Each line is a steady and reassuring four beats in length, filled with words that help move the story along.
Date: February 18, 2026
Full review to come March 1! “The characters’ journeys are candid and vulnerable, rendering a pertinent, rich portrait of displaced lives reshaped by conflict and its enduring consequences.” —Booklist
Date: February 11, 2026
Mysticism and science merge in the story of a Louisiana artist. Pence tells her story in language on the border between poetic and precious.
Date: February 3, 2026
This week’s Thirst Quencher doesn’t tiptoe, it kicks the door in. Kill Dick by Luke Goebel is dark, unsettling, and unexpectedly funny, driven by characters and ideas that refuse to […]
