2020 Great Group Reads Selections
Date: October 8, 2020
Women’s National Book Association features TEA BY THE SEA: The 2020 Great Group Reads selections have been chosen! This year’s list features books from a wide-range of styles and from […]
Date: October 8, 2020
Women’s National Book Association features TEA BY THE SEA: The 2020 Great Group Reads selections have been chosen! This year’s list features books from a wide-range of styles and from […]
Date: October 7, 2020
Read the full Jennifer Risher interview here! “I recently received my copy of Jennifer Risher’s new book, We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth in the mail and I’m excited to dig […]
Date: October 7, 2020
“The news of the past few days has inspired a flurry of group texts and confused conversations among my friends and colleagues. And the general consensus is that no one knows how to feel […]
Date: October 7, 2020
From the Fresh Ink Book Editing newsletter, Maya Rock interviews Lara Ehrlich author of ANIMAL WIFE. Read the full interview below! And be sure to visit Fresh Ink Book Editing’s […]
Date: October 5, 2020
Red Hen Press would like to extend their most gracious thanks to Bartleby’s Books from Wilmington, Vermont. In their most recent newsletter Bartleby’s Books speaks of Lara Ehrlich’s debut short […]
Date: October 5, 2020
Animal Wife by Lara Ehrlich: Animal Wife is a collection of fifteen stories about girls and women who are seeking liberation. From family, from society, and from themselves. You’ll read about a girl born […]
Date: October 5, 2020
Watch MWW YouTube “Conversation with an Author” Midwest Writers Workshop presents another installment of our “Conversation with an Author” series. MWW board member Lylanne Musselman’s talked with MWW alum Lara […]
Date: October 5, 2020
“I recently saw photos of Instagram influencers who had darkened their faces in a misguided show of solidarity for Black Lives Matter. Their efforts made me cringe and reminded me […]
Date: October 1, 2020
Listen to the full interview here!
Date: October 1, 2020
Jennifer Risher took a job in campus recruiting at Microsoft in 1991. She was 25 and given stock options worth several hundred thousand dollars. While working there, she met her […]
Date: March 16, 2020
Alphabet of Love Bart Edelman. Red Hen (CDC, dist.), $9.95 (72p) ISBN 1-888996-09-9 For some months, I have been intending to post a brief review of poet Bart Edelman’s book, […]
Date: March 16, 2020
“This meditative, grace-filled gem is moving and soul-enriching.” — Kathleen Gerard, blogger at Reading Between the Lines
Date: March 16, 2020
Lizzy Baldwin, creator of My Little Book Blog, praises Louise Wareham Leonard’s writing style, calling it “beautiful and languid.” Baldwin loved how 52 Men was able to give so much story in […]
Date: March 16, 2020
“how to get over is an instruction manual for the hopeless navigating uncomfortable personal spaces where the need to transform begins.” HOW TO GET OVER has been reviewed by The Blueshift […]
Date: March 16, 2020
Bone Light Orlando White. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $15.95 (64p) ISBN 978-1-59709-135-0 Orlando White’s Bone Light recreates poetry from the molecular level. His vision presents language letter by letter: as […]
Date: March 16, 2020
Midwest Book Review provided a short review of Peggy Shumaker’s latest work Cairn: New and Selected. A collection of poems which encompass Peggy’s experiences in Alaska and Arizona, Midwest Book Review writes that […]
Date: March 16, 2020
The fantastic Florida Review gave a rave review of Cynthia Hogue’s In June the Labyrinth, calling it “a stunning and unforgettable book.” Thanks Florida Review!
Date: March 16, 2020
Avocations Sam Hamill. Red Hen (CDC, dist.), $19.95 (248p) ISBN 978-1-59709-086-5 Who can match him for range, passion, and scholarship? What aspect of poetry from Zen aesthetics to political engagement […]
Date: March 16, 2020
Poet, Michael Dennis, reviewed Amy Uyematsu’s The Yellow Door on his blog recently. For his daily book of poetry, he focused on how The Yellow Door shares lessons that we need to remember and […]
Date: March 16, 2020
“The poems have a sardonic, lacerating edge, in the mode of the best confessional poems which admit to the political (Lowell, Plath, Wojahn, etc.).”