Poetry for Our Time!
Date: August 31, 2020
Three poet laureates deliver their poems as a beacon of hope during these unprecendted times of fear, uncertainty, and isolatio Watch the video here!
News & Reviews
News:
The Poetry of Architecture
Date: August 31, 2020
A pen. Some paper. A bit of inspiration. A quiet place to think. Of all the things a writer needs, it’s the last one that’s the hardest to come by. […]
Kim Dower- “They Took the Mailbox Away”
Date: August 27, 2020
Kim Dower reads “They took the mailbox away” from her collection “Air Kissing on Mars” Watch the full video here.
Susan Kinsolving Announced as Finalist for Connecticut Book Awards 2020
Date: August 27, 2020
The Connecticut Center for the Book and Connecticut Humanities on Wednesday announced the finalists for the prizes, an annual honor bestowed on authors and illustrators who live in or are […]
Dolores Hayden Announced as Finalist for Connecticut Book Awards 2020
Date: August 27, 2020
The Connecticut Center for the Book and Connecticut Humanities on Wednesday announced the finalists for the prizes, an annual honor bestowed on authors and illustrators who live in or are […]
2020 Washington State Book Awards: Finalists
Date: August 27, 2020
Poetry Finalists:All Its Charms by Keetje Kuipers (BOA Editions)Bright Stain by Francesca Bell (Red Hen Press)Hail and Farewell by Abby E. Murray (Perugia Press)Nightingale by Paisley Rekdal (Copper Canyon Press)Turn Around Time: A Walking Poem […]
Foreword Reviews Book of the Day
Date: August 27, 2020
Sugar, Smoke, Song: “Sensuous and surprising…”
Book lunch to include music, cocktails and doughnuts
Date: August 27, 2020
Author Lara Ehrlich knows how to add a little razzle-dazzle to a virtual event. Ehrlich, whose award-winning short story collection, “Animal Wife,” will make its debut — virtually — next Tuesday, with […]
Sebastian Matthews’ Playlist for His Memoir “Beyond Repair”
Date: August 26, 2020
Beyond Repair by Sebastian Matthews In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include […]
Are We Comfortable Encountering Strangers Anymore?
Date: August 26, 2020
Sebastian Matthews on Balancing Suspicion and Good Faith Beyond Repair is told through a series of encounters with friends and neighbors, colleagues and strangers, from early 2014 to spring 2019. […]
Reviews:
Ernest Hilbert Revives the Sonnet
Date: April 7, 2014
In a new review featured in the New Criterion, writer John Foy praises the so-called "Hilbertian sonnet" in Hilbert's latest book, All of You on the Good Earth. “With lines […]
Put This On, Please is Fun and Thought-provoking””
Date: April 7, 2014
William Trowbridge's new poetry collection, Put This On, Please, is "fun, approachable and thought-provoking," according to Shelf Awareness. "Trowbridge succeeds–making readers smile while plumbing something deeper than a giggle." Read […]
Dennis Must’s New Fantastical Novel
Date: April 7, 2014
Shelf Awareness calls Dennis Must's latest work, The World's Smallest Bible, perfect for fans of historical fiction. Check out the full review
The Meaning of Names is Beautifully colored prose””
Date: April 7, 2014
The Lincoln Journal Star recently reviewed Karen Shoemaker's The Meaning of Names, praising its unique blend of family stories and historical research. “Shoemaker writes with even, rhythmic, beautifully colored prose… […]
Sea Salt Is Praised by Angle
Date: April 2, 2014
David Mason's recent collection of poems, Sea Salt, was recently reviewed by Andrew Frisardi in the Spring/Summer edition of Angle. Frisardi praised Mason's lyric mastery: "Mason has mastered a fluid […]
Chopper! Chopper! is Dramatic and Bold””
Date: March 27, 2014
In a review of Veronica Reyes' Chopper! Chopper!, the poetry collection gets lauded as an "intimate portrait of her East L.A. neighborhood, family and local haunts with daring rhythm and […]
Gary Geddes Compared to Politico-poet Greats
Date: March 27, 2014
George Elliot Clarke of The Chronicle Herald calls Gary Geddes "proudly a political poet, though one whose honed lyrics ask for introspection and contemplation," and compares him to other celebrated […]
Patter, the most important collection of poetry published this year””
Date: March 27, 2014
Luke Fiddler of The Economy Magazine gives a glowing review to Douglas Kearney's new book, Patter. He states, "By all measures, Patter scrapes vertiginous heights; it’s a magisterial study of […]
Dennis Must is Beyond Ordinary
Date: March 27, 2014
Dactyl Review examines The World's Smallest Bible, the new novel by Dennis Must, calling him a "searching writer, able to transcribe madness and instability, the wrack of obsession and the […]
Jessica Piazza’s Contemporary Collection
Date: March 27, 2014
Timothy Otte of Hazel and Wren recently praised Jessica Piazza's Interrobang as "free flowing and contemporary, yet formally precise, employing the same linguistic tricks that mark sonnets written by the […]