Three poems by Kim Stafford, author of SINGER COME FROM AFAR, featured in POETRY Magazine’s March issue!
Date: April 14, 2021
At the Student Poetry Reading Equinox: Greta in Poland Before the Rains Had Come Read the poems here!
News & Reviews
News:
Author Maurya Simon recently published an article on “poets in society” in The Press-Enterprise.
Date: April 13, 2021
Our hopes are reborn in spring, and as winter’s cold winds morph into April’s warming breezes, we may experience a quickening of our pulses, a lightening of our steps. But […]
The Atlantic features POWER MADE US SWOON poet Brynn Saito for National Poetry Month!
Date: April 12, 2021
April is National Poetry Month. Writers from around our newsroom share the poems they’re turning to as the nation defrosts… One day above me / men with bony shoulders came […]
Check out what Red Hen is up to THIS FRIDAY on Colorado Boulevard.net!
Date: April 12, 2021
ArtNight Pasadena, the city’s signature cultural event produced by the Cultural Affairs Division in partnership with partner organizations, will take place online with links going live at 6:00 pm on April 16, […]
Marie Tozier, author of OPEN THE DARK, will be featured in Skagway’s 12th Annual North Words Writers Symposium!
Date: April 12, 2021
The dates for Skagway’s 12th annual North Words Writers Symposium are now Sept. 3-5. The move from its usual time in late May to Labor Day weekend will enable North […]
Jennifer Risher, author of WE NEED TO TALK, featured in UBS on Air: Conversations
Date: April 12, 2021
Jennifer Risher, a beneficiary of the dot-com boom and author of We Need to Talk: A Memoir about Wealth, joins Judy Spalthoff, Head of Family Advisory and Philanthropy Services, to […]
Listen to WE NEED TO TALK author Jen Risher on The Development Debrief!
Date: April 8, 2021
Jennifer came into significant wealth in her early 30’s. Over the years, her wealth has grown to a number she never could have imagined. She chose to write her memoir […]
A GYPSY’S BOOK OF REVELATION & AMERICAN QUASAR featured in this months issue of ShelfUnbound!
Date: April 7, 2021
Take a look at the cover! It may share some resemblance to the cover of A Gypsy’s Book of Revelation! Also don’t forget to read the in-depth interviews with the […]
GHOST IN A BLACK GIRL’S THROAT by Khalisa Rae listed on WRAL
Date: April 7, 2021
As a reader and native North Carolinian, I love finding books that are set in NC and/or written by fellow NC folks. Since becoming a bookseller, I’ve been astounded by […]
Rex Wilder’s poem featured on the National Review!
Date: April 7, 2021
Rex Wilder, author of BOOMERANGS IN THE LIVING ROOM and WAKING BODIES reads “Dolphins on Glass” Listen to the poem here!
Reviews:
Rain Taxi: Subduction reviewed by Douglas Cole
Date: June 3, 2020
Subduction is most of all a story of displacement and dislocation: for Claudia, whose Latina heritage lies over a border and whose sense of family lies beyond the betrayal that […]
Empty Mirror: Hope Amidst Uncertainty: Subduction by Kristen Millares Young, reviewed by Jessica Gigot
Date: June 3, 2020
What happens when the world as you know it changes course? When your seemingly rock-solid life suddenly becomes thin and porous? Such is the case for Claudia, a Latinx anthropologist based […]
Library Journal reviews Subduction
Date: June 3, 2020
VERDICT Gorgeously, toughly written, this book dares to be open-ended yet leaves readers with a satisfying sense of how life really unfolds. Cultural clash matters here, but personal differences and […]
The Seattle Times: Storytelling in Neah Bay forms the fault line in brilliant debut ‘Subduction’ from Seattle’s Kristen Millares Young
Date: June 3, 2020
In the gray autumn of Seattle, Claudia, an anthropology professor, is on edge. Her marriage is over after she found out her husband and sister were having an affair. She’s […]
The Washington Post: In ‘Subduction,’ an anthropologist observing a remote fishing village becomes part of the story
Date: June 2, 2020
What was it the anthropologist said? Claudia wonders as she types up her notes. “Oh, yes. ‘An observer is under the bed. A participant observer is in it.’ She doubted […]
The Book Slut Reviews Body of Render: Poems by Felicia Zamora
Date: May 28, 2020
This moving collection of poetry by Felicia Zamora covers a range of topics from love, politics, identity, addiction, and the natural world. On one level, Body of Render explores a […]
The Paris Review: Staff Picks Subduction
Date: May 21, 2020
Kristen Millares Young’s debut novel Subduction takes as its subject a subtle clash of culture in the Pacific Northwest. The novel’s protagonist, Claudia, is an anthropologist fleeing the remains of her marriage […]
Midwest Book Review recommends Lifesaving for Beginners
Date: March 16, 2020
TBT! In a mid-April review, Midwest Book Review recommended Anne Edelstein’s memoir Lifesaving for Beginners. The recommendation reads, “It is no surprise that Lifesaving for Beginners is an deftly crafted, engagingly presented, intensely […]
Praise for What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison
Date: March 16, 2020
Camille Dungy shares with us in this manuscript her sharp, clear and honest ear and her unswerving commitment to the voice of life. She is a brave poet writing true […]
New Letters admires Gary Dop’s work for Father
Date: March 16, 2020
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