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 […]
News & Reviews
News:
GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT on list of “Best Southern Books of April 2021”
Date: April 19, 2021
There are so many wonderful books coming out this month we just want to rave about them all! Since April is National Poetry Month, we included three poetry collections by […]
GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT (Khalisa Rae) listed on Poetry Daily!
Date: April 19, 2021
Wondering what new books have just been published? We seriously consider every book we receive, and we feature poems from many of the best and most interesting collections among them, but […]
Allison Joseph and William Archila featured on LA Times Festival of Books Poetry Stage!
Date: April 19, 2021
Please enjoy these readings on our first ever virtual poetry “stage” produced in partnership with Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center. Be sure to scroll through the entire page, as there are several […]
THE GRAVEDIGGER’S ARCHEOLOGY poet, William Archila, featured in the LA Times!
Date: April 15, 2021
At dozens of cafes, libraries and bookstores — even a garage in Bell — Southern California teemed with poetry readings and open mike nights before COVID-19 took hold of the world. Some […]
Thea Prieto (FROM THE CAVES) writes article for Poets & Writers!
Date: April 15, 2021
For the past decade an international community of women and nonbinary writers have been working to claim space for themselves in an industry historically dominated by men. Known as Women […]
Khalisa Rae’s GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT featured in The Root!
Date: April 15, 2021
How does trauma affect the way we live our day-to-day lives? Is inherited or intergenerational trauma more significant than a trauma—or traumas—experienced firsthand? There are perspectives and arguments to consider […]
IN JUNE THE LABYRINTH poet, Cynthia Hogue, reads for The Arkansas International!
Date: April 15, 2021
Take a moment and watch Cynthia Hogue read in celebration of The Arkansas International’s Issue 10 Launch!! Cynthia Hogue’s most recent collections are Revenance (2014), listed as one of the 2014 “Standout” […]
Sadie Hoagland (STRANGE CHILDREN) author-to-author interview in CRAFT Literary!
Date: April 14, 2021
SADIE HOAGLAND: John, I so enjoyed reading The Fear of Everything. Each story balances humor and darkness so well, and each piece held the sort of “good surprises” I love in fiction—the […]
Jennifer Risher guests on Working Wife, Happy Life podcast!
Date: April 14, 2021
Ep 33 – Talking about Money & Wealth w/ Jennifer Risher What’s your relationship with money? How about your partner’s relationship with money? Do you talk about it? Does it […]
Reviews:
Injecting Dreams into Cows is reviewed on Coal Hill Review
Date: January 4, 2013
CL Bledsoe from Coal Hill Review was thrilled to read Jessy Randall's collection: "Randall's poems waste no words: they are often short but pack a powerful punch. Her language is […]
Arsenic Lobster praises But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise
Date: January 2, 2013
Jessica Dyer from Arsenic Lobster Poetry Journal reviews Lillian-Yvonne Bertram's But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise.- "Like the strands of DNA that make up living things, like the strings […]
The Seattle Lesbian labels Kelly Barth’s My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus a required read
Date: December 19, 2012
Abby Soto from The Seattle Lesbian applauds Kelly Barth's memoir: "My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus is the type of memoir that speaks truth to power in a way that […]
The California Journal of Poetics reviews Injecting Dreams into Cows
Date: December 12, 2012
Jessy Randall's Injecting Dreams into Cows is praised by Lisa Grove from the California Journal of Poetics.- “By the end of Injecting Dreams into Cows Randall has created a time […]
Mead Magazine reviews Rodney Wittwer’s Gone & Gone
Date: November 28, 2012
Rodney Wittwer's Gone & Gone is reviewed by Mead magazine for their Fall 2012 volume.- "This first collection is marked by the authority and fearlessness of the voice, one willing […]
Rattle reviews Jessy Randall’s Injecting Dreams into Cows
Date: November 9, 2012
Sandra Knauf praises Jessy Randall's Injecting Dreams into Cows for Rattle.- "Her scope is kaleidoscopic. She treasures and shares found poems. She digs deep and uses all the emotions in […]
The Deepening praises Jessy Randall’s Injecting Dreams into Cows
Date: November 8, 2012
DLKeur from The Deepening reviews and praises Jessy Randall's Injecting Dreams into Cows.- Sometimes sexy, often hilarious, strange and yet familiar, the poems in Injecting Dreams into Cows will leave […]
ChicoER.com Reviews Gary Lemons’ Snake
Date: November 8, 2012
Dan Barnett reviews Gary Lemons' reading of Snake at the Butte College Reading Series. To read the full review, click
The Bicycle Review praises Brendan Constantine’s Calamity Joe
Date: November 8, 2012
J de Salvo from the The Bicycle Review praises Brendan Constantine's Calamity Joe. – “Constantine has always been a poet who was admired for his wit, his line, and for […]
My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus featured in Missoula Independent
Date: October 30, 2012
Here's what Michael Peck from Missoula Independent had to say about Kelly Barth's My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus. – "Unflinching and funny, the book concerns itself with the seeming […]