An interview with Khalisa Rae is up on The Poetry Question!
Date: April 22, 2021
Khalisa Rae is one of those electrifying speakers you hear about. There’s just something riveting about her work on and off the page. Read it here!
News & Reviews
News:
South Pasadena High School Drama Students Read Poet Ron Koertge’s Crowdsourced Poem!
Date: April 22, 2021
To celebrate National Poetry Month, South Pasadena residents of all ages contributed to a crowdsourced community poem, which City of South Pasadena Poet Laureate Ron Koertge wove together into one […]
Khalisa Rae featured on Lit Hub!
Date: April 21, 2021
The Southern writing tradition has always been the fertile ground for fire. Dry weeds exist, yet the soil is rich. For me, the South is a living, breathing thing: a […]
Elise Paschen, author of THE NIGHTLIFE, interviewed on Indian Country Today
Date: April 21, 2021
The Tree Agreement For National Poetry Month listen to Osage poet Elise Paschen read one her incredible poems. Watch the interview here!
Four Red Hen poets with new books out this month featured on Mercurius Magazine!
Date: April 21, 2021
Happy National Poetry Month from Red Hen Press! Our next collaboration with Mercurius Magazine features four poems from collections published by Red Hen this April. Read the poems here!
Q&A from UC Davis with Sadie Hoagland, upcoming author of STRANGE CHILDREN!
Date: April 20, 2021
Examining Beliefs by Jocelyn Anderson | Apr 19, 2021 | Alumni Authors, Culture In her debut novel, Sadie Hoagland, M.A. ’09, tells a fictional story of faith, cruelty and redemption through eight adolescent narrators. Strange Children (Red […]
Sadie Hoagland’s “Best Books Narrated by Ghosts” snippet.
Date: April 20, 2021
The Books I Picked & Why Written by Sadie Hoagland Beloved By Toni Morrison Why this book? I cannot talk about ghosts in books with pausing to give homage to […]
Jennifer Risher, author of WE NEED TO TALK, is featured on Rational Reminder podcast!
Date: April 19, 2021
Jennifer Risher is the author of “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth” which tells her story and explores the impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of […]
MOON JAR author Didi Jackson’s “Bobolink” featured in Poem-a-Day!
Date: April 19, 2021
Read the poem here!
Khalisa Rae featured in The Chronicle!
Date: April 19, 2021
On April 17 at the Hayti Heritage Center, seven slam poets competed for a coveted spot on the 2021 Bull City Slam Team. These poets are a part of the […]
Reviews:
Lit Reactor loves Sex World!
Date: October 15, 2014
Brian McGackin, writing for Lit Reactor, recently reviewed Ron Koertge's new flash fiction collection, Sex World, and had nothing but praise for the book: "I've enjoyed a lot of books […]
The Bellingham Herald Praises If Not For This
Date: October 9, 2014
Barbara Lloyd McMichael of The Bellingham Herald had great things to say about Pete Fromm's latest novel. She praised the strong, heroic characters that he wrote, and had this to […]
The American Book Review Praises Andrea Scarpino’s Once, Then
Date: October 8, 2014
In its May/June 2014 issue, the American Book review had some great things to say about Andrea Scarpino's new poetry collection, Once, Then. "In the book, Scarpino investigates that liminal […]
Bookczuk Praises Ellen Meeropol’s On Hurricane Island
Date: October 8, 2014
Bookczuk gave a great review of Ellen Meeropol's On Hurricane Island, which will be released next Spring. The reviewer applauds Ellen's ability to induce a reader's self-examination through the text: […]
Monologging Reviews Interrobang!
Date: October 8, 2014
Kendra Bartell has given a wonderful review on Jessica Piazza's Interrobang in Monologging. She mentions how Jessica is able to use traditional poetic form and still be accessible to a […]
Shelf Awareness Loves Sex World
Date: October 8, 2014
Nancy Powell from Shelf Awareness praises Ron Koertge's Sex World in a recent review: "Sex World will simultaneously shock, tickle the funny bone, provoke grief and inspire hope with some […]
Missoula Independent Applauds Pete Fromm’s If Not For This
Date: September 12, 2014
Jo Deurbrouck, from the Missoula Independent, gives If Not For This a wonderful review. In the piece, she commends Fromm on his technique of showing the strength of his characters, […]
Michelle Newby Praises Amy Schutzer’s Spheres of Disturbance
Date: September 12, 2014
In a recent review from Monkeybicycle, Michelle Newby applauds Amy Schutzer's new novel and her ability to pull readers into the world she creates within the text: "As for Spheres […]
Joy Horowitz reviews Andrew Lam’s Birds of Paradise Lost
Date: September 3, 2014
Joy Horowitz, of the Los Angeles Review of Books, praises Lam's collection of short stories in its ability to elucidate the struggles of Vietnamese immigrants. "'HOW DIFFICULT IS IT,’” Andrew […]
The SunBreak raves about Elissa Washuta!
Date: August 13, 2014
In a recent review, Chris Burlingame, writing for The SunBreak heaped praise upon Elissa Washuta's "unforgettable" book, My Body Is a Book of Rules. "It feels like you’re learning about […]