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 […]
News & Reviews
News:
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!
Rebecca McClanahan Interview at The Rumpus with Julie Marie Wade
Date: September 21, 2020
Nearly twenty years ago, I read an essay that has always stayed with me. The writer is reading a copy of Denise Levertov’s Evening Train, which she has checked out from the […]
“Fourth Estate” by Ellen Meeropol
Date: September 21, 2020
I first saw the painting 30 years ago, when I walked into friends’ tenth floor apartment on Manhattan’s upper west side. My children immediately hurried to the large window, excited […]
I’m rich, but my life isn’t all about ‘glitz, glamour, and perfection.’ Here’s why we should be talking about what it’s really like to be wealthy.
Date: September 21, 2020
The wealthy are more diverse and ordinary than most people see or believe. Eight out of 10 of us grew up middle-class or poor, only one in 10 inherited money, […]
Podcast: How Jen Risher Got Over the Social Awkwardness of Extreme Unexpected Wealth
Date: September 15, 2020
Jen Risher, author of We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth recently spoke with Bobbi Rebell of the The Financial Grownup Podcast to discuss her book and how to […]
Reviews:
Patter is a top pick for Coldfront!
Date: January 28, 2015
Coldfront Magazine recently revealed their top 40 poetry books of 2014, and we are thrilled that Douglas Kearney's excellent collection, Patter, is on the list! Here's what Coldfront's Diana Arterian […]
Broome Street Review has high praise for RUIN!
Date: January 7, 2015
Recently, Andrew E. Colarusso, writing for Broome Street Review, wrote a review of Adrianne Kalfopoulou's RUIN, and had nothing but good things to say. "Ruin was written to remind us: […]
The Times Literary Supplement loves Sea Salt!
Date: December 12, 2014
Recently, Rory Waterman, writing for The Times Literary Supplement reviewed David Mason's newest Poetry collection, Sea Salt, Poems of a Decade: 2004-2014, and had great things to say about the […]
Forewords Reviews has high praise for Ruin!
Date: December 3, 2014
In it's Winter 2015 issue, Foreword Reviews recently ran a review of Adrianne Kalfopoulou's new book Ruin: Essays in Exilic Living and they are big fans. Here's what Sara Budzik […]
Library Journal Names Into the Silence” One of the Top 15 Indie Books of Fall”
Date: November 25, 2014
Barbara Hoffert of Library Journal places America Hart's into the silence on the Top Indie Fiction: 15 Key Titles Beyond the Best Sellers List for Fall 2014. She writes that […]
Big Sky Journal Loves If Not for This!
Date: November 21, 2014
Erin H. Turner of Big Sky Journal reviewed Pete Fromm's novel, If Not for This, and had this to say about it: “Where the brilliance of this novel shines through […]
The Rumpus Loves My Body Is a Book of Rules
Date: November 19, 2014
Samantha Claire Updegrave, writer for The Rumpus, recently gave a stellar review of Elissa Washuta's memoir, My Body Is a Book of Rules. Updegrave commends the author's ability to make […]
Lambda Literary Loves Spheres of Disturbance!
Date: November 14, 2014
Recently, Stephanie Glazier, writing for Lambda Literary, reviewed Amy Schutzer's new novel Spheres of Disturbance, singing its praises: "I had a big reaction to this novel. I finished it in […]
My Body Is a Book of Rules Gets Called Inventive” and “Heartbreaking””
Date: November 7, 2014
Barbara Lloyd McMichael of The Seattle Times recently reviewed Elissa Washuta's memoir, My Body Is a Book of Rules. McMichael calls it "bitterly funny, fierce, sometimes crass and sometimes heartbreaking." […]
BookNAround loves If Not For This!
Date: October 30, 2014
In a recent review of If Not For This, BookNAround praises Pete Fromm's ability to capture life: "The descriptions of the physical world, the rivers and the wilderness are simply […]