IPPY-Winning Poets Speak Out
Date: June 30, 2020
This year’s IPPY Awards had 148 entries into our two categories: Poetry– General and Poetry–Specialty. We awarded a total of 11 medals to poetry books; two each of gold, silver, […]
News & Reviews
News:
TriCornerNews: “My Heart Cannot Accept It All” poem by Susan Kinsolving
Date: June 30, 2020
Forgive yourself for thinking smallfor cooking soups, ignoring blight.The mind cannot contain it all
Giving Compass: #HalfMyDAF: A Challenge To Donors To Unlock Capital For A Reimagined World
Date: June 30, 2020
Launched in early May, #HalfMyDAF is the brainchild of philanthropists David and Jennifer Risher. With more than $120 billion sitting in Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) at a time when nonprofits are facing additional obstacles to […]
San Francisco Chronicle: Donor-advised funds are stacking up cash. A former Amazon executive wants it given away faster
Date: June 30, 2020
David Risher and his wife, Jennifer, are urging other tech philanthropists to put money sitting in charitable vehicles to work at nonprofits that need it. And they’re putting $1 million […]
Psychology Today: Wrestling with Wealth
Date: June 30, 2020
When I got a job offer to be a campus recruiter at Microsoft in 1991, I had no idea how much good fortune was heading my way. I was 25 […]
GMR: Francisco Aragón on The Social Distance Reading Series
Date: June 30, 2020
Francisco Aragón is the son of Nicaraguan immigrants. He’s the author of After Rubén, Glow of Our Sweat and Puerta del Sol, as well as editor of The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry. He directs Letras […]
Literary North interviews Didi Jackson
Date: June 30, 2020
Didi Jackson is a terrific poet. She writes accessible poems that are packed with startling imagery, art, precise language, and delicate emotions. She manages to make the shocking and heart-breaking […]
Seven Days: Poet Didi Jackson on Grief, Recovery and New Book ‘Moon Jar’
Date: June 30, 2020
Didi Jackson‘s book of poetry, Moon Jar, was released on April 21 — the day before her 50th birthday and during a global pandemic. The book contains several years’ worth of […]
Sound and Valley News: Coffee Break with Mary Odden
Date: June 30, 2020
Alaskan author Mary Odden discusses her new book, Mostly Water: Reflections Rural and North, an essay compilation that form a memoir of life in the 49th state.
Author2Author with Aimee Liu
Date: June 30, 2020
Bill welcomes novelist, essayist, and teacher Aimee Liu to the show. Aimee is the author of numerous bestselling novels as well as nonfiction books on medical and psychological topics. Her […]
Reviews:
Reema Rajbanshi’s SUGAR, SMOKE, SONG featured in a review from Publishers Weekly
Date: March 28, 2024
The nine linked stories in Rajbanshi’s sterling debut collection blend snapshots of immigrants from Africa, Asia, and South America in New York and California, as well as flashing back to […]
The Vinyl Press features review of Peter Ulrich’s DRUMMING WITH DEAD CAN DANCE
Date: March 28, 2024
I didn’t really get on to Dead Can Dance until “Into the Labyrinth,” their most popular LP that made the audiophile rounds here in the States. 4AD, their label, wasn’t […]
E.P. Tuazon’s A PROFESSIONAL LOLA on Kirkus Reviews
Date: March 12, 2024
Brightly evocative, clever, and sincere, Tuazon’s third work of fiction continues to chart a promising path forward. Click here to read more.
Booklist features review of Helen Benedict’s THE GOOD DEED!
Date: March 6, 2024
Benedict’s true-to-life novel resonates, particularly in the characters’ moments of fortitude in the face of brutal experiences of heartbreak and loss.
MAINCREST MEDIA Book Review of MacLeish Sq.
Date: February 29, 2024
MacLeish Sq. is a haunting and lyrical novel that blurs the boundaries between reality and illusion, present and past; Dennis Must explores the power of memory, guilt, and redemption in […]
Library Journal features review of Francesca Bell’s poetry collection, WHAT SMALL SOUND!
Date: February 28, 2024
Following 2019’s multi-award finalist Bright Stain, poet/translator Bell returns with a second collection focusing largely on women and the issues they face (many poems deal with abortion and rape), while […]
RHINO Magazine features review of Max Sessner’s WHOEVER DROWNED HERE, translated by Francesca Bell!
Date: February 28, 2024
Once upon a time many years ago I taught in Germany, not far from the Harz Mountains, haunt of the Brothers Grimm and Heinrich Heine. To my surprise my students […]
Bookworm for Kids blog recommends TREE SPIRITS (2nd Edition) by Louise Wannier!
Date: February 21, 2024
Today’s read… Tree Spirits by Louise Wannier Today’s read heads into the direction of creativity and imagination. It was presented to me as an unique, nonfiction read…and I’m expecting it […]
MomReadIt blog recommends Louise Wannier’s TREE SPIRITS (2nd Edition) as a “STEM Books to Explore”!
Date: February 21, 2024
I’m back with some new books to explore fun STEM concepts. I really miss having a Discovery Club at my library… maybe I’ll use these as a way to gauge […]
Publishers Weekly features review of Helen Benedict’s THE GOOD DEED!
Date: February 14, 2024
Benedict revisits the terrain of her nonfiction account Map of Hope and Sorrow (with Eyad Awwadawnan) for a complex and heartbreaking story of Syrians living at a refugee camp on the Greek […]