Date: August 27, 2020
Poetry Finalists:All Its Charms by Keetje Kuipers (BOA Editions)Bright Stain by Francesca Bell (Red Hen Press)Hail and Farewell by Abby E. Murray (Perugia Press)Nightingale by Paisley Rekdal (Copper Canyon Press)Turn Around Time: A Walking Poem […]
Date: August 27, 2020
Sugar, Smoke, Song: “Sensuous and surprising…”
Date: August 27, 2020
Author Lara Ehrlich knows how to add a little razzle-dazzle to a virtual event. Ehrlich, whose award-winning short story collection, “Animal Wife,” will make its debut — virtually — next Tuesday, with […]
Date: August 26, 2020
Beyond Repair by Sebastian Matthews In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include […]
Date: August 26, 2020
Sebastian Matthews on Balancing Suspicion and Good Faith Beyond Repair is told through a series of encounters with friends and neighbors, colleagues and strangers, from early 2014 to spring 2019. […]
Date: August 26, 2020
For once, my daughter Cora* is careful while descending the stairs and does not leap from the second step. She comes to me wide-eyed, cradling something in her fist. “It’s a ladybug,” […]
Date: August 24, 2020
This video by Poetry.LA features Red Hen author William Anchila’s newest poem!
Date: August 24, 2020
Poems from Joshua Rivkin’s SUITOR were featured in the Adroit Journal! Read here!
Date: August 20, 2020
Though the Broad Stage never anticipated that its 2020/21 season would take a virtual turn, this switch has allowed for an exceptional collaboration that would have been otherwise impossible: the […]
Date: August 20, 2020
Book tours have been canceled since shelter-in-place began, so we’re bringing Bay Area author readings to you as part of our “New Arrivals” series. This one is from El Cerrito […]
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 […]
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 […]
Date: April 26, 2021
Cooley (The Archivist) examines the unexpected aftermath of a lottery win in her sharp latest. Click here to read more!
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 […]
Date: April 21, 2021
Read the full review of Dariel Suarez upcoming novel here!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
