Date: June 4, 2020
after Käthe Kollwitz I heard they no longer sew eyelids of the dead shut.At the morgue, I busied myself countingthe lacerations on my husband’s neck and wrists.I wore sunglasses and […]
Date: June 4, 2020
Major Jackson: I’m fluctuating between abject fear and inexplicable optimism. Mitch Wertlieb: That’s poet Major Jackson, who lives in South Burlington. And you may have heard a bit of laughter […]
Date: June 4, 2020
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Date: June 3, 2020
My new novel Glorious Boy began with a dream. On a tropical island during an emergency evacuation, a young girl was hiding in a dense rainforest with a small, mute white boy […]
Date: June 3, 2020
Aimee Liu talks about GLORIOUS BOY, the excruciating process of writing, creating a memorable silent character, her shapeshifter dad, and so much more.
Date: June 3, 2020
Some 30 years ago, an established nonfiction writer and a screenwriter decided to write their first novels. They met in a fiction writing class, and have been friends ever since, […]
Date: June 3, 2020
Featured mentioning of Percival Everett’s Colonel Hap Thompson!
Date: June 3, 2020
Presented in five poetic sequences, the poems in Hold Me Tight by gay poet Jason Schneiderman focuses the reader’s attention on the subjects of anger, real and metaphorical wolves, the work of the late […]
Date: June 3, 2020
At 15, Plum Valentine is banished from her Brooklyn home and sent back to Jamaica by parents nervous about the pernicious effects of the American lifestyle. Once there, her trust […]
Date: June 3, 2020
In the bedroom of Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer, there’s a mural depicting a well-dressed crowd at a cocktail party pasted to the wall. Spencer’s granddaughter, Shaun Spencer-Hester, points to […]
Date: June 6, 2017
Mom Egg Review gives Ellen Meeropol's latest offering, KINSHIP OF CLOVER, a stellar evaluation, stating that "Meeropol is at her best when her characters articulate their felt experience of losing […]
Date: May 31, 2017
“ford’s evocative poems traverse time, gender, ancestry, and love. Each slender poem cuts with precision, packing a tremendous amount of power into a slim volume.” t’ai freedom ford’s “how to […]
Date: May 31, 2017
“Like Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen,” ford elevates pain into introspective art, carefully connecting the dots between what it means to be black and what it means to be free. how to […]
Date: May 17, 2017
Booklist reviewed Elise Paschen’s THE NIGHTLIFE in their May 15, 2017 issue! They praise the collection saying, “[Paschen] achieves breathtaking perfection of craft and form. . . . As these […]
Date: May 15, 2017
From this she carved her own redemption through poetry and, along the way, influenced not only other poets in Los Angeles but also people who did not know they enjoyed […]
Date: May 15, 2017
Elise Paschen's THE NIGHTLIFE received glowing praise from F Newsmagazine's Natasha Mijares. Take a look at what Mijares has to say and then check out Elise's amazing collection! "The sun […]
Date: May 12, 2017
Ellen Meeropol sits down with Womens Magazine to discuss her newest novel, mental health and climate change. Listen to her brilliant interview
Date: May 3, 2017
Poetry Northwest features Lena Khalaf Tuffaha’s Water & Salt in their new series, Appreciations! Read it
Date: May 1, 2017
A Foreword Reviews LGBTQ+ Spotlight issue features our very own Gabriel Jesiolowski! "As Burning Leaves, Gabriel Jesiolowski's debut collection, is an experience in othernesss from a poet experienced in teaching […]
Date: April 27, 2017
Jesiolowski has a fine grasp of craft and emotion.
