Lambda Literary features GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT!
Date: March 29, 2021
And with that, March has come and gone. Here we are in April. The sun shines longer, the weather is getting warmer, and there is a bountiful list of new […]
News & Reviews
News:
GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT by Khalisa Rae featured on Write or Die Tribe!
Date: March 29, 2021
Books We Can’t Wait To Read In April 2021 Read the list here!
PRAISING THE PARADOX poet Tina Schumann featured on Spokane Public Radio!
Date: March 25, 2021
Yvonne Higgins Leach Reads “For I Have Sinned” by Tina Schumann Yvonne Higgins Leach is the author of Another Autumn (Cherry Grove Collections, 2014). Her poems have been published in The South Carolina […]
World Wide Work bulletin shares Martha Cooley’s upcoming BUY ME LOVE & Amy Shearn’s UNSEEN CITY
Date: March 16, 2021
Thank you for the shout-outs Matt Witt! You can check out his full blog where he presents his photography and film/books/music you may have missed!
Four Red Hen books are finalists for the 2020 Foreword Indies Awards!
Date: March 15, 2021
Featuring SUBDUCTION by Kristen Millares Young, ANIMAL WIFE by Lara Ehrlich, BEYOND REPAIR by Sebastian Matthews, and THE LIKELY WORLD by Melanie Conroy-Goldman Read the list of finalists here!
Aimee Liu featured in the Los Angeles Times!
Date: March 10, 2021
The second dose was supposed to be my reunion pass. Thanks to COVID-19, I couldn’t get back to Connecticut for my mother’s 100th birthday at Christmastime, but once we were […]
UMF features virtual reading by THE PLAYWRIGHT’S HOUSE author, Dariel Suarez, on March 18th!
Date: March 8, 2021
The University of Maine at Farmington’s celebrated Visiting Writers Series presents fiction writer Dariel Suarez as the popular program’s fifth reader of the season. Suarez will read from his work […]
Calling all South Pasadenans: Participate in a crowdsourced poem for National Poetry Month, written by Ron Koertge!
Date: March 4, 2021
In celebration of National Poetry Month in April, the South Pasadena Public Library invites residents of all ages to contribute to a crowdsourced poem to be written by South Pasadena’s Poet Laureate Ron Koertge. […]
WE NEED TO TALK author, Jen Risher, to Zoom with Pequot Library
Date: March 4, 2021
March 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm 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, […]
TOUCHING CREATURES, TOUCHING SPIRIT author Judy Grahn featured on Consortium of Seven!
Date: March 3, 2021
You know how it is when you hear someone absolutely brilliant and they articulate ideas that change your thinking in huge ways and you, in turn, can articulate extraordinarily little […]
Reviews:
GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT by Khalisa Rae reviewed in The Rumpus!
Date: May 10, 2021
I was new to the seventh grade when Ms. Rossi routinely refused to acknowledge me. Though my hand stabbed the air in response to questions she posed, Ms. Rossi never […]
DON’T GO CRAZY WITHOUT ME by Deborah A. Lott reviewed in Brevity!
Date: May 3, 2021
Deborah A. Lott’s Don’t Go Crazy Without Me: A Tragicomic Memoir is the story of a young woman’s coming of age and how she separates her own identity from her family’s. She […]
Publishers Weekly reviews BUY ME LOVE!
Date: April 26, 2021
Cooley (The Archivist) examines the unexpected aftermath of a lottery win in her sharp latest. Click here to read more!
Necessary Fiction takes a look at STRANGE CHILDREN by Sadie Hoagland!
Date: April 26, 2021
Many in our culture are fascinated by polygamy, a popular topic of reality TV, dramas, and news media coverage. It is hard to look away when these stories focus on […]
THE PLAYWRIGHT’S HOUSE reviewed in Publishers Weekly!
Date: April 21, 2021
Read the full review of Dariel Suarez upcoming novel here!
Midwest Book Review takes a look at Sebastian Matthews’ BEYOND REPAIR!
Date: April 14, 2021
Synopsis: In 2011, the family of Sebastian Matthews was in a major car accident. They were hit head-on by a man in the throes of a heart attack. It took […]
GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT by Khalisa Rae reviewed in Marías at Sampaguitas!
Date: April 14, 2021
Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat, published in April 2021 by Red Hen Press, is poet Khalisa Rae’s debut collection, following her 2012 chapbook, Real Girls Have Real Problems. Rae […]
OPEN THE DARK by Marie Tozier reviewed on Terrain.org!
Date: April 12, 2021
Alaskan Inupiaq poet Marie Tozier’s new collection Open the Dark challenges—but also aligns with—western notions of linear time. Early on, the collection announces a cyclic, wheeling view of time as it unfolds […]
EXTREMELY LIGHTWEIGHT GUNS reviewed by Rebellious Magazine!
Date: April 12, 2021
Nikki Moustaki’s debut collection of poetry captures this divide and dissociation while establishing themes of darkness and light within the difficult narratives of suffering and abuse. These poems juxtapose the […]
[PANK] reviews GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT!
Date: April 12, 2021
Khalisa Rae’s Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat is like a newborn scream that’s been held in for eons. Sharp, strong, unapologetic, beautiful, and angry, the writing in this collection is a […]