The Poetry of Architecture
Date: August 31, 2020
A pen. Some paper. A bit of inspiration. A quiet place to think. Of all the things a writer needs, it’s the last one that’s the hardest to come by. […]
News & Reviews
News:
Kim Dower- “They Took the Mailbox Away”
Date: August 27, 2020
Kim Dower reads “They took the mailbox away” from her collection “Air Kissing on Mars” Watch the full video here.
Susan Kinsolving Announced as Finalist for Connecticut Book Awards 2020
Date: August 27, 2020
The Connecticut Center for the Book and Connecticut Humanities on Wednesday announced the finalists for the prizes, an annual honor bestowed on authors and illustrators who live in or are […]
Dolores Hayden Announced as Finalist for Connecticut Book Awards 2020
Date: August 27, 2020
The Connecticut Center for the Book and Connecticut Humanities on Wednesday announced the finalists for the prizes, an annual honor bestowed on authors and illustrators who live in or are […]
2020 Washington State Book Awards: Finalists
Date: August 27, 2020
Poetry Finalists:All Its Charms by Keetje Kuipers (BOA Editions)Bright Stain by Francesca Bell (Red Hen Press)Hail and Farewell by Abby E. Murray (Perugia Press)Nightingale by Paisley Rekdal (Copper Canyon Press)Turn Around Time: A Walking Poem […]
Foreword Reviews Book of the Day
Date: August 27, 2020
Sugar, Smoke, Song: “Sensuous and surprising…”
Book lunch to include music, cocktails and doughnuts
Date: August 27, 2020
Author Lara Ehrlich knows how to add a little razzle-dazzle to a virtual event. Ehrlich, whose award-winning short story collection, “Animal Wife,” will make its debut — virtually — next Tuesday, with […]
Sebastian Matthews’ Playlist for His Memoir “Beyond Repair”
Date: August 26, 2020
Beyond Repair by Sebastian Matthews In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include […]
Are We Comfortable Encountering Strangers Anymore?
Date: August 26, 2020
Sebastian Matthews on Balancing Suspicion and Good Faith Beyond Repair is told through a series of encounters with friends and neighbors, colleagues and strangers, from early 2014 to spring 2019. […]
An Expert Explained To Me How Young Kids Process Death – Here’s What I Learned
Date: August 26, 2020
For once, my daughter Cora* is careful while descending the stairs and does not leap from the second step. She comes to me wide-eyed, cradling something in her fist. “It’s a ladybug,” […]
Reviews:
Late Night Library applauds But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise
Date: July 2, 2013
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram’s But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise receives an excellent review from Late Night Library.- "Bertram is beyond fearless in her refusal to make reading simple…[her] work can […]
The Forage House featured in Publishers Weekly
Date: June 26, 2013
Publishers Weekly praises the "close attention to the texture and sound of language" in the poems found in Tess Taylor's The Forage House.– "The confessional and historical poems in Taylor’s […]
Library Journal reviews Koertge’s The Ogre’s Wife
Date: June 25, 2013
Hoffert of Library Journal applauds Ron Koertge's The Ogre's Wife– “A pleasure for any reader; in this collection, ‘the straw of the day, bushel after bushel of it, slowly/ turns […]
Midwest Book Review praises The Earth Is Not Flat
Date: June 21, 2013
James A. Cox from Midwest Book Review recommends The Earth Is Not Flat by Katharine Coles to readers of poetry.- "With humor and insight, The Earth Is Not Flat is […]
Library Journal features Song for Chance
Date: June 21, 2013
Douglas Lord from Library Journal adds John Van Kirk's Song for Chance to his BEA "Books for Dudes" list.- "Debut novelist Van Kirk delivers the highly authentic story of melancholy, […]
Doris Lynch reviews The Forage House
Date: June 14, 2013
Doris Lynch discusses her take on Tess Taylor's The Forage House. “This first collection reveals a poet with a fully formed voice and involving subject matter…the genealogy she presents provides […]
Linda Rodriguez Writes take on Speaking Wiri Wiri
Date: June 13, 2013
Linda Rodriguez Writes applauds Vera's new work, Speaking Wiri Wiri: “Full of longing and bittersweet humor, these poems are lyrical, narrative, poignant, and always powerful…Vera has given us a true […]
BOOM reviews Birds of Paradise Lost
Date: June 13, 2013
Boom Journal outlines the merits of Lam's collection of short stories: "His own voice is a true gift to California and the world . Lams fiction weaves the pitch-perfect perceptiveness of […]
Gone & Gone featured on Rain Taxi
Date: May 31, 2013
Ralph Pennel from Rain Taxi Review of Books praises Rodney Wittwer's Gone & Gone.- "Gone & Gone both transports and transforms. It forces us to take pause from our every […]
Washington Independent reviews Speaking Wiri Wiri
Date: May 31, 2013
Grace Cavalieri from the Washington Independent calls Dan Vera's Speaking Wiri Wiri "an exegesis on language and culture."- "Vera writes so we know how it was for him, and that […]