THE WILDERNESS author Maurya Simon wrote for Literary Matters!
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 […]
News & Reviews
News:
I ONLY CRY WITH EMOTICONS author Yuvi Zalkow published a new essay!
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.
Carlos Allende’s COFFEE, SHOPPING, MURDER, LOVE included in Lambda Literary’s “June’s Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature”!
Date: June 6, 2022
The first Pride was a riot and this June, our fight persists. This month, we hope you’ll say gay (bi, lesbian, ace, trans, nonbinary, and more) and we’ve got some […]
Allison Joseph’s LEXICON Wins Poetry by the Sea Best Book of the Year Award!
Date: June 6, 2022
The judge’s remarks: Ned Balbo had this to say about his choice: I’m delighted to select Allison Joseph’s Lexicon as winner of Poetry by the Sea’s Best Book of 2021 […]
Kate Gale Interviewed for VoyageLA!
Date: June 6, 2022
Today we’d like to introduce you to Kate Gale. Hi Kate, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with […]
Adam Kirsch talks ‘Dead Poets Society’ and Artistic Expression for the Jewish Book Council!
Date: June 1, 2022
“The first critical essay I ever wrote was about the movie Dead Poets Society, which came out when I was fourteen. I wasn’t yet writing poetry myself, and I didn’t have any theories about why […]
David Mason, author of PACIFIC LIGHT, wrote for LARB!
Date: June 1, 2022
A society is only as healthy as its teachers. Ours, you might say, is in trouble, partly because our teachers often feel underappreciated and unseen. Yet most of us can […]
“Mosaic in Pompeii” by Diane Thiel featured in Verse Daily!
Date: June 1, 2022
Today’s poem is by Diane Thiel “A misunderstanding of a fresco,a figure with papyrus on the east wall.Someone assumed wrong two centuries ago,but the name remained—the House of the Tragic Poet.
URSULA LAKE author Charles Harper Webb interviewed by Poet Runner!
Date: June 1, 2022
Charles Harper Webb, author of Ursula Lake, talks to the podcast, “Poet Runner.”
Author of SUBDUCTION Kristen Millares Young Interviewed on Bomb Magazine!
Date: June 1, 2022
I met Kristen Millares Young at Fort Worden, an Indigenous gathering place taken by the federal government, which installed concrete bunkers in the cliffs overlooking Salish Sea. Decommissioned for military […]
Reviews:
Far Afield
Date: December 3, 2010
http://community.livejournal.com/asianamlitfans/85138.html
Los Angeles Times Review for Kim Dower’s Air Kissing on Mars
Date: November 16, 2010
"Sensual and evocative, these poems traverse the chaos of everyday life with a light touch that can turn ironic and edgy without you even noticing it. Some are lyrical snapshots […]
Oregonian Review for Kim Dower’s Air Kissing on Mars
Date: November 16, 2010
"Air Kissing on Mars," is a collection that showcases Dower's funny, accessible, sneaky-profound poetry. She's more Billy Collins than John Ashbery and has some of the same sharp Southern California […]
Janice Eidus Review
Date: November 15, 2010
Check out this great review for Janice's newest book!
The Neglected Art and the Young American Poets
Date: November 11, 2010
The Neglected Art and the Young American PoetsJohn CotterA Gringo Like Me by Jennifer L. Knox Soft Skull Press, 2005, 95p, $13.95Lamp of the Body by Maggie Smith Red Hen […]
Texas Review Covers Dennis Must
Date: October 29, 2010
THE TEXAS REVIEW, Volume 30, Numbers 3&4, Fall Winter 2009Dennis Must's second story collection is stunning in its complexity, its variety, and its original, forceful treatment of universal themes. These […]
Island
Date: October 26, 2010
Island, by Jeanette Clough. Los Angeles, CA: Red Hen Press, 2007. Reviewed by Patricia Crane in Poetry International (2010, vol. 15 – 16), pp 399-400.If the physical world is the […]
Review from Cerise Press
Date: September 2, 2010
http://www.cerisepress.com/02/04/a-moral-education-give-eat-and-live-poems-of-avvaiyar
Cortland Review of NO OTHER PARADISE
Date: August 9, 2010
http://www.cortlandreview.com/issue/48/index.html?ref=home
Living With Pain: Cynthia Hogue uses poetry to chronicle her dealing with arthritis””
Date: May 5, 2010