La Treintena: 30 Books of Latinx Poetry
Date: June 1, 2020
NYU’s The Latinx Project features two Red Hen titles: After Rubén by Francisco Aragón and Body of Render by Felicia Zamora!
News & Reviews
News:
Alta: Talking with Tess Taylor
Date: May 29, 2020
Tess Taylor’s poetry is a literary collage: an assemblage of the poet’s words and the ontology of California itself. In two collections out this year, Rift Zone and Last West: Roadsongs for Dorothea […]
Poets and Writers: Authors Reimagine Live Events During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Date: May 29, 2020
Still, digital events aren’t for everyone. Poet Tess Taylor is publishing two collections this spring, Last West: Roadsongs for Dorothea Lange, commissioned by New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and Rift Zone, […]
The Millions Must-Read Poetry: April 2020
Date: May 29, 2020
The Millions Nick Ripatrazone lists Tess Taylor’s Rift Zone: California: pastoral, urban, suburban—home to myth and magic. Taylor’s book is geologic in concept and theme, both panoramic and particular (her […]
Ms. Magazine Poetry for the Rest of Us: 2020 Roundup
Date: May 28, 2020
The Feminist Know-It-All: You know her. You can’t stand her. Good thing she’s not here! Instead, this column by gender and women’s studies librarian Karla Strand will amplify stories of the creation, access, use and […]
Rekindled: Andrew Altschul in Conversation With Ellen Meeropol
Date: May 27, 2020
On this episode of Rekindled, Andrew Altschul is in conversation with Ellen Meeropol. Andrew Altschul’s third novel, The Gringa, was published the day before the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus crisis […]
A Modern-Day Bay Area Poet Recreated the Journey of Legendary Photographer Dorothea Lange
Date: May 27, 2020
“She inspired me as a model of persistence.” So says Tess Taylor, a poet in the Bay Area, who undertook the journey once travelled by Dorothea Lange, the extraordinary woman photographer. […]
Kim Dower’s poetry is one of Oprah’s favorite things!
Date: March 16, 2020
The December 2013 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine calls the poems in Slice of Moon, “unexpected and sublime.” Find a copy to see Kim’s new collection featured in the “Put It In […]
Red Hen is #1!
Date: March 16, 2020
We are delighted that Red Hen's readings at the Annenberg Community Beach House were ranked as the most-liked poetry reading of 2014 on
Jim Tilley Interview
Date: March 16, 2020
Reviews:
KIRKUS: Tea by the Sea
Date: July 1, 2020
A young mother goes on a quest to track down the father of her child, who abducted their baby daughter shortly after her birth. When Plum Valentine is in high […]
Publisher Weekly: The Likely World
Date: June 30, 2020
This skillful twist on the addiction narrative is worth a look.
RHINO: reviews After Rubén
Date: June 30, 2020
In the essay that caps his latest poetry collection, After Rubén, Francisco Aragón traces his relationship with the Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío (1867-1916). From the initial gift of a handful […]
The Nonconformist: Sugar, Smoke, Song by Reema Rajbanshi review
Date: June 30, 2020
Many readers of this review may or may not be aware of the rasa theory, but it is maintained that classic works of literature created within the boundaries of what is today […]
Anchorage Daily News: Review of Mostly Water
Date: June 30, 2020
The best memoirs invite us into the interesting minds of writers, carry us into territories we might not have tread ourselves and leave us with new perspectives on life. Some […]
Denali Sunrise: Review of Mostly Water
Date: June 30, 2020
Water flows over and through the pebbles on the cover of Mostly Water: Reflections Rural and North. Water connects. Mary Odden, a long-time resident of rural Alaska, has graced us with this […]
Writers’ Voices: Aimee Liu Sets
Date: June 30, 2020
In the South Asian archipelago known as the Andaman Islands, aboriginal tribes thrived for 60,000 years before the onset of British colonialism nearly wiped them out. Best selling novelist Aimee […]
Washington Independent Review of Books: Glorious Boy
Date: June 30, 2020
Aimee Liu’s fourth novel, Glorious Boy — a family drama set against the backdrop of World War II and the rumblings of Indian independence from British colonialist rule — is big, ambitious, […]
Booktrib: Family and Priorities Collide in Her Sister’s Tattoo
Date: June 30, 2020
This is a powerful story of political activism, family betrayal, allegiance and love. When two sisters get arrested during a Vietnam War protest in 1968, they must decide where their […]
Sugar, Smoke, Song by Reema Rajbanshi: A book review by Moazzam Sheikh
Date: June 30, 2020
Many readers of this review may or may not be aware of the rasa theory, but it is maintained that classic works of literature created within the boundaries of what is today […]