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
News & Reviews
News:
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 […]
Sound and Valley News: Coffee Break with Mary Odden
Date: June 30, 2020
Alaskan author Mary Odden discusses her new book, Mostly Water: Reflections Rural and North, an essay compilation that form a memoir of life in the 49th state.
Author2Author with Aimee Liu
Date: June 30, 2020
Bill welcomes novelist, essayist, and teacher Aimee Liu to the show. Aimee is the author of numerous bestselling novels as well as nonfiction books on medical and psychological topics. Her […]
The Booklist Reader: Glorious Boy
Date: June 30, 2020
Liu’s eponymous “glorious boy” exists at the intersection of families, communities, countries, cultures—and, for a while, life and death. His spirited, adventurous parents—Shep, a British doctor obsessed with the healing […]
Reviews:
Copperfield’s Books’ Review of Elise Paschen’s THE NIGHTLIFE
Date: June 6, 2017
Copperfield’s Books’ review of Elise Paschen’s THE NIGHTLIFE offered glowing praise of her ability to stick with the classic forms of poetry. They argue that “while most contemporary poets seem […]
Kinship of Clover by Ellen Meeropol
Date: June 6, 2017
Mom Egg Review gives Ellen Meeropol's latest offering, KINSHIP OF CLOVER, a stellar evaluation, stating that "Meeropol is at her best when her characters articulate their felt experience of losing […]
Lambda Literary Reviews “how to get over”
Date: May 31, 2017
“ford’s evocative poems traverse time, gender, ancestry, and love. Each slender poem cuts with precision, packing a tremendous amount of power into a slim volume.” t’ai freedom ford’s “how to […]
how to get over” Reviewed by Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards”
Date: May 31, 2017
“Like Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen,” ford elevates pain into introspective art, carefully connecting the dots between what it means to be black and what it means to be free. how to […]
Booklist Reviews THE NIGHTLIFE
Date: May 17, 2017
Booklist reviewed Elise Paschen’s THE NIGHTLIFE in their May 15, 2017 issue! They praise the collection saying, “[Paschen] achieves breathtaking perfection of craft and form. . . . As these […]
Laurel Ann Bogen featured in Tribe LA Magazine Mother’s Day Post
Date: May 15, 2017
From this she carved her own redemption through poetry and, along the way, influenced not only other poets in Los Angeles but also people who did not know they enjoyed […]
The Self Misshapen at Night: A Review of Elise Paschen’s ‘The Nightlife’
Date: May 15, 2017
Elise Paschen's THE NIGHTLIFE received glowing praise from F Newsmagazine's Natasha Mijares. Take a look at what Mijares has to say and then check out Elise's amazing collection! "The sun […]
Ellen Meeropol on Womens Magazine
Date: May 12, 2017
Ellen Meeropol sits down with Womens Magazine to discuss her newest novel, mental health and climate change. Listen to her brilliant interview
Appreciation – Erin Malone on Water & Salt
Date: May 3, 2017
Poetry Northwest features Lena Khalaf Tuffaha’s Water & Salt in their new series, Appreciations! Read it
Gabriel Jesiolowski gets a stunning review in A Foreword Reviews!
Date: May 1, 2017
A Foreword Reviews LGBTQ+ Spotlight issue features our very own Gabriel Jesiolowski! "As Burning Leaves, Gabriel Jesiolowski's debut collection, is an experience in othernesss from a poet experienced in teaching […]