Lara Ehrlich featured on Poets & Writers
Date: October 22, 2020
“Plot does not come naturally to me. Instead of staring at a blank page hoping for inspiration, I take a long walk and dictate to myself using my phone’s recording […]
News & Reviews
News:
Q&A with Donna Hemans about her novel TEA BY THE SEA in the New York Writers Institute!
Date: October 22, 2020
You recently published your second novel. Congratulations! Thank you. Publishing a book in the midst of a pandemic is a humbling experience, and all writers who published this year will […]
Donna Hemans’ heartfelt Essay: SECRETS THAT HOLD US, come read it!
Date: October 22, 2020
“I didn’t grow up with my mother,” Mom tells me. We’re sitting on the front verandah looking out at the grass before us wilting in the afternoon sun and the […]
Poet David Mason featured in the Times Literary Supplement!
Date: October 22, 2020
Author of THE SOUND: NEW & SELECTED POEMS, David Mason is published on TLS with his new poem “Antipodes.” Read a brief excerpt below: i.m. Derek Mahon, 1941–2020 The death […]
Jen Risher, author of WE NEED TO TALK: A MEMOIR ABOUT WEALTH interviewed by Bookclubz
Date: October 19, 2020
At a time when income inequality is a huge problem, our country’s economic system is broken, and money is still a taboo subject even among those closest to us, this […]
BEYOND REPAIR: LIVING IN A FRACTURED STATE author participates in Brattleboro Literary Festival
Date: October 19, 2020
BRATTLEBORO — Among the authors Zooming in to this weekend’s virtual Brattleboro Literary Festival is Sebastian Matthews, who wrote a book of personal essays related to his family’s recovery from […]
Thank you Malden Public Library for your addition of ANIMAL WIFE to your staff picks!
Date: October 15, 2020
Malden Public Library in Malden, MA has recently added Lara Ehrlich’s short story collection ANIMAL WIFE, to their staff picks. A thank you to them! Be sure to always check […]
Jennifer Risher on list of 25 most influential people in Silicon Valley from Modern Luxury magazine!
Date: October 14, 2020
WE NEED TO TALK: A MEMOIR ABOUT WEALTH author Jennifer Risher has been added to Modern Luxury | Silicon Valley’s list for the top 25 most influential people. What an […]
The Broad Museum features Amy Uyematsu in a recent video series on L.A. talent.
Date: October 14, 2020
Amy Uyematsu author of BASIC VOCABULARY is featured in the three-part video series entitled L.A. Intersections displaying diversity and talent with those based in Los Angeles. To watch the full […]
Joshua Rivkin featured in Poems.com poem of the day!
Date: October 12, 2020
Rivkin’s piece “New Economy” was featured on Poems.com Friday, October 9th, 2020. To read the poem in it’s entirety visit the link below.
Reviews:
David Mason’s COLD FIRE receives early praise in Poetry Corner!
Date: March 3, 2026
Each line is a steady and reassuring four beats in length, filled with words that help move the story along.
Helen Benedict’s upcoming novel, THE SOLDIER’S HOUSE, reviewed by Booklist!
Date: February 18, 2026
Full review to come March 1! “The characters’ journeys are candid and vulnerable, rendering a pertinent, rich portrait of displaced lives reshaped by conflict and its enduring consequences.” —Booklist
Amy Pence’s YELLOW reviewed by Kirkus Reviews
Date: February 11, 2026
Mysticism and science merge in the story of a Louisiana artist. Pence tells her story in language on the border between poetic and precious.
Luke Goebel’s KILL DICK reviewed by Thirsty Caterpillar
Date: February 3, 2026
This week’s Thirst Quencher doesn’t tiptoe, it kicks the door in. Kill Dick by Luke Goebel is dark, unsettling, and unexpectedly funny, driven by characters and ideas that refuse to […]
Abi Pollokoff’s NIGHT MYTHSᐧᐧBEFORE THE BODY reviewed by West Trade Review
Date: February 3, 2026
Abi Pollokoff’s debut poetry collection night myths • • before the body, released this year from Red Hen Press with much advanced praise, is so deft in execution, so consistent […]
Luke Goebel’s KILL DICK reviewed by Publishers Weekly
Date: February 3, 2026
The daughter of a pharmaceutical executive gets ensnared in criminal mischief in this ambitious blend of social satire and sunshine noir from Goebel (Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours). […]
THE SOLDIER’S HOUSE by Helen Benedict gets a raving review!
Date: January 27, 2026
Helen Benedict’s THE SOLDIER’S HOUSE (2026) completes her Iraq war trilogy, that began with SAND QUEEN (2011) and was followed by WOLF SEASON (2017). But the new book is actually […]
Luke Goebel’s KILL DICK reviewed by Kirkus Reviews
Date: January 27, 2026
“…Shot through with the sort of pseudo-profundity endemic to youthful privilege, Susie’s rambling, terminally jaundiced narrative paints a darkly surreal Lynch- and Kubrick-inspired portrait of LA.”
Luke Goebel’s KILL DICK reviewed by Foreword Reviews
Date: January 21, 2026
Luke B. Goebel’s winking satirical novel Kill Dick parodies contemporary literary and cultural forms. Set against sun-bleached Los Angeles—a place marked by wealth, addiction, and apathy—the book accumulates exaggerations of […]
The Pickup from This Land Press reviews Elise Paschen’s BLOOD WOLF MOON
Date: January 20, 2026
How does one build an identity? It’s an ongoing venture of discerning and refining, discarding narratives as much as creating them. For a poet, especially one who writes autobiographically, that […]