Cai Emmons on fear, drugs, and her fatal diagnosis
Date: September 14, 2022
It suddenly occurred to me: I had taken a risk, invited an experience I was scared of, and I’d survived it. I could—and would—take such a risk again. And it […]
News & Reviews
News:
Cai Emmons reflects on humor and her fatal diagnosis in Today
Date: September 14, 2022
I imagine most people, like me, receive a fatal diagnosis with surprise. We all know intellectually that we will die, but no one really feels death as a certainty. We […]
Carlos Allende, Author of COFFEE, SHOPPING, MURDER, LOVE, Interviewed on LitHub First Draft Podcast by Mitzi Rapkin
Date: September 12, 2022
First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, […]
CAI EMMONS reflects on writing and silence in LitHub article
Date: September 12, 2022
“The question looms large: How does one assert oneself as a person, a woman, without a speaking voice, without sound waves commandeering attention?”
William Trowbridge, author of CALL ME FOOL, has three poems featured in the September issue of Plume!
Date: September 12, 2022
Steamboat Bill, Jr.,aka Buster Keaton, 1928 It’s good to see him young again,back from the booze, divorces, talkies,bit parts, and that sponging relative,age. He’s home again, in the cyclonescene, headed into […]
THE HEALING CIRCLE author Coco Picard talks mushrooms, “The Devil Wears Prada,” and capitalism in Daily Beast essay
Date: September 12, 2022
My Instagram feed is currently riddled with mushroom advertisements. A mushroom beverage exceeds coffee for focus and health benefits! Mushroom face serums provide youthful, plump-celled, and small-pored complexions! Another mushroom […]
Marybeth Holleman Discusses TENDER GRAVITY in Interview with Trustees for Alaska
Date: September 8, 2022
Marybeth Holleman’s first book of poetry, “tender gravity,” came out this month, and we’re excited to host an in person reading on Sept. 8 so she can share it with you. We […]
Marybeth Holleman Reads from TENDER GRAVITY for Alaska’s News Source
Date: September 8, 2022
Marybeth Holleman didn’t start out to be a poet, but she found her voice through the medium and is now celebrating her first collection of works called “tender gravity.” I […]
Charles Harper Webb Discusses URSULA LAKE on Fish Untamed Podcast
Date: September 8, 2022
Charles Harper Webb is a Professor of English at California State University, former psychotherapist, poet, and author. His recent book, Ursula Lake, is a dark and thrilling story about a […]
LIVID author Cai Emmons ponders the beauty of silence in LitHub essay
Date: September 7, 2022
At eight years old I began writing poetry. I loved the sounds of words, and I loved stringing them together, often nonsensically. I liked the solitude of writing, the secrecy, […]
Reviews:
Soapberry Review calls Madeleine Nakamura’s CURSEBREAKERS “Literal healing magic”!
Date: April 10, 2024
Cursebreakers is a powerful debut novel by fantasy writer Madeleine Nakamura. Set in a magic-filled world adjacent to our own, we follow professor of magic Adrien Desfourneaux as he works to uncover […]
Reema Rajbanshi’s SUGAR, SMOKE, SONG featured in a review from Publishers Weekly
Date: March 28, 2024
The nine linked stories in Rajbanshi’s sterling debut collection blend snapshots of immigrants from Africa, Asia, and South America in New York and California, as well as flashing back to […]
The Vinyl Press features review of Peter Ulrich’s DRUMMING WITH DEAD CAN DANCE
Date: March 28, 2024
I didn’t really get on to Dead Can Dance until “Into the Labyrinth,” their most popular LP that made the audiophile rounds here in the States. 4AD, their label, wasn’t […]
E.P. Tuazon’s A PROFESSIONAL LOLA on Kirkus Reviews
Date: March 12, 2024
Brightly evocative, clever, and sincere, Tuazon’s third work of fiction continues to chart a promising path forward. Click here to read more.
Booklist features review of Helen Benedict’s THE GOOD DEED!
Date: March 6, 2024
Benedict’s true-to-life novel resonates, particularly in the characters’ moments of fortitude in the face of brutal experiences of heartbreak and loss.
MAINCREST MEDIA Book Review of MacLeish Sq.
Date: February 29, 2024
MacLeish Sq. is a haunting and lyrical novel that blurs the boundaries between reality and illusion, present and past; Dennis Must explores the power of memory, guilt, and redemption in […]
Library Journal features review of Francesca Bell’s poetry collection, WHAT SMALL SOUND!
Date: February 28, 2024
Following 2019’s multi-award finalist Bright Stain, poet/translator Bell returns with a second collection focusing largely on women and the issues they face (many poems deal with abortion and rape), while […]
RHINO Magazine features review of Max Sessner’s WHOEVER DROWNED HERE, translated by Francesca Bell!
Date: February 28, 2024
Once upon a time many years ago I taught in Germany, not far from the Harz Mountains, haunt of the Brothers Grimm and Heinrich Heine. To my surprise my students […]
Bookworm for Kids blog recommends TREE SPIRITS (2nd Edition) by Louise Wannier!
Date: February 21, 2024
Today’s read… Tree Spirits by Louise Wannier Today’s read heads into the direction of creativity and imagination. It was presented to me as an unique, nonfiction read…and I’m expecting it […]
MomReadIt blog recommends Louise Wannier’s TREE SPIRITS (2nd Edition) as a “STEM Books to Explore”!
Date: February 21, 2024
I’m back with some new books to explore fun STEM concepts. I really miss having a Discovery Club at my library… maybe I’ll use these as a way to gauge […]