Chapter 16: The Skin of Meaning excerpt
Date: June 4, 2020
The Skin of Meaning He was late to the party and without directions,though his invitation was secure, and his instinctskeenly honed to an acceptable edge, and as we arewaiting to […]
News & Reviews
News:
Daily Poetry: Ascension
Date: June 4, 2020
Ascension Didi Jackson The blue jays lay claimto the raspberry busharriving in groups of four or five:one holds a rubied berry in its beakand feeds it up in the white […]
Lithub: ‘Almost Animal’ A Poem by Didi Jackson
Date: June 4, 2020
after Käthe Kollwitz I heard they no longer sew eyelids of the dead shut.At the morgue, I busied myself countingthe lacerations on my husband’s neck and wrists.I wore sunglasses and […]
VPR: ‘Between Abject Fear And Inexplicable Optimism’: Vt. Poets On The Pandemic
Date: June 4, 2020
Major Jackson: I’m fluctuating between abject fear and inexplicable optimism. Mitch Wertlieb: That’s poet Major Jackson, who lives in South Burlington. And you may have heard a bit of laughter […]
Mary Odden’s Blog
Date: June 4, 2020
https://www.maryodden.com/neighborsblog
Lithub: Finding My Story in the Colonial Past of the Andaman Islands
Date: June 3, 2020
My new novel Glorious Boy began with a dream. On a tropical island during an emergency evacuation, a young girl was hiding in a dense rainforest with a small, mute white boy […]
Caroline Leavitt’s Blog Interview with Aimee Liu
Date: June 3, 2020
Aimee Liu talks about GLORIOUS BOY, the excruciating process of writing, creating a memorable silent character, her shapeshifter dad, and so much more.
Ms. Q&A: Authors Aimee Liu and Cai Emmons Talk Motherhood, Shame and Releasing Books Mid-Pandemic
Date: June 3, 2020
Some 30 years ago, an established nonfiction writer and a screenwriter decided to write their first novels. They met in a fiction writing class, and have been friends ever since, […]
NY Times: Percival Everett Has a Book or Three Coming Out
Date: June 3, 2020
Featured mentioning of Percival Everett’s Colonel Hap Thompson!
OutSmart: National Poetry Month 2020 Reading List
Date: June 3, 2020
Presented in five poetic sequences, the poems in Hold Me Tight by gay poet Jason Schneiderman focuses the reader’s attention on the subjects of anger, real and metaphorical wolves, the work of the late […]
Reviews:
Atticus Review praises Gary Dop’s unwavering voice!
Date: August 19, 2015
Last month, Ruth Foley, writing for the Atticus Review, discussed how Dop is able to maintain the consistent voice in his multiple narratives. She goes on noting that the poems […]
Blotterature Literary Magazine calls Chris Tarry’s How To Carry Bigfoot Home fresh and compelling!””
Date: August 19, 2015
Kayla Greenwell from Blotterature reviews How to Carry Bigfoot Home and discusses how Chris Tarry is able to prove his points with a mix of humor and satire. "Tarry’s writing […]
The Rumpus adores the GAFFER!
Date: July 6, 2015
Over the weekend, Rebecca Bornstein, writing for The Rumpus, published a review of Celeste Gainey's the GAFFER, and raved about the use of contrastig tones in the book: “The straddling […]
NewPages raves about My Body is a Book of Rules!
Date: May 5, 2015
Last month, Audrey Quinn, writing for NewPages, published a review of Elissa Washuta's brilliant memoir My Body is a Book of Rules, and loved Elissa's mixture ofnormal life with larger […]
Sunday Salon interview with Chris Tarry!
Date: April 27, 2015
Recently, Sara Lippmann, writing for Sunday Salon, interviewed Red Hen author Chris Tarry about his new short story collection, How To Carry Bigfoot Home, his writing process, his music, and […]
The River Teeth Journal loves My Body Is a Book of Rules!
Date: April 6, 2015
Recently, Samir Atassi, writing for the River Teeth Journal, published a review of Elissa Washuta's memoir, My Body Is a Book of Rules, and had great things to say about […]
Adrianne Kalfopoulou in conversation with Jane Satterfield!
Date: April 6, 2015
Recently, The Conversant published a conversation between Red Hen author Adrianne Kalfopoulou and Jane Satterfield. The two discuss everything from genre, to motherhood, to biculturalism. To read the fascinating conversation […]
Library Journal is charmed by Residue!
Date: April 6, 2015
Recently, Library Journal Express Review published a review of Jim Knipfel's new novel, Residue, and had great things to say about the book's tone and sense of humor. "This quirky, […]
Monkeybicycle has high praise for Sea Salt!
Date: April 1, 2015
Recently, Kevin Rippin, writing for Monkeybicycle, published a review on David Mason's poetry collection, Sea Salt, Poems of a Decade: 2004-2014, and had some great things to say: "These poems […]
The Georgia Review loves Put This On, Please!
Date: April 1, 2015
The Spring Issue of The Georgia Review will feature a review by Jo McDougall of William Trowbridge's poetry collection, Put This On, Please. Here are some of the great things […]