The New York Times Obituary for Nahid Rachlin
Date: May 20, 2025
Thank you to the New York Times for a beautiful obituary for our dear Nahid Rachlin, who passed away on April 30, 2025. We’re honored to have been a part […]
News & Reviews
News:
The Millerton News Covers Nancy Kricorian’s Discussion of THE BURNING HEART OF THE WORLD
Date: May 20, 2025
On May 8, Nancy Kricorian discussed and read from her latest book, “The Burning Heart of the World” at Roeliff Jansen Community Library in Hillsdale, New York. Kricorian was interviewed […]
KTEP Public Media and Adela Najarro
Date: May 20, 2025
In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón welcomes back poet Adela Najarro to discuss her powerful new collection, Variations in Blue, published by Red Hen Press. With warmth, candor, and insight, Najarro […]
Mekong Review features Andrew Lam, author of STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF THE SEA
Date: May 14, 2025
Mekong Review has published a powerful profile of Andrew Lam in its latest issue. Written by Connla Stokes, this feature highlights Lam’s journey from fleeing Vietnam in 1975 to becoming […]
Author Interview with Nancy Kricorian on LibraryThing
Date: May 13, 2025
LibraryThing is pleased to sit down this month with novelist Nancy Kricorian, whose work explores the experiences of the post-genocide Armenian diaspora. Her debut novel, Zabelle, published in 1998, has been translated […]
Publishers Weekly highlights THE BURNING HEART OF THE WORLD by Nancy Kricorian
Date: May 7, 2025
The Burning Heart of the World by Nancy Kricorian is featured in Publishers Weekly. The reviewer highlights this work as a “an impactful story of trauma”.
Poets House features Elise Paschen, author of BLOOD WOLF MOON
Date: May 7, 2025
In a recent interview with Poets House, Elise Paschen reflects on the themes behind her collection Blood Wolf Moon, including Osage heritage, family legacy, dreams, and memory. She also shares […]
HeartWood Literary Magazine features Gaylord Brewer, author of BEFORE THE STORM TAKES IT AWAY
Date: May 6, 2025
In a recent interview with Heartwood Literary Magazine, Gaylord Brewer discusses his writing process, the interplay between poetry, fiction, and visual art, and the themes that continue to shape his […]
Audiobook of THE SEA GIVES UP THE DEAD by Molly Olguín is released
Date: May 6, 2025
We are pleased to announce that the audiobook edition of The Sea Gives Up the Dead by Molly Olguín is now available, highlighted by RBmedia in “April 2025 Audiobook Releases”. […]
BLOOD WOLF MOON, by Elise Paschen, is #3 on the Oklahoma Bestseller List!
Date: May 1, 2025
This week’s Oklahoma best sellers are based on total number of sales at Tulsa’s Magic City Books, Best of Books in Edmond, Brace Books in Ponca City, and Full Circle Bookstore […]
Reviews:
Ariel Dorfman reviews Doors: A Fiction for Jazz Horn
Date: April 13, 2009
Deena Metzger Doors: A Fiction for Jazz Horn. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $18.95 (296p) ISBN 1-888996-99-4In this heartbreaking, heart-making novel, Deena Metzger dares to ask, to truly ask, the question […]
Kwame Dawes reviews Dog Woman
Date: April 13, 2009
Chris Abani Dog Woman. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $14.95 (112p) ISBN 1-888996-82-XThese poems reveal a prodigious imagination, which is enlivened by sardonic wit and an inexhaustible capacity for irony and […]
Pleiades reviews Devilfish
Date: April 13, 2009
Gaylord Brewer Devilfish. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $12.95 (104p) ISBN 1-888996-15-3A devilfish is one of the large rays, cousin to the manta ray and the sting ray. It is an […]
Sharon Doubiago reviews Deconstruction of the Blues
Date: April 13, 2009
Richard Silberg Deconstruction of the Blues. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $15.95 (104p) ISBN 1-59709-051-4Brilliant. "Writing About Writing." And death. And existence. The mystery of self and others, the connections between […]
Booklist reviews Death of a Circus
Date: April 13, 2009
Chandra Prasad Death of a Circus. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $18.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-59709-024-7What city-weary soul hasn’t thought of running away to join the circus? That’s the dream of Lor […]
David St. John reviews Daphne’s Lot
Date: April 13, 2009
Chris Abani Daphne’s Lot. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $18.95 (112p) ISBN 1-888996-62-5Chris Abani’s DAPHNE’S LOT is an absolute tour de force! The title poem is an exceptionally poignant novella in […]
Ishmael Reed reviews The Dancer and the Dance
Date: April 13, 2009
Jack Foley The Dancer and the Dance. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $19.95 (280p) ISBN 978-1-59709-094-0I think that many critics are into duplication, willing to accept, meekly, any orthodoxy. Jack Foley […]
Debra Kang Dean reviews Cooling Board: A Long Playing Poem
Date: April 13, 2009
Mitchell Douglas Cooling Board: A Long Playing Poem. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $19.95 (112p) ISBN 978-1-59709-140-4Cooling Board, Mitchell Douglas' debut collection, is a labor of love and gives expression to […]
Chalmers Johnson reviews Common Sense for the Twenty-First Century
Date: April 13, 2009
Common Sense for the Twenty-First Century Blase Bonpane. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $16.95 (272p) ISBN 1-888996-56-0Your new book is an absolute jewel. The commentaries on everything from Haiti to Falluja […]
Small Press Bookwatch reviews The Common Fire
Date: April 13, 2009
The Common Fire Shelley Savren. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $12.95 (88p) ISBN 978-1-888996-96-8Winner of the 1994 John David Johnson Memorial Poetry Award, Shelley Savren is the recipient of nine California […]