KQED features Andrew Lam, author of STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF THE SEA
Date: April 29, 2025
KQED features Andrew Lam on its Perspectives series, where he reflects on the enduring memories of the Vietnam War.
News & Reviews
News:
Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast features VARIATIONS IN BLUE by Adela Najarro
Date: April 29, 2025
Adela Najarro is a poet with a social consciousness who is working on a novel. She serves on the board of directors for and works with the Latine/x community nationwide, promoting the […]
Interview with Elise Paschen, author of “Blood Wolf Moon” by Rey M. Rodríguez
Date: April 29, 2025
“Blood Wolf Moon” begins with a long poem called “Heritage,” which consists of a bracelet of poems modelled after a crown of sonnets. At one stage, the long poem was […]
The Orange County Register features Andrew Lam, author of STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF THE SEA
Date: April 29, 2025
The Orange County Register spotlights several Vietnamese American artists, including Andrew Lam, who shares his personal story of fleeing Vietnam for the United States as a child just before the […]
From stage to page: A Chicago poet honors her prima ballerina mother and Osage heritage
Date: April 24, 2025
CHICAGO (WGN) — Some believe destiny is whispered through the wind. Among the tall grass of Oklahoma’s Osage Tribal Reservation, many stories slip between its reeds. Some stories are about wealth, […]
Metro Silicon Valley features Andrew Lam, author of STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF THE SEA
Date: April 23, 2025
Andrew Lam is interviewed in Metro Silicon Valley’s article, “A Half-Century After Saigon’s Fall, the Diaspora Writes On.” In the conversation, Lam reflects on how writing has been a therapeutic […]
A Year on the Trauma Circuit: Taking Your Poetry to New Audiences
Date: April 22, 2025
by Lynnell Edwards, poetry faculty and associate programs director On the eve of the Kentucky Book Festival last November, a novelist friend came up to me at the writer’s reception […]
Percival Everett and TIMES, “The 100 Most Influential People of 2025”
Date: April 17, 2025
“There’s a moment that may surprise you reading Percival Everett’s novel James, a reimagining of Huck Finn’s Black sidekick and their treacherous journey to freedom. It’s the moment when you take a break […]
Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour features FOUR DAYS IN ALGERIA’s author Clarence Major and WE’s author April Ossmann
Date: April 15, 2025
Red Hen Press authors Clarence Major and April Ossmann were featured on the April 2, 2025 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour. Both authors discussed their latest Red […]
Poetry Foundation Poem of the Day (April 10th): After “Killers of the Flower Moon” by Elise Paschen, author of Blood Wolf Moon
Date: April 15, 2025
After “Killers of the Flower Moon” By Elise Paschen Lily Gladstone confides she wore my great grandmother Eliza’s blankets in three scenes. I don’t remember my great grandmother, though in a […]
Reviews:
Rain Taxi: Subduction reviewed by Douglas Cole
Date: June 3, 2020
Subduction is most of all a story of displacement and dislocation: for Claudia, whose Latina heritage lies over a border and whose sense of family lies beyond the betrayal that […]
Empty Mirror: Hope Amidst Uncertainty: Subduction by Kristen Millares Young, reviewed by Jessica Gigot
Date: June 3, 2020
What happens when the world as you know it changes course? When your seemingly rock-solid life suddenly becomes thin and porous? Such is the case for Claudia, a Latinx anthropologist based […]
Library Journal reviews Subduction
Date: June 3, 2020
VERDICT Gorgeously, toughly written, this book dares to be open-ended yet leaves readers with a satisfying sense of how life really unfolds. Cultural clash matters here, but personal differences and […]
The Seattle Times: Storytelling in Neah Bay forms the fault line in brilliant debut ‘Subduction’ from Seattle’s Kristen Millares Young
Date: June 3, 2020
In the gray autumn of Seattle, Claudia, an anthropology professor, is on edge. Her marriage is over after she found out her husband and sister were having an affair. She’s […]
The Washington Post: In ‘Subduction,’ an anthropologist observing a remote fishing village becomes part of the story
Date: June 2, 2020
What was it the anthropologist said? Claudia wonders as she types up her notes. “Oh, yes. ‘An observer is under the bed. A participant observer is in it.’ She doubted […]
The Book Slut Reviews Body of Render: Poems by Felicia Zamora
Date: May 28, 2020
This moving collection of poetry by Felicia Zamora covers a range of topics from love, politics, identity, addiction, and the natural world. On one level, Body of Render explores a […]
The Paris Review: Staff Picks Subduction
Date: May 21, 2020
Kristen Millares Young’s debut novel Subduction takes as its subject a subtle clash of culture in the Pacific Northwest. The novel’s protagonist, Claudia, is an anthropologist fleeing the remains of her marriage […]
Midwest Book Review recommends Lifesaving for Beginners
Date: March 16, 2020
TBT! In a mid-April review, Midwest Book Review recommended Anne Edelstein’s memoir Lifesaving for Beginners. The recommendation reads, “It is no surprise that Lifesaving for Beginners is an deftly crafted, engagingly presented, intensely […]
Praise for What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison
Date: March 16, 2020
Camille Dungy shares with us in this manuscript her sharp, clear and honest ear and her unswerving commitment to the voice of life. She is a brave poet writing true […]
New Letters admires Gary Dop’s work for Father
Date: March 16, 2020
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