Date: June 30, 2020
IN APRIL 2020, Red Hen Press published Kristen Millares Young’s debut novel, Subduction. Described by the novelist Shawn Wong as “a lyrical forest of storytelling rooted in indigenous voices,” Young’s book […]
Date: June 30, 2020
Before I ended my conversation with Kristen Millares Young — journalist, essayist, and author of her debut novel “Subduction,” which was released in April — she wanted to tell me […]
Date: June 30, 2020
This month: Seattle-based author and journalist Kristen Millares Young, whose excellent debut novel, “Subduction,” set in Neah Bay, is a staff pick at The Paris Review. Young earned her master’s degree in creative writing in […]
Date: June 29, 2020
June Read With Jenna Book Club author Megha Majumdar recommends PIGS by Johanna Stoberock as one of five books to read next! See the full segment here!
Date: June 26, 2020
Don’t Go Crazy Without Me tells the tragicomic coming of age story of a girl who grew up under the seductive sway of her outrageously eccentric father. He taught her […]
Date: June 12, 2020
Maurya Simon reads poems from The Wilderness: New & Selected Poems 1980-2016 (2018). This reading was originally given with Peggy Shumaker as the inaugural reading in the Tom Sanders Memorial Reading Series.
Date: June 5, 2020
I doubt I will ever go to the Antarctic but this book makes me feel I’ve (almost) encountered it. Bradfield recommends listening to the “unearthly” underwater vocalisations of Weddell seals, […]
Date: June 5, 2020
This year’s IPPY Awards had 148 entries into our two categories: Poetry– General and Poetry–Specialty. We awarded a total of 11 medals to poetry books; two each of gold, silver, […]
Date: June 4, 2020
Episode #39 welcomes former Missouri Poet Laureate William Trowbridge and has new book, Oldguy: Superhero—poems from which have been featured regularly in Rattle for years.
Date: June 4, 2020
David Mason gives a hypothetical “last lecture”!
Date: January 29, 2018
Many thanks to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune for giving a shout-out to Ron Koertge, whose prose poem, "Negative Space," has been made into an Oscar-nominated short film. Thanks SGVT! […]
Date: January 18, 2018
We're excited that Steve Almond's Bad Stories is the recipient of a starred review by Booklist. The full review will appear in the February 15th edition of Booklist, but here's […]
Date: January 18, 2018
Huge thanks to Reader Views for this fantastic review of Chelsey Clammer’s CIRCADIAN! “If you read just one essay collection this year, make it “Circadian” by Chelsey Clammer.” Read the […]
Date: January 4, 2018
Huge thanks to Rain Taxi for this fantastic review of t’ai freedom ford’s HOW TO GET OVER, calling it “a courageous and brilliant book… [that] interweaves personal life and American […]
Date: January 3, 2018
Straight out of the Bewitching Book Tour, blogwriter Anie wrote a snappy review of CrossTown by Loren W. Cooper. “
Date: December 5, 2017
Huge thanks to Lara Messersmith-Glavin for this rave review of Vivian Faith Prescott’s THE DEAD GO TO SEATTLE! “
Date: December 4, 2017
Anne Kaier provides a deep look into the emotional depth of Cynthia Hogue’s In June the Labyrinth, citing “one of the more penetrating of ways to speak to the dead […]
Date: December 4, 2017
Many thanks to Elizabeth Savage for her insightful commentary on the poetic themes of Cynthia Hogue's In June the Labyrinth. Read it now
Date: November 17, 2017
William Trowbridge's collection of poems, VANISHING POINT, received a rave review in the online edition of Green Mountains Review. Read the review
Date: November 9, 2017
Julie R. Enszer of Lambda Literary extols Judy Grahn's HANGING ON OUR OWN BONES! Enszer preface her lengthly review by praising Grahn's beloved presence in the lesbian literary community. She […]
