Date: June 21, 2022
An interview with 2019 Quill Prose Prize winner, Carlos Allende, about his novel, Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love (Red Hen Press). This week’s Write the Book Prompt was generously suggested by my guest Carlos Allende. Create a […]
Date: June 17, 2022
This grim, weirdo allegory—a little Lord of the Flies, a little Animal Farm—sets us down on a dystopian island inhabited by pigs that eat the world’s refuse: toasters, radioactive waste, toenail clippings. […]
Date: June 16, 2022
Date: June 16, 2022
Arts + CultureArtThis community-minded Bay platform is giving Black creatives tools…ARTS + CULTUREARTCULTURE This community-minded Bay platform is giving Black creatives tools to thrive Artist as First Responder links food […]
Date: June 15, 2022
Books are strong containers that use captivating plots and writing styles to let us feel all kinds of emotions, from horror stories that send chills down our spines to romance […]
Date: June 13, 2022
For book lovers, there’s nothing much better than summer days spent reading, especially if it’s alongside friends who are up for a book club discussion. And while there are numerous […]
Date: June 9, 2022
After AllAnna V.Q. Ross Even when the garlic crop is good,something else is always dying— the peas withering in the afternoon we hopedfor rain instead of watering, the tomatoes
Date: June 9, 2022
Yuvi Zalkow’s I Only Cry with Emoticons is a clever and funny satire about how personal technology affects modern life. Monica Drake wrote of the book: “A sly, forthright comedy about the […]
Date: June 6, 2022
I had two reasons for enrolling in Pitzer College in 1978: to finally complete my B.A. and to study with poet Bert Meyers, whose poetry had knocked me off my […]
Date: June 6, 2022
Disengaged…a story about my relationship to computers and the internet and social media, and also about my own insecurities with who I am.
Date: April 6, 2017
Of Palestinian, Jordanian, and Syrian heritage, Tuffaha offers a beautifully crafted debut that uses clear, observant language to explore the immigrant experience and the burdens of ongoing war. As she […]
Date: April 6, 2017
Winner of the Feminist Wires inaugural poetry contest, ford debuts with a fiery collection that uses language both evocatively rich and colloquially sharp and sly to capture the African American […]
Date: April 3, 2017
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh praises Verónica Reyes for her collection of poetry. "Verónica Reyes charges her lines—nearly every single one—with the sharp electricity of her East L.A. tongue. It’s […]
Date: April 3, 2017
"All good stories turn on conflict, but there is a plethora of discord and tension in ?Kinship of Clover.? At times, it almost overwhelms the story, requiring attentive reading so […]
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 […]
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. […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
