Episode 38: Anna V. Q. Ross (Of Self-Portraits, Foxes, and Leaving For Good)
Date: January 2, 2024
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News & Reviews
News:
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.
The 37 Best Books About Los Angeles Culture (and Beyond) Published In 2023
Date: January 2, 2024
Books change lives when they are read wholeheartedly and must be shared. This collection covers everything from L.A. noir to sci-fi to identity and poetry. Read, gift, and get inspired. […]
2023 Small Press Gift Guide
Date: December 12, 2023
BOMB looks back at the books from small and independent presses we featured in 2023 and helps you pair them with the idiosyncratic readers in your life. We’re grateful to […]
Francesca Bell Fearlessly Tackles the Unsettling in “What Small Sound” [INTERVIEW]
Date: December 12, 2023
Francesca Bell was raised in Washington and Idaho and settled as an adult in California. She did not complete middle school, high school, or college and holds no degrees. She […]
The Best Books We Read in 2023
Date: December 12, 2023
My picks are different than yours. Different than Jaylynn’s, than Tucker’s, than Joelene’s, than Andrea’s, than the New York Times. I love that about books. We couldn’t possibly read them all, […]
Reviews:
Cake Time receives STARRED REVIEW by Kirkus!
Date: January 24, 2017
CAKE TIME [STARRED REVIEW!] Author: Siel Ju Review Issue Date: February 1, 2017 Online Publish Date: January 23, 2017 Publisher:Red Hen Press Pages: 192 Price ( Paperback ): $15.95 Publication […]
Barrelhouse Reviews Sings Praises
Date: September 8, 2016
Barrelhouse says Rozema's essays are "humble, honest, insightful, and, like the best essays on any topic, but especially ones tinged with spirituality, they aren’t too sure about any one thing. […]
After the Dam review from Kirkus
Date: June 30, 2016
"Taut, beautifully written, and suspenseful, this resonant, feminist drama eschews easy answers. A page-turner of the highest caliber." Kirkus details the book's plot points, setting, and themes
Kirkus gives The Currawongs a Mighty review
Date: June 30, 2016
“Delightful. . . . A nimble and very funny collection of stories from a writer who clearly values the human condition in all its myriad forms.” Check out the observant […]
Isthmus sits down with Mark Rozema to talk about Road Trip
Date: June 23, 2016
Isthmus reviews Mark Rozema's Road Trip and applauds his ability to turn the world around us into a living, breathing setting which allows us to simply exist. "I found myself […]
Father, Child, Water by Gary Dop gets reviewed Poetry Magazine
Date: March 18, 2016
Recommended and briefly reviewed by Eduardo C. Corral in Poetry Magazine. The poems in Father, Child, Water by Gary Dop are funny, wicked, and poignant. These three qualities are visible […]
As It Ought to Be” raves about “River Electric With Light”!”
Date: March 16, 2016
The editor describes the book as "enigmatic, transversive, transformative," and so beautifully writes that there is "water–and the life water ensures–running through this book." Thanks for the wonderful words of […]
Dean Kostos: This is Not a Skyscraper
Date: February 16, 2016
"An interview with Dean Kostos about the power of pauses, structure, and zebra metaphors at Coney Island." The online magazine Guernica contucted an interview with author Dean Kostos as well […]
Fogged Clarity Reviews Dean Kostos’s Latest Collection of Poetry
Date: February 9, 2016
The Literary journal Fogged Clarity has beautifully reviewed Dean Kostos's latest collection of poetry This Is Not a Skyscaper. "Like New York itself, with its carefully plotted grid of streets […]
The Yellow Door” Celebrated by Nichi Bei!”
Date: January 20, 2016
"Journey through a post-war Japanese American landscape with Amy Uyematsu as she defines race, unpacks the family incarceration experience and discovers a confluence with Japanese culture in “The Yellow Door,” […]