Date: June 16, 2021
Throughout his political career, Joe Biden has frequently invoked his favorite poet, Seamus Heaney. Accepting the Democratic nomination for president, Biden quoted Heaney’s “The Cure at Troy,” an adaptation of […]
Date: June 14, 2021
It was difficult not being able to rely on something, really two things—writing and reading—that I have relied on my whole life as escapes and stress-reducers. Read more here!
Date: June 14, 2021
Managing Editor of Red Hen Press Dr. Kate Gale interviews Amanda Montell, author of Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism in this in-depth interview on LitHub!
Date: June 9, 2021
I broke every window.The year I stole every library book. The year I lived below the El, always the hum, running through and by of people who desired to be arrived. Read the […]
Date: June 9, 2021
I’m falling apart all over the place in a hotel room in some godawful state that’s one-third of the way between Denver and Washington, D.C. I hopped in my car […]
Date: June 7, 2021
Prieto, whose micro-fiction was published in The Masters Review in 2016, debuts with this haunting novella, the winner of 2019 Red Hen Press Novella Award, in which environmental catastrophe has driven four […]
Date: June 2, 2021
Date: June 2, 2021
On the publication day of Eruptions of Inanna, learn more about the thinking and process behind author Judy Grahn‘s queer reclamation of these ancient myths, as well as Grahn’s long and storied […]
Date: June 1, 2021
Sadie Hoagland and Maria Kuznetsova first met in 2008, when they were studying fiction writing at UC Davis under Yiyun Li, Lucy Corin, Lynn Freed, and Pam Houston. Each has a second book […]
Date: June 1, 2021
A few years ago, a young woman was murdered on the campus of my hometown’s university, the same campus where I received my doctorate. It made national news, so even though I […]
Date: August 15, 2023
CURSEBREAKERS by Madeleine Nakamura is a novel as electric as the lightning-bolt magic its protagonist wields, filled with curses, destruction, and piercing heartache. Sometimes vicious and violent; all times spectacular […]
Date: August 15, 2023
“A remarkable work that is both a poignant story of queer coming-of-age and a breathtaking history of modern Russia.”
Date: August 10, 2023
“Poems like these are as two-sided as Vuong’s title instrument: a zither plucked and plucked, played upon and snatched away. For every touch of warmth and musicality, she admits something […]
Date: August 8, 2023
“Nakamura’s treatment is nuanced and thoughtful, avoiding a veritable minefield of harmful stereotypes to deliver genuine characters with heart…A tightly plotted conspiracy novel that blends seamlessly with its superbly developed […]
Date: July 27, 2023
“…the intimate representation of bipolar disease and addiction, the normalization of queer characters, and the nuanced depiction of aromantic male-female friendship make this an exciting read.” The full review will […]
Date: July 27, 2023
You Were Watching from the Sand The debut short story collection by Haitian-born, South Florida-raised, Harvard graduate Juliana Lamy, vividly portrays adolescent life and dreams in Miami’s Haitian community. Gritty, […]
Date: July 13, 2023
Synopsis: On the eve of Earth’s collapse, young Marisol Blaise is taken to live on an underwater ‘mersation’ known as Aqueous with parents not her own. There, she must compete […]
Date: July 12, 2023
Translator Bell offers a long-overdue introduction of German poet Sessner to English-speaking readers…Over the course of this collection, Sessner’s inclination toward enjambment and sparse use of stanzas encourage readers to […]
Date: July 10, 2023
This debut collection by Fairbanks poet and musician Warren presents the reality of living as a nonbinary person, with poems responding to childhood confusions, to societal pressures and cruelties, and […]
Date: July 6, 2023
Reality shifts and reforms in disquieting and disorientating ways in MacLeish Sq., the latest novel by Dennis Must, as the unlikely hero recognizes that he has reached the final phase of […]
