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:
Rigoberto Gonzalez says Bravo” to Lillian-Yvonne Bertram “
Date: April 12, 2012
Rigoberto Gonzalez gives praise for Lillian-Yvonne Bertram's But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise in the latest Harriett blog, saying: "But a Storm is Blowing from Paradise is a rich […]
The Courier-Journal gives praise to Lynnell Edwards’ Covet
Date: April 12, 2012
The Courier-Journal's Kathleen Driskell had this to say about Lynnell Edwards' Covet: "A reader of poetry is in good hands with Edwards' work. Her language allows accessible entry into her […]
Martin Ott reviews and connects to O’Donnell’s Steam Laundry
Date: March 23, 2012
In a recent Writeliving's Blog post, author Martin Ott talks about his connection to fellow Alaskan Nicole Stellon O'Donnell, and her new collection of poetry, Steam Laundry. "[Steam Laundry is] […]
Books in Brief reviews Michael Quadland’s Offspring
Date: March 19, 2012
Veteran David Willson has just reviewed Offspring on "Books in Brief," an online feature that complements “Books in Review,” which runs in The VVA Veteran, the national magazine of Vietnam […]
Cult. Bomb raves about Brendan Constantine’s Calamity Joe!
Date: March 16, 2012
Cult. Bomb author Danielle Mitchell recently blogged this about Calamity Joe, Brendan Constantine's newest collection of poems from Red Hen Press: "Here there is wonder, earth, humor, rancid, lameness, shimmer, […]
Room Service gets a great review on Shelf Awareness
Date: March 14, 2012
Shelf Awareness' Tom Lavoie has this to say about Ron Carlson's Room Service: "The poems and prose pieces in Room Service are thoughtful, witty, sad and hopeful–rarely angry or mad. […]
Arthur J. Kubick praises Blase Bonpane’s Imagine No Religion!
Date: March 7, 2012
In a recent Catholic Books Review article, Arthur J. Kubick had this to say about Imagine No Religion: The Autobiography of Blase Bonpane – "This fascinating autobiography takes the reader […]
Phati’tude Literary Magazine loves Suck on the Marrow by Camille Dungy!
Date: February 27, 2012
“Dungy captures the human heart and soul in her characters while illustrating the rawness of their suffering with gracefully blatant and rebellious passion.” – Phati'tude Literary Magazine The full text […]
Strong Verse reviews Annie Finch’s Among the Goddesses.
Date: February 27, 2012
In Strong Verse, G.M. Palmer says this about Among the Goddesses- "Like any poet of worth, Finch produces beautiful lines, by themselves worth the price of admission.” For the full […]
Rave reviews for Rachel Flynn’s Tongue in the Valparaiso Poetry Review.
Date: February 27, 2012
In the recent Valparaiso Poetry Review, Paul David Adkins had this to say about Tongue- "Within this hard-fought, inspiring collection, Flynn masterfully couples the lyric and narrative to create a […]