The Rumpus: An Exploration of Belonging
Date: June 30, 2020
Jamaica-born writer Donna Hemans has been said to hear “life sung by a chorus, not a single voice.” Her plots are as intense as thrillers yet as resonant as poetry, and the lyricism and […]
News & Reviews
News:
Pigs on the TODAY show
Date: June 30, 2020
For June, the Read With Jenna book club dove into Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, “A Burning.” The book tackles themes of class, fate and corruption in contemporary India through the stories of […]
IPPY-Winning Poets Speak Out
Date: June 30, 2020
This year’s IPPY Awards had 148 entries into our two categories: Poetry– General and Poetry–Specialty. We awarded a total of 11 medals to poetry books; two each of gold, silver, […]
TriCornerNews: “My Heart Cannot Accept It All” poem by Susan Kinsolving
Date: June 30, 2020
Forgive yourself for thinking smallfor cooking soups, ignoring blight.The mind cannot contain it all
Giving Compass: #HalfMyDAF: A Challenge To Donors To Unlock Capital For A Reimagined World
Date: June 30, 2020
Launched in early May, #HalfMyDAF is the brainchild of philanthropists David and Jennifer Risher. With more than $120 billion sitting in Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) at a time when nonprofits are facing additional obstacles to […]
San Francisco Chronicle: Donor-advised funds are stacking up cash. A former Amazon executive wants it given away faster
Date: June 30, 2020
David Risher and his wife, Jennifer, are urging other tech philanthropists to put money sitting in charitable vehicles to work at nonprofits that need it. And they’re putting $1 million […]
Psychology Today: Wrestling with Wealth
Date: June 30, 2020
When I got a job offer to be a campus recruiter at Microsoft in 1991, I had no idea how much good fortune was heading my way. I was 25 […]
GMR: Francisco Aragón on The Social Distance Reading Series
Date: June 30, 2020
Francisco Aragón is the son of Nicaraguan immigrants. He’s the author of After Rubén, Glow of Our Sweat and Puerta del Sol, as well as editor of The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry. He directs Letras […]
Literary North interviews Didi Jackson
Date: June 30, 2020
Didi Jackson is a terrific poet. She writes accessible poems that are packed with startling imagery, art, precise language, and delicate emotions. She manages to make the shocking and heart-breaking […]
Seven Days: Poet Didi Jackson on Grief, Recovery and New Book ‘Moon Jar’
Date: June 30, 2020
Didi Jackson‘s book of poetry, Moon Jar, was released on April 21 — the day before her 50th birthday and during a global pandemic. The book contains several years’ worth of […]
Reviews:
Jim Tilley’s RIPPLES IN THE FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE reviewed by Lynette G. Esposito for North of Oxford!
Date: July 2, 2024
Ripples in the Fabric of the Universe by Jim Tilley published by Red Hen Press, Pasadena, California in June this year, is an interesting mix of relationship perceptions and how the universe […]
Elizabeth Smith of Necessary Fiction reviews Helen Benedict’s THE GOOD DEED!
Date: July 2, 2024
The Good Deed reads like history that has been written over and over; perhaps it is just that the stories are as old as time, and displaced women and children—mute […]
New York Times Reviews DC Frost’s A PUNISHING BREED
Date: July 1, 2024
NYT lists A PUNISHING BREED as one of their picks for the 4 Great Fictional Detectives. Check out the full review below!
Poems You Need Podcast shares excerpts from BLUE ATLAS by Susan Rich
Date: July 1, 2024
Two poets read and review poems from Susan Rich’s poetry collection, BLUE ATLAS.
Kirkus Review of Aliah Wright’s Upcoming Debut Novel, NOW YOU OWE ME!
Date: June 27, 2024
Kirkus Review writes, “Wright explores the ravages of psychopathy on society through the lives of two young killers. The Zanetti twins, Benjamin and Corinthia, are marked by violence from an […]
Bookmonger: The negative capability of poets
Date: June 25, 2024
”Negative capability” was initially described by 18th-century English poet John Keats as a poet’s way of living with uncertainty, or with openness to competing moods. In two recently published volumes, […]
Tinderbox Poetry’s Sarah K. Carey Reviews BLUE ATLAS by Susan Rich
Date: June 25, 2024
In her latest book, Blue Atlas, newly released from Red Hen Press, award-winning Washington poet Susan Rich confronts and chronicles her world before, during and after an abortion she underwent as […]
Anchorage Daily News reviews Jennifer Brice’s ANOTHER NORTH
Date: June 24, 2024
It used to be said that “essays don’t sell, nobody wants to read them.” That was never really true, and, in the hands of a gifted writer like Jennifer Brice, […]
Jen Ryland reviews D.C. Frost’s A PUNISHING BREED
Date: June 10, 2024
“DC Frost does an artful job of weaving in current campus social issues, juggling multiple suspects, and giving us a peek into the tense relationship between the two men who […]
Los Angeles Daily News Names DC Frost’s A PUNISHING BREED on their summer book list
Date: June 6, 2024
LA Daily News adds A PUNISHING BREED by DC Frost to their list of 10 summer books from LA authors!