Nikki Moustaki’s EXTREMELY LIGHTWEIGHT GUNS Named Best Book of 2021 by the New York Public Library!
Date: November 29, 2021
News & Reviews
News:
M. Soledad Caballero featured in TuftsNow!
Date: November 23, 2021
When M. Soledad Caballero, AG02, thinks back to her childhood, she remembers not one, but two. Born in Santiago, Chile, in 1973, the year a group of military officers seized power from then-president […]
Beth Gilstrap, author of DEADHEADING AND OTHER STORIES, interviewed for Southern Review of Books
Date: November 23, 2021
Whether reading her beautifully-detailed descriptions of place in the outstanding “What Magic” and “Lake Hartwell, South Carolina” or diving into the hurt but determined mind of Layla in “Still Soft, […]
Thea Prieto, author of FROM THE CAVES, will be at The Neverending Bookshop!
Date: November 18, 2021
The Neverending Bookshop is thrilled to host local author Thea Prieto and her book “From the Caves”. Set in an environmental apocalypse, this lovely book follows four characters as they […]
FROM THE CAVES featured in Literary North’s holiday book gift recommendations!
Date: November 18, 2021
Who knows better what to recommend for holiday reading and gifting than our beloved independent booksellers? We asked several Vermont bookstores what they were recommending to customers this year because […]
Thea Prieto’s IN THE CAVES is a finalist for the American Book Fest 2021 Best Book Awards!
Date: November 18, 2021
NEW MOONS Selected as November Pick in Santa Fe Reporter!
Date: November 17, 2021
Jan Beatty, AMERICAN BASTARD author, interviewed on Skylight Books Podcast!
Date: November 16, 2021
American Bastard is a lyrical inquiry into the experience of being a bastard in America. This memoir travels across literal continents–and continents of desire as Jan Beatty finds her birthfather, […]
MOON JAR Author Didi Jackson Featured by Vanderbilt University!
Date: November 15, 2021
“Sometimes our motivations aren’t what we asked for—they are given to us.” That is the experience of Visiting Assistant Professor of English Didi Jackson, who joined Vanderbilt’s College of Arts […]
Latino Stories Interviews David Campos, author of AMERICAN QUASAR
Date: November 15, 2021
This interview with David Campos is part of a Latino Stories series with Latinx authors. David Campos, a CantoMundo Fellow, is the author of American Quasar (Red Hen Press 2021) […]
Reviews:
Ann Poore reviews Katharine Coles’ GHOST APPLES for 15 Bytes!
Date: June 1, 2023
Ghost Apples, the ninth collection of poems by Katharine Coles – who might be a witch (IMHO) given the ready way she connects with animals (including her parrot Henri, pronounced […]
VerseCurious reviews Phuong T. Vuong’s A PLUCKED ZITHER!
Date: June 1, 2023
I review Phuong T. Vuong’s A Plucked Zither, from Red Hen Press (June 6, 2023). Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/versecurious/donations
Francesca Bell’s WHAT SMALL SOUND receives a Starred Review from Shelf Awareness!
Date: May 23, 2023
Francesca Bell (Bright Stain) writes poems that chime like the bell of her own name: bright but resonant, sharp but still familiar, lush and likely to echo long after its […]
Lake County Examiner features Kim Dower’s collection, SLICE OF MOON!
Date: May 23, 2023
Did you read “Slice of Moon,” our poetry book for May? If you didn’t, I don’t blame you; many people shy away from poetry, and I am one of them. […]
Recovering Words features Francesca Bell’s WHAT SMALL SOUND!
Date: May 16, 2023
Manifest Image The man keeps telling me I am beautiful.I still look young. He says it like I’ve asked for it,but I don’t care. For him or beauty. I am […]
WHAT SMALL SOUND by Francesca Bell Reviewed in Caesura Literary!
Date: May 15, 2023
This collection immediately thrusts us into scenes of relative comfort and privilege that are all too often interrupted by the violent horrors plaguing this current time. Mind you, the terms […]
Brenda Cárdenas’ TRACE featured in ‘La Treintena 2023: 30 (Something) Books of Latinx Poetry’!
Date: May 11, 2023
Over the past year, Latina/o/x poets spanning vast aesthetics, experiences, and geographies have dazzled me with collections that reveal the complexity and beauty of our communities in all their irreducible […]
REFUGEE by Pamela Uschuk reviewed in Compulsive Reader!
Date: May 8, 2023
How can we take refuge amid the pains of this world? In this collection, Pamela Uschuk, winner of an American Book Award in 2010, faces the realities of recent social […]
THE SKIN OF MEANING by Keith Flynn Reviewed in North of Oxford!
Date: May 1, 2023
The Skin of Meaning by Keith Flynn is an interesting mixture of contemporary reactions to issues that affect us in the twenty-first century. Keith presents one hundred and eighty-one pages of poetry divided […]
YA Books Central Reviewed AQUEOUS by Jade Shyback!
Date: May 1, 2023
Aqueous is a debut novel set in a world where life on land is dangerous and harsh. To save humanity, an underwater paradise is built in the ocean.