NY Times: Percival Everett Has a Book or Three Coming Out
Date: June 3, 2020
Featured mentioning of Percival Everett’s Colonel Hap Thompson!
News & Reviews
News:
OutSmart: National Poetry Month 2020 Reading List
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 […]
Washington Independent Review of Books: An Interview with Donna Hemans
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 […]
Electric Lit: I Can Only Save My Grandparents’ Home by Preserving It in Fiction
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 […]
Amherst Bulletin: The price of protest: New novel looks at the consequences for two sisters caught up in the anti-war movement
Date: June 3, 2020
Family relations can be fraught in the best of times, even when people care deeply for one another. So what happens when you throw those family members into a situation […]
CrimeReads: Excerpt from Her Sister’s Tattoo
Date: June 3, 2020
It’s Detroit, 1968. Sisters Rosa and Esther march against the war in Vietnam with their best friend, Maggie. As they reached the rally site, double rows of blank-faced National Guard […]
Lithub: Rekindled: Andrew Altschul in Conversation With Ellen Meeropol
Date: June 3, 2020
On this episode of Rekindled, Andrew Altschul is in conversation with Ellen Meeropol. Andrew Altschul’s third novel, The Gringa, was published the day before the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus crisis […]
The Kathryn Zox Show: Ep. 1246: Childhood Trauma
Date: June 3, 2020
Kathryn interviews Creative Writing and Literature teacher at Antioch University, Los Angeles Deborah Lott, author of “Don’t Go Crazy Without Me.” More than just the tragicomic coming-of-age story of a […]
Jewish Journal: In ‘Don’t Go Crazy Without Me’ Deborah A. Lott Unpacks Being ‘Extraordinary’ Or Mentally Ill
Date: June 3, 2020
The meaning of the intriguing title of Lott’s courageous and endearing memoir snaps into sharp focus. “My father and I were not ordinary,” she writes. “Oh no, we had formed […]
Spirit of Story: A Conversation with Deborah A. Lott
Date: June 3, 2020
This spring the formidable Deborah A. Lott—author, editor and college instructor—will be visiting the Unlocking Your Story workshop. She’ll be offering us an inside view of the creative process behind writing […]
Reviews:
Sean Arthur Joyce of Chameleonfire1 loves What Does A House Want?
Date: July 23, 2014
Sean Arthur Joyce, on the blog Chameleonfire1, has very high praise for Gary Geddes' What Does A House Want?. “Geddes writes with a sureness of hand that is remarkable, never […]
Stefanie Wortman from Monkeybicycle praises Patter’s unique take on poetic form
Date: July 16, 2014
In a recent review on Monkeybicycle, Stefanie Wortman praised Douglas Kearney's unusual and exciting use of poetic form. "Kearney’s poems play with forms both visual and generic, drawing on the […]
The Vancouver Sun lavishes praise upon Gary Geddes’ What Does A House Want?
Date: June 30, 2014
In a recent review of Gay Geddes' newest collection of poetry, M.A.C. Farrant, writing for The Vancouver Sun, lauds the poems' beauty and strength. Farrant writes, "Likewise, the poems in […]
Meredith Sue Willis on Song for Chance
Date: June 30, 2014
John Van Kirk's novel, Song for Chance— a 2013 Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards finalist— was recently featured in the "Books for Readers" newsletter at Meredith Sue Willis.com. Of […]
Free-Fall” through Jessica Piazza’s Interrobang with The Rumpus”
Date: June 16, 2014
Over the weekend, Jessica Piazza received a great review from The Rumpus. Melissa Leigh Gore writes, “Each poem thrums with a sense of purpose, contributes to a complex web of […]
KCET calls Douglas Kearney one of the most progressive poets writing in this age.””
Date: June 6, 2014
Mike Sonksen, writing for KCET, heaps high praise upon Douglas Kearney and his newest book, Patter. “Wielding an undeniable command of the poetic line, Kearney's poems mix humor, irreverence, adventure, […]
Coal Hill Review Raves About David Mason’s Sea Salt
Date: June 6, 2014
Jason Barry of the Coal Hill Review applauds David Mason's great success in his poetry collection, Sea Salt, Poems of a Decade: 2004-2014 "Sea Salt is a heartfelt and touching […]
Becoming Judas Full of Spirit
Date: May 14, 2014
Nicelle Davis' latest poetry collection, Becoming Judas, was reviewed by Emily May Anderson of NewPages, who raved about the spirit and form of the poems. Anderson writes, "The book also […]
Karen Shoemaker’s Heart-rending Story””
Date: May 14, 2014
Karen Gettert Shoemaker's debut novel, The Meaning of Names, gets positive remarks from the Historical Novel Society. "Shoemaker presents readers with a simple, realistic cast of characters, a heart-rending story […]
World’s Smallest Bible is Thought-provoking””
Date: May 14, 2014
The Historical Novel Society reviewed Dennis Must's new novel, The World's Smallest Bible, calling it a "challenging, thought-provoking, and worthwhile book." Read the full review