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:
Green Mountains Review loves Put This On, Please!
Date: March 24, 2015
Recently, Gary Dop, writing for the Green Mountains Review, reviewed William Trowbridge's poetry collection Put This On, Please, and had high praise for the book's balance of the serious and […]
Masters Review loves Chris Tarry!
Date: March 17, 2015
Recently, Kim Winternheimer, writing for Masters Review, published a review of Chris Tarry's new story collection How To Carry Bigfoot Home, and she sang Chris' praises. “Tarry’s work is lighthearted, […]
Prism Magazine lauds What Does A House Want?
Date: March 17, 2015
Last month, Connie T. Braun, writing for Prism Magazine, published a review of Gary Geddes' poetry collection, What Does A House Want?: Selected Poems, and perfectly captured Gary's briliance. “This […]
Pop City Media explores the essence of Celeste Gainey’s the GAFFER
Date: March 4, 2015
"Gainey’s first full-length poetry collection, the GAFFER, combines reflections on her lighting career with childhood memories and gender bending to illuminate the emergence of a female gaffer in the 1970s… […]
Colorado Poets Center picks David Mason’s brain
Date: March 3, 2015
Recently, the Colorado Poets Center published the Winter 2015 issue of their publication, The Colorado Poet, featuring an interview with David Mason, Red Hen author of Ludlow and Sea Salt, […]
Ellen Meeropol talks shop on Necessary Fiction!
Date: March 2, 2015
Last week, Ellen Meeropol posted an essay on Necessary Fiction detailing the fascinating process of the research she did while writing her new novel On Hurricane Island, from learning the […]
Northeast Public Radio interviews Ellen Meeropol!
Date: March 2, 2015
Recently, Joe Donahue of Northeast Public Radio interviewed Ellen Meeropol about her new novel, On Hurricane Island. Give it a listen
The Recorder is enthralled by On Hurricane Island!
Date: March 2, 2015
Last week, Tinky Weisblat, writing for The Recorder, wrote a review of Ellen Meeropol's On Hurricane Island, praising Ellen's ability to combine a critique of modern society with a great […]
World Literature Today can’t get enough of Ruin!
Date: March 2, 2015
Recently, Melissa Aadmo, writing for World Literature Today, published a review of Adrianne Kalfopoulou's Ruin: Essays in Exilic Living, praising the "sharp, lyrical" style of Adrianne's writing and singing her […]
World Literature Today loves The Meaning of Names’ timeless message!
Date: February 27, 2015
Recently, Biljana D. Obradović, writing for World Literature today, reviewed Karen Shoemaker's novel, The Meaning of Names, and had great things to say about what the book can teach its […]