Amy Schutzer Opens Up to Shelf Unbound
Date: March 16, 2020
Amy Schutzer gave an interview to Shelf Unbound and talked about her creative writing process and influences for her new book, Spheres of Disturbance. “When I begin a novel, it is […]
News & Reviews
News:
House Arrest excerpt posted on Shaking Like a Mountain
Date: March 16, 2020
If you have ever wanted to get a taste of Ellen Meeropol’s writing, here is a great opportunity. Shakinglikeamountain.com has posted an enticing excerpt from Ellen’s Spring 2011 title House Arrest. […]
The New Criterion reviews News from the Village
Date: March 16, 2020
The New Criterion has a nice review up of David Mason’s lyrical memoir, News from the Village: Aegean Friends. Here’s a taste: “In one of the book’s most eloquent passages, […]
My Life in Clothes… in the Wall Street Journal!
Date: March 16, 2020
First the Economist, then the Wall Street Journal, and then the world! Summer Brenner’s wonderful short story collection, My Life in Clothes, has been featured in the Wall Street Journal‘s holiday gift […]
The Last Jewish Virgin reviewed in NewPages
Date: March 16, 2020
Yet another great review of Janice Eidus’s The Last Jewish Virgin, this one from New Pages. It’s like the book is good or something. An excerpt: “…an entertaining, original, and psychologically […]
Tess Taylor’s Incredible Family Journey
Date: March 16, 2020
Tess Taylor has had an amazing journey of discovery these past few months. Her debut poetry collection, The Forage House, chronicles the exploration of her familial lineage and ties to Thomas […]
Kate Gale and Kim Dower on KUCI
Date: March 16, 2020
Kate Gale, our managing editor, and Kim Dower, author of the wonderful new collection AIR KISSING ON MARS, were interviewed this morning on KUCI for the segment “Writers on Writing […]
Suck on the Marrow wins an American Book Award!
Date: March 16, 2020
Camille Dungy’s Suck on the Marrow has won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation! For those of you keeping score at home, that’s the sixth significant honor this book […]
Ron Koertge Writes for Huffington Post!
Date: March 16, 2020
Author Ron Koertge wrote a post for Huffington Post about why he loves to write flash fiction: “Flash fiction doesn’t mind giving pleasure. It has a palpable level of affection for its […]
Jamey Hecht finalist for 2009 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize
Date: March 16, 2020
Jamey Hecht’s new manuscript Fate vs. United States has been declared a finalist in the just-concluded 2009 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize. His 2009 Red Hen Press title, Limousine, Midnight Blue: Fifty […]
Reviews:
Laurie Blauner reviews American Fractal
Date: March 16, 2020
American Fractal Laurie Blauner. Red Hen (CDC, dist.), $18.95 (104p) ISBN 978-1-59709-130-5 In Timothy Green’s appropriately titled American Fractal a whole vision is created from fragments of American myths, family, […]
More world than we can ever know”
Date: March 16, 2020
and a timely ghazal from Tasmania
Necessary Fiction reviews CAKE TIME
Date: March 16, 2020
Mike Marshall Wilson of Necessary Fiction provided a glowing review of Siel Ju’s CAKE TIME here, praising the novel-in-stories as “an irresistible read with tonal payoffs that are at times momentous […]
On Chelsey Clammers’ Circadian
Date: March 16, 2020
Huge thanks to author Melissa Grunow for writing a wonderful review of CIRCADIAN on The Coil. As she puts it, “Clammers vital essays challenge everything we know as true & scientific, […]
Blood Quantum Leap: Conversations with Elissa Washuta in CityArts Magazine
Date: March 16, 2020
Elissa Washuta met up with Rich Smith of City Arts Magazine last week to discuss her upcoming memoir My Body Is a Book of Rules. Of the memoir, Smith states, “My Body Is […]
My San Antonio reviews WATER & SALT
Date: March 16, 2020
Roberto Bonazzi of My San Antonio reviewed Lena Khalaf Tuffaha’s WATER & SALT, saying “Tuffaha’s collection is an extraordinary debut.” Thanks, Roberto!
The Hollins Critic reviews Appetite
Date: March 16, 2020
Appetite Jean-Mark Sens. Red Hen (CDC, dist.), $11.95 (98p) ISBN 1-888996-98-6 Jean-Mark Sens serves us a world that we thought we knew. Each of Sens’ lines twists the lens of […]
Ashanti White, Library Journal
Date: March 16, 2020
“In her debut collection, Brown weaves poetic phrases to take her readers on a journey that satisfies from the initiation to the conclusion, as she enlightens about the dysfunctional yet […]
Rain Taxi reviews Motel Girl
Date: March 16, 2020
Rain Taxi Review of Books, Vol. 13 No.4, Winter 2008/2009: Greg Sanders’s prose will make you wake up and smell the latte, the Rioja, or maybe the gourmet cat food (“Hearty […]
Veronica Reyes Featured on Advocate.com!
Date: March 16, 2020
Poet Veronica Reyes’ collection, Chopper! Copper! was recently featured on Advocate.com’s list of “10 Great LGBT Summer Reads.” Check out the full list and Veronica’s feature here!