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, […]
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 […]
Date: March 3, 2021
For many, it’s a time of uncertainty and isolation. But in poet Tess Taylor’s humble opinion, turning to verse can provide solace. Her recent book of poems is “Rift Zone,” […]
Date: March 1, 2021
Check out the Red Hen Press Poetry Special on Mercurius. Featuring Joshua Rivkin, Marie Tozier, Jim Peterson, and Susan Ludvigson!
Date: March 1, 2021
DEBORAH A. LOTT is the author of the newly released Don’t Go Crazy Without Me: A Tragicomic Memoir. Lott writes of growing up in a family of leftist Jews, surrounded by […]
Date: February 25, 2021
Welcome to Autostraddle’s 2021 Black History Month essay series. In their recent stirring multi-media anthology Black Futures, Black queer creators Jenna Wortham and Kimberly Drew ask, “What does it mean to be Black and alive?” […]
Date: February 24, 2021
In which I chat about lots of new books. Grab a cup of tea and join me! Watch the full video here!
Date: February 24, 2021
In a column for The Cut titled “How Am I?” Amil Niazi paints a grim picture of pandemic working motherhood. In the middle of her realistic itinerary piece about care of two young children while […]
Date: February 24, 2021
The woman on the cover of Lara Ehrlich’s debut short story collection appears to be almost airlifted from the 1950s—she could be an actor from The Donna Reed Show or perhaps a […]
Date: February 24, 2021
What’s the next step after you finally “make it”? While it’s easy to scoff at the problems of people who are financially set, it’s not uncommon to lose a sense […]
Date: February 27, 2012
Lee Polevoi of the Los Angeles Review of Books says that, "Bin Laden's Bald Spot encompasses worlds of absurdity and quotidian reality in the voices of ordinary citizens. Underneath the […]
Date: February 16, 2012
In the Connecticut River Review, Emilia Phillips says that "Brewer's intentions in Give Over, Graymalkin waver between reverence and ravaging, and the tension between the two creates an energy that […]
Date: February 16, 2012
In the Asheville Poetry Review, Patrick Bizzaro had this to say about Gaylord Brewer's Give Over, Graymalkin- "As poetry, Brewer's work avoids sentimentality and instead reveals the inner workings of […]
Date: February 13, 2012
Recently, James A. Cox of The Midwest Book Review had this to say about Genevieve Kaplan – "In the ice house is a core addition to any modern poetry collection." […]
Date: February 9, 2012
D.K. Row notes that “‘Bin Laden’s Bald Spot,’ illustrates how avidly Doyle likes to experiment with narrative structure; draw tersely spoken characters; riff using folksy humor but also with 19th-century […]
Date: January 31, 2012
The editor's at The Midwest Book Review had this to say about Robert Sward's poetry collection: “‘New and Selected Poems: 1957-2011’ is a collection of poetry from Robert Sward, looking […]
Date: January 31, 2012
Smartish Pace gives deep insight into Gaylord Brewer and his collection, Give Over, Graymalkin: “Brewer is a deeply personal poet, and in many ways is his own best subject. He […]
Date: January 31, 2012
The editors of Notre Dame Review acknowledge: Contributor Gaylord Brewers new book [consists] mainly [of] poems written far away from his home in Tennesseein India during a residency at the […]
Date: January 31, 2012
Robin Linn for Sugar House Review had this to say about Give Over, Graymalkin: Brewers collection engages with adventuresome verse that is lyrical, rhythmic and lush with allusion. Sugar House […]
Date: January 31, 2012
Notre Dame Magazine spotlights Bin Laden's Bald Spot, saying: In [Brian Doyles] collection of 25 stories, readers will meet a barber who shaves the heads of thugs in Bin Ladens […]
