19 Books by Hispanic Authors
Date: August 3, 2020
If you’re looking for some new books to dive into while you’re stuck at home, then you might want to consider some of the many great books by Hispanic authors. […]
News & Reviews
News:
5 Books You May Have Missed in June
Date: July 27, 2020
Each month I comb through hundreds of titles to choose the five I list here, and each month I come up with 30 to 50 that are worthy of consideration. […]
Vanity Fair: Admiration Society
Date: July 27, 2020
Lysley Tenorio, author of the trenchant family comedy The Son of Good Fortune, recommends The Likely World by Melanie Conroy Goldman. Check out the full feature in the July/August 2020 […]
10 Black Poets of Past and Present Who Deserve Unending Recognition for Their Work
Date: July 22, 2020
As a child, the first poem Tracie Morris, PhD, read by a Black writer was “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes. Decades later, when Dr. Morris—now a distinguished visiting professor at the Iowa […]
Red Hen Press Poetry Hour with The Broad Stage
Date: July 22, 2020
The Red Hen Press Poetry Hour, in partnership with the Broad Stage, has returned for a second season! In this feature by Spectrum News 1 (LAX), learn more about the […]
Without Books Episode 15: Lara Ehrlich
Date: July 22, 2020
Lara Ehrlich is the author of the short story collection Animal Wife (Red Hen Press, Sept 2020), which won Red Hen’s Fiction Award, judged by Ann Hood. Lara lives in […]
The Story Prize: Featured Instagram Post by Lara Ehrlich
Date: July 20, 2020
This post, by Lara Ehrlich, author of Animal wife, is the 32nd in a series of posts by writers whose books have been entered for The Story Prize in 2020.“This […]
Ep. 12: Chelsea Catherine
Date: July 20, 2020
Chelsea Catherine is a native Vermonter living in St. Petersburg, FL. Most recently, she won the Mary C Mohr nonfiction award through the Southern Indiana Review and her book, “Summer […]
Skylit Interview: Kristen Millares Young, SUBDUCTION
Date: July 20, 2020
Fleeing the shattered remains of her marriage and a betrayal by her sister, in the throes of a midlife freefall, Latina anthropologist Claudia Ranks retreats from Seattle to Neah Bay, […]
AN AMERICAN HISTORY SUMMER READING LIST
Date: July 20, 2020
This remarkable novel, just published in April 2020, opens with a 1968 Detroit anti–Vietnam War peace march when “guerrilla theater tactics” that results in an injured policeman, and the two […]
Reviews:
Shining Rock Poetry reviews In June the Labyrinth
Date: February 14, 2018
Cynthia Hogue, author of In June the Labyrinth, receives a truly laudatory review by the Shining Rock Poetry Anthology, which calls the book "a masterly creation," among other things. Thank […]
Hobart Pulp interviews Chelsea Clammer
Date: January 31, 2018
Thank you Hobart Pulp for this insightful interview with Chelsea Clammer, author of Circadian. “Essays seem to encourage digression and tangents, and you do such a great job of managing […]
The Baltimore Sun covers Ron Koertge
Date: January 29, 2018
Ron Koertge is in the news again, this time in The Baltimore Sun, for his poem “Negative Space,” which inspired the Oscar-nominated animation. “Porter, 36, who has been collaborating with […]
CBS Baltimore mentions Ron Koertge
Date: January 29, 2018
Big thank you to CBS Baltimore for not forgetting that "Negative Space," the Oscar-nominated animation, was inspired by Ron Koertge's prose poem of the same name.
Our Man at the Oscars”– SGVT covers Ron Koertge”
Date: January 29, 2018
Many thanks to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune for giving a shout-out to Ron Koertge, whose prose poem, "Negative Space," has been made into an Oscar-nominated short film. Thanks SGVT! […]
Bad Stories receives a starred review by Booklist
Date: January 18, 2018
We're excited that Steve Almond's Bad Stories is the recipient of a starred review by Booklist. The full review will appear in the February 15th edition of Booklist, but here's […]
CIRCADIAN gets rave review from Reader Views!
Date: January 18, 2018
Huge thanks to Reader Views for this fantastic review of Chelsey Clammer’s CIRCADIAN! “If you read just one essay collection this year, make it “Circadian” by Chelsey Clammer.” Read the […]
RAIN TAXI reviews HOW TO GET OVER
Date: January 4, 2018
Huge thanks to Rain Taxi for this fantastic review of t’ai freedom ford’s HOW TO GET OVER, calling it “a courageous and brilliant book… [that] interweaves personal life and American […]
CrossTown by Loren W. Cooper
Date: January 3, 2018
Straight out of the Bewitching Book Tour, blogwriter Anie wrote a snappy review of CrossTown by Loren W. Cooper. “
Gertrude Press praises THE DEAD GO TO SEATTLE
Date: December 5, 2017
Huge thanks to Lara Messersmith-Glavin for this rave review of Vivian Faith Prescott’s THE DEAD GO TO SEATTLE! “