Amy Shearn on OtherPPL Podcast
Date: October 1, 2020
Listen to the full interview here!
News & Reviews
News:
The New York Times features Jennifer Risher
Date: October 1, 2020
Jennifer Risher took a job in campus recruiting at Microsoft in 1991. She was 25 and given stock options worth several hundred thousand dollars. While working there, she met her […]
Here Are Some Great Virtual Book Events Happening This Week: Sept. 28–Oct. 3
Date: September 28, 2020
Rachel Howzell Hall (And Now She’s Gone), Alyssa Cole (When No One Is Watching), Tiffany D. Jackson (Grown), and Tracy Deonn (Legendborn) in conversation for a Black Girl Mystery panel — hosted by Books Are Magic, 7 […]
Jennifer Risher’s Letter to the Editor of the New York Times
Date: September 28, 2020
When Publishing Focuses on the Bottom Line Re “Best Sellers Sell the Best” (Sunday Business, Sept. 20): With publishers preordaining certain titles as likely successes, the homogenization of literary culture […]
OK, So …: Episode 14 – Amy Shearn
Date: September 28, 2020
Welcome to the Season Premiere and Episode 14 of “OK, So …”. This week, I sat down with Amy Shearn, Editor at Medium and author of three novels, including her […]
Elissa Washuta, Kristen Millares Young, Sierra Crane Murdoch in Conversation | Open Book On Location
Date: September 24, 2020
Kristen Millares Young (Subduction) in conversation with Elissa Washuta (White Magic), Sierra Crane Murdoch (Yellow Bird), and William F. Deverell. Watch the full video here.
Talking About Wealth, Jennifer Risher on The Crazy Money Podcast
Date: September 23, 2020
As early Microsoft employees, Jennifer and her future-husband, David Risher, made millions of dollars from their stock options in the quickly growing company. When David joined an online book-seller called Amazon, those “millions” became “tens […]
Interview: In ‘We Need to Talk,’ Jennifer Risher starts a candid conversation about wealth
Date: September 23, 2020
Months ago, when Jennifer Risher was gearing up for her new book, “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth,” initially set for release in May, she knew she would […]
UNSEEN CITY is one of “6 Fall Books to Curl Up with All Season Long”
Date: September 21, 2020
A librarian, a ghost, and New York city walk into a book—and there you have a recipe for what I never realized is my perfect novel, “Unseen City.” What can […]
Amy Shearn on IGTV with Natalka Burian
Date: September 21, 2020
Amy and Natalka discuss UNSEEN CITY on IGTV. Watch the video here!
Reviews:
Patter, the most important collection of poetry published this year””
Date: March 27, 2014
Luke Fiddler of The Economy Magazine gives a glowing review to Douglas Kearney's new book, Patter. He states, "By all measures, Patter scrapes vertiginous heights; it’s a magisterial study of […]
Dennis Must is Beyond Ordinary
Date: March 27, 2014
Dactyl Review examines The World's Smallest Bible, the new novel by Dennis Must, calling him a "searching writer, able to transcribe madness and instability, the wrack of obsession and the […]
Jessica Piazza’s Contemporary Collection
Date: March 27, 2014
Timothy Otte of Hazel and Wren recently praised Jessica Piazza's Interrobang as "free flowing and contemporary, yet formally precise, employing the same linguistic tricks that mark sonnets written by the […]
Impressive Review for Pause, Traveler
Date: March 6, 2014
Pause, Traveler by Erin Couglin Hollowell was recently reviewed by Kris Bigalk from Poetry Northwest, calling it impressive with "elements of story and song, evoked through a uniquely contemporary lens." […]
Poetry Northwest Asks You to Put Your Trust in Nicelle Davis
Date: March 6, 2014
Poetry Northwest asks the readers to put their trust in the words of Nicelle Davis in their latest review of Becoming Judas. Alexis Vergalla proclaims, "I'll go back again, because […]
The Ogre’s Wife Causes Jealousy
Date: March 6, 2014
In a recent review of Ron Koertge's The Ogre's Wife, Neil McCarthy (from his namesake blog, Neil McCarthy Poetry) expresses his jealousy and high regard for Koertge's fantastical poetry collection. […]
Neil McCarthy Praises the Humor in Calamity Joe
Date: March 6, 2014
Brendan Constantine's Calamity Joe received high praises for its humor and originality in Neil McCarthy's blog, Neil McCarthy Poetry. "It’s only a matter of time before someone coins an adjective […]
Interrobang featured in Boxcar Poetry Review
Date: March 6, 2014
Paula Mendoza recently wrote an analytical and positive review of Jessica Piazza's Interrobang for the Boxcar Poetry Review. Mendoza writes, "Piazza reads like the best hip-hop; verbal acrobatics that tempers […]
FOCUS on Gary Geddes’ What Does A House Want?
Date: February 13, 2014
FOCUS magazine's Amy Reiswig takes us into Gary Geddes' new collection of poems, What Does A House Want?, in which she proclaims, "Geddes is able to explore both our humanity […]
North American Review praises Chopper! Chopper!
Date: February 5, 2014
Verionica Reyes's Chopper! Chopper! Poetry from Bordered Lives was called a "genunie treasure" by Vince Gotera in the North American Review. Read the full article in the most recent issue […]