Date: October 24, 2023
Elise Paschen’s poem “Wi’-gi-e” or “Prayer” from her 2009 book BESTIARY honors Anna Kyle Brown, who was thought to be the first victim of the Osage Reign of Terror. For […]
Date: October 24, 2023
Martin Scorsese’s latest film — “Killers of the Flower Moon” — documents the real-life tragedy that befell the Osage Nation in the early 20th century. After becoming rich after discovering oil […]
Date: October 18, 2023
Most of us, in some manner, dig into our lives with words. We want clarity, we want understanding. Words, as Adrienne Rich said, are maps. The process of discovery, in […]
Date: October 18, 2023
Several prizes are awarded annually for work printed in Poetry during the preceding year. Only poems already published in the magazine are eligible for consideration, and no formal application is necessary. The […]
Date: October 17, 2023
Gillian Gee at Berkeley Fiction Review has the wonderful opportunity to interview E.P. Tuazon, writer of the Pushcart Prize-nominated short story, “Professional Lola.” The interview covers topics ranging from representation […]
Date: October 11, 2023
On this week’s episode, Cindy Juyoung Ok speaks with poet, essayist, and translator Lena Khalaf Tuffaha about the life and work of the renowned Palestinian poet and writer Zakaria Mohammed. […]
Date: October 4, 2023
Welcome to the latest installment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary news, curated by the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival, […]
Date: September 27, 2023
Many thanks to Victoria Thomas for the recent feature on Red Hen’s history, mission, and future!
Date: September 19, 2023
Congratulations to Afaa M. Weaver on being the recipient of the 2023 Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens Award, recognizing mastery in Poetry! We are honored to have published Afaa’s […]
Date: September 18, 2023
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Susan Rich’s sixth poetry collection, Blue Atlas, which will be published by Red Hen Press in April. Click here to read the […]
Date: May 21, 2026
Fisk’s novel in verse offers a pastoral meditation on American frontier life that explores domesticity, self-discovery, and nature. Newlyweds and aspiring homesteaders Phoebe and Miles Imlay travel for 23 days […]
Date: May 14, 2026
Elise Paschen’s sixth book of poetry, Blood Wolf Moon, weaves together heritage, language and personal narrative into a deeply moving, thoughtful collection of poems. “I was/ born in the month […]
Date: May 5, 2026
William Archila’s first two collections The Art of Exile (Bilingual Review Press, 2009) and The Gravedigger’s Archaeology (Red Hen Press, 2015), each, in their own way, translate the U.S. immigrant experience through […]
Date: April 28, 2026
As we continue to live through a 24-hour news cycle that moves at breakneck speed from one international conflict to the next, the Iraq War can feel like a distant […]
Date: April 15, 2026
Khanh Ha’s The Afterlife of a Threadbare Jester is not a novel that seeks to comfort its reader. Instead, it draws you into a world stripped of illusion, where survival […]
Date: April 15, 2026
Molly Fisk takes up the challenge with, Walking Wheel, a narrative suite from the decorated California poet which functions as a novel-in-verse. Set in the frontier country of the California-Oregon […]
Date: April 14, 2026
At the beginning of Amy Pence’s debut novel, Yellow (Red Hen Press; 232 pages), 12-year-old Eliza makes a strikingly topical observation about the Watergate scandal blowing up in the summer […]
Date: April 7, 2026
Luke Goebel’s novel “Kill Dick” is both playful and grotesque. The story revolves around a series of brutal murders in Los Angeles motel rooms, the bodies desecrated, with nipples glued to eyelids, […]
Date: April 6, 2026
Ding dong, now Dick is dead. Imagine a novel written in the style of Vice magazine. That’s Kill Dick: every sentence strains to shock with its edginess or searing, cooler-than-you cultural critique. It […]
Date: April 2, 2026
In this galaxy, but in a time and at a conference now somewhat far away, I saw a very long line of women holding books, their faces bright with anticipation. […]
