Date: June 5, 2020
I doubt I will ever go to the Antarctic but this book makes me feel I’ve (almost) encountered it. Bradfield recommends listening to the “unearthly” underwater vocalisations of Weddell seals, […]
Date: June 5, 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, […]
Date: June 4, 2020
Episode #39 welcomes former Missouri Poet Laureate William Trowbridge and has new book, Oldguy: Superhero—poems from which have been featured regularly in Rattle for years.
Date: June 4, 2020
David Mason gives a hypothetical “last lecture”!
Date: June 4, 2020
It is Fourth of July weekend, and until a few days earlier, we had forgotten that for coastal towns this is prime time for tourism. Despite the busy sidewalks and […]
Date: June 4, 2020
With the cancellation of the Virginia Festival of the Book, and recommendations to practice social distancing, there’s never been a better time to pick up some extra reading material. While […]
Date: June 4, 2020
Kim Stafford’s days have a rhythm, a routine. Oregon’s poet laureate wakes before dawn. He takes a long walk around his neighborhood. When he returns to his home in Southwest Portland, […]
Date: June 4, 2020
With all that’s going on right now, it may be more important than ever to remember to take a beat and appreciate something beautiful — even if that’s just a […]
Date: June 4, 2020
It was recently brought to my attention that my characters are obsessed with bodies—their own and everyone else’s.
Date: June 4, 2020
Vietnamese-American writer Andrew Lam considers Paradise Lost “the first refugee story.” “When I learned about it, as someone who had lost his homeland, it resonated, naturally, because Vietnam was everything to my […]
Date: October 9, 2012
Kaye Lynne Booth from Examiner.com reviews Jessy Randall's Injecting Dreams into Cows in a recent article.- "[Randall] has a knack for using language to surprise us and catch us off […]
Date: September 27, 2012
Annie McCormick praises Alice Derry's Tremolo in a recent review for Booklist. – “Derry’s quietly captivating collection connects us through each merciless tremble and reverberating refrain. It’s as if one’s […]
Date: September 25, 2012
Here's what Isaac Dwyer had to say about Brendan Constantine's Calamity Joe in a recent review for Parallax. – “Calamity Joe is quirky, clever, and just past the level of […]
Date: September 25, 2012
Gary Dop had this to say about Ship of Fool by William Trowbridge in New Letters Magazine. – “William Trowbridge’s Ship of Fool, through laughs and gaffes, reveals that, like […]
Date: September 25, 2012
Here's what Cindy Sheppard had to say about My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus in a recent post on her blog, Cinzia, Lady in Weighting. – “This is a book […]
Date: September 25, 2012
Janet Fitch picks Brendan Constantine’s Calamity Joe as one of her must reads for The Gamut's Books of Summer list. – "Poetry is the art of grabbing a fleeting moment […]
Date: September 25, 2012
Kristen at BookNAround blog recommends her readers check out David Maine’s An Age of Madness for its slowly revealing plot that won’t let you put down the book until you […]
Date: September 25, 2012
Genevieve Kaplan's In the ice house reviewed in The Daily Iowan – "Kaplan can rove at a delirious pace between the kitchen and the forest with syntactical precision. Winter is […]
Date: September 25, 2012
Freelance writer Donald Powell hails Gary Lemons' Snake as both an apocalyptic and tear-filled ride. – "Snake is a wonderful fable, a trickster tale, a vision of a world set […]
Date: September 18, 2012
Here's what Elyssa East of The Kansas City Star had to say about Kelly Barth's My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus. – “…an eye-opening read for anyone interested in reconciling […]
