New poem from PACIFIC LIGHT author David Mason in TLS!
Date: August 1, 2022
Pacific Light author David Mason has a new poem, “Windward,” in TLS.
News & Reviews
News:
PACIFIC LIGHT author David Mason published two poems in The Hudson Review!
Date: August 1, 2022
Poet David Mason, author of Pacific Light, published “Shipmates” and “An Ancient Story” in The Hudson Review.
Thea Prieto’s FROM THE CAVES is the silver winner in the 2021 INDIES Book of the Year Awards for literary fiction!
Date: August 1, 2022
Portland Community College creative writing and composition instructor Thea Prieto published her debut novella “From the Caves” in 2021 and is quickly gaining recognition for her writing prowess.
Anna V.Q. Ross has two poems featured in the Kenyon Review!
Date: July 21, 2022
Flutter, Kick comes out this November.
Kim Dower Interviewed on ‘Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books’!
Date: July 21, 2022
Poet and publicist Kim Dower joins Zibby to discuss her fifth book of poems, I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom, which helped her grapple with her mother’s dementia and […]
PACIFIC LIGHT’S David Mason Featured in The Woven Tale Press’s Latest Issue!
Date: July 12, 2022
Yuvi Zalkow Interviewed by Wendy J. Fox on Bomb Magazine!
Date: June 29, 2022
Yuvi Zalkow is an occasional YouTuber, a full-time tech writer, and the author of two books of fiction, A Brilliant Novel in the Works and the recently released I Only Cry With Emoticons (Red Hen […]
THE PLAYWRIGHT’S HOUSE and I WAS A BELL Finalists in the 2022 International Latino Book Awards!
Date: June 27, 2022
Congratulations to Dariel Suarez, author of The Playwright’s House, and M. Soledad Caballero, author of I Was a Bell, for becoming finalists in the International Latino Book Awards for Best […]
AMERICAN QUASAR and A CAMERA OBSCURA Honorable Mentions in International Latino Book Awards!
Date: June 27, 2022
Congratulations to David Campos and Maceo Montoya, poet and artist of American Quasar, and Carl Marcum, author of A Camera Obscura, for receiving Honorable Mentions at the 2022 International Latino […]
I ONLY CRY WITH EMOTICONS’ Yuvi Zalkow Featured On Catapult Magazine!
Date: June 27, 2022
How do you build a creative practice around chronic pain? It’s one of those writing nights where I am able to sneak away from family responsibilities to work on my […]
Reviews:
Andrew Lam’s STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF THE SEA reviewed in The Common
Date: December 17, 2025
…In his latest collection Stories from the Edge of the Sea, Andrew Lam delivers work far beyond that narrow definition of the form. The settings are complex. Even a five-page […]
Adela Najarro’s VARIATIONS IN BLUE reviewed in Escape Into Life
Date: December 17, 2025
…Dr. Adela Najarro’s fifth book of poetry, Variations in Blue, is bright blue, black and blue, with dark reaching light. This bicultural-bilingual author “stands on the edge of volcanoes” to […]
Louise Wannier’s TREE SPIRITS AROUND THE WORLD reviewed in She Scribes
Date: November 4, 2025
This book encourages children to use their imagination. Throughout the book there are photos that encourage readers to really examine and appreciate. Just like cloud watching, you’ll eventually see something […]
TREE SPIRITS AROUND THE WORLD by Louise Wannier reviewed in Crafty Moms Share
Date: October 14, 2025
This book is so interesting. After meeting Tilly, Tilly travels around the world and shares trees from around the world. With each tree there is Tilly in a boat with […]
Booklist reviews TIMBER & LUA by Vi Khi Nào and Lily Hoàng
Date: October 8, 2025
Award-winning interdisciplinary writers Hoàng and Nào provocatively interrogate language,comprehension, and communication in a global world. Their collaborative result is a polyglotshowcase that combines English, Vietnamese, and a hybrid Vietlish to […]
BIND ME TIGHTER STILL by Lara Ehrlich reviewed in PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Date: October 7, 2025
With nods to “The Little Mermaid,” Ehrlich’s lovely sophomore outing (after Animal Wife) again probes themes of womanhood and monstrosity. Ceto, a siren and hunter of men, yearns to break the […]
Midwest Book Review places Jade Shyback’s AQUEOUS on their September 2025 Bookshelf
Date: September 30, 2025
This is the debut novel written by author Jade Shyback. I believe this is the first book in the new young adult series. While the focus may be young adult, […]
A Review of Alison Hawthorne Deming: To Make the Broken Whole
Date: September 18, 2025
I finished Alison Hawthorne Deming’s latest poetry collection, Blue Flax and Yellow Mustard Flower, and sat quietly absorbing it, stunned by its power. Deming is a writer whose work in […]
TIMBER & LUA by Vi Khi Nào and Lily Hoàng reviewed in Publishers Weekly
Date: September 16, 2025
Nào (The Six Tons of Water) and Hoàng (Underneath) join forces for a lyrical bilingual story collection. Each tale is presented three times, first in a combination of English and […]
“Nimbly probes the corporeal, familial, and flighted,” West Trade Review on M. Soledad Caballero’s FLIGHT PLAN
Date: September 9, 2025
M. Soledad Caballero’s Flight Plan spans geographies both physical and psychological—from cells to continents, from quotidian to unusual, from grounded to soaring. Intertwining seemingly dissimilar topical threads that include cancer, a […]