The Poetry Foundation featured a poem from Dolores Hayden’s EXUBERANCE!
Date: June 1, 2021
Focus on the shapes. Cirrus, a curl,stratus, a layer, cumulus, a heap. Humilis, a small cloud,cumulus humilis, a fine day to fly.
Date: June 1, 2021
Focus on the shapes. Cirrus, a curl,stratus, a layer, cumulus, a heap. Humilis, a small cloud,cumulus humilis, a fine day to fly.
Date: June 1, 2021
MIDCOAST — On Sunday, June 13, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., inaugural poet Richard Blanco will appear on ThePoetsCorner.org in conversation with fellow poets Tess Taylor and Rick Barot, brought to the public […]
Date: May 24, 2021
Pigs by Johanna Stoberock (2019) 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 […]
Date: May 24, 2021
Greenfield, MA – Set in an unspecified re-purposed building in a small Western Massachusetts town, Northampton author and playwright Ellen Meeropol’s GRIDLOCK tackles issues of climate change and radical activism as two sisters […]
Date: May 20, 2021
Wealth surprised me. Having a lot of money doesn’t look or feel like what Hollywood sells us. It can be isolating… And of course, it might be hard to imagine […]
Date: May 20, 2021
May 20, 2021 Red Hen Press is honored to be a recipient of an LA Arts Recovery Fund Grant! As one of 90 nonprofits receiving grants, we are excited to […]
Date: May 19, 2021
While the ultra-rich don’t ever have to worry about affording their needs (or wants), they may suffer from some big problems related to being wealthy. As guest Jennifer Risher explains, it can […]
Date: May 19, 2021
Author I draw inspiration from: Toni Morrison. I’ve always loved her work, but watching the documentary about her and realizing that she wrote many of her books while working fulltime […]
Date: May 19, 2021
First things first. I’m a true crime junkie. I’m also a fiction writer. And while I do have dreams of pursuing a true crime project, maybe even solving a cold […]
Date: May 19, 2021
When that first baby died inside me and I had to give birth to its rabbit corpse anyhow, I tell you it warn’t the only thing that died inside me. […]
Date: July 30, 2011
It is rare to encounter a first book of poems as clear-eyed and accomplished as Jim Tilleys In Confidence. The press of everyday experience informs these deceptively calm poems, rippling […]
Date: May 9, 2011
Ship of … uh, what? This, after pipsqueak predecessors like, say, Shakespeare, Milton, Blake, Byron, Twain, and even a financial website called The Motley Fool? Readers love poets who run […]
Date: May 7, 2011
In his review of The Incognito Body, Gary Hawkins says Cynthia Hogue's poems "radiate with profound insight." American Book Review 28:6 (September/October 2007).
Date: March 9, 2011
Cris Mazza discusses the craft of building a collection with The Short Review!TSR: DID YOU HAVE A COLLECTION IN MIND WHEN YOU WERE WRITING THEM?CM: Trickle-Down Timeline (Red Hen Press […]
Date: March 9, 2011
Atlanta Magazine has a short but sweet review on Atlanta native Summer Brenner's My Life in Clothes!"Summer Brenner’s graceful slip of a story collection is more like a novel in […]
Date: February 21, 2011
The Portland Press Herald posted a generous review of Ellen's novel, House Arrest. "Her debut novel, "House Arrest," is a smart, edgy page-turner with characters who get under our skin."To […]
Date: February 8, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011Ellen MeeropolEllen Meeropol holds an MFA in creative writing from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. Her stories have appeared in The Drum, Bridges, […]
Date: February 8, 2011
Fiction from Emotional Fact: HOUSE ARRESTby Randy Susan MeyersFebruary 6, 2011, 11:48 amHOUSE ARREST by Ellen MeeropolA parent’s tragedy will always influence the life of their children—often to an overwhelming […]
Date: February 3, 2011
Orlando White Explores Navajo Identity Through Language in Innovative “Bone Light”The first book of poetry by Orlando White offers unexpected innovations.By Alex Young, Guest Writer, 1-28-11 Bone Lightby Orlando WhiteRed […]
Date: February 3, 2011
Bitten by the writing bugSunday, January 30, 2011By RITA MARKSThis week's release of Ellen Meeropol's debut novel, "House Arrest," marks a major milestone in her career as a writer. Most […]