Date: April 30, 2025
I Was a Bell by M. Soledad Caballero is featured in Electric Literature’s list, “8 Debut Poetry Collections by Poets Over 40.” The list celebrates the unique power of debuting […]
Date: April 30, 2025
Abi Pollokoff is highlighted as Poet of the Week by Brooklyn Poets. The feature includes her poem “lilies & these eroded” from night myths • • before the body, alongside […]
Date: April 30, 2025
Molly Olguín’s latest release, The Sea Gives Up the Dead, has been selected by WFAE as one of the week’s Revolutionary readings. Reviewer Colin Dwyer describes the book as “dark, […]
Date: April 29, 2025
KQED features Andrew Lam on its Perspectives series, where he reflects on the enduring memories of the Vietnam War.
Date: April 29, 2025
Adela Najarro is a poet with a social consciousness who is working on a novel. She serves on the board of directors for and works with the Latine/x community nationwide, promoting the […]
Date: April 29, 2025
“Blood Wolf Moon” begins with a long poem called “Heritage,” which consists of a bracelet of poems modelled after a crown of sonnets. At one stage, the long poem was […]
Date: April 29, 2025
The Orange County Register spotlights several Vietnamese American artists, including Andrew Lam, who shares his personal story of fleeing Vietnam for the United States as a child just before the […]
Date: April 24, 2025
CHICAGO (WGN) — Some believe destiny is whispered through the wind. Among the tall grass of Oklahoma’s Osage Tribal Reservation, many stories slip between its reeds. Some stories are about wealth, […]
Date: April 23, 2025
Andrew Lam is interviewed in Metro Silicon Valley’s article, “A Half-Century After Saigon’s Fall, the Diaspora Writes On.” In the conversation, Lam reflects on how writing has been a therapeutic […]
Date: April 22, 2025
by Lynnell Edwards, poetry faculty and associate programs director On the eve of the Kentucky Book Festival last November, a novelist friend came up to me at the writer’s reception […]
Date: March 4, 2025
Short stories examine lives shaped by the Vietnamese refugee experience. Lam and his family fled Vietnam in April, 1975, when he just 11 years old. While the stories in this […]
Date: February 26, 2025
Kim Dower’s latest poetry collection What She Wants is reivewed by Vick Mickunas in Journal-News. In the review, Mickunas highlights the collection’s ability to provide a literary refuge, stating: “Whenever […]
Date: February 24, 2025
Even when the return is to unlivable conditions with no protection from any type of law, displaced people returning home is something to celebrate. The connection one has to one’s […]
Date: February 3, 2025
Between its quiet swells of suspense, Blood on the Brain is an interior and intimate story about a young woman navigating identity and adulthood. Bediako concludes this strong and spirited […]
Date: January 29, 2025
Eleanor J. Bader recommends The Burning Heart of the World by Nancy Kricorian, describing it as “a beautiful, sad, and timely look at the aftermath of war and its lasting […]
Date: January 28, 2025
Blood Wolf Moon reflects a poet at the height of her powers, yet it remains accessible to a wide audience and will especially be valued by Osages. Readers will find […]
Date: January 22, 2025
Book critic Ron Charles recommended Kim Dower’s new collection, What She Wants, in the Washington Post Book Club and included the poem ‘Longing’ in the weekly selection.
Date: December 16, 2024
Huge thanks to book critic Dwight Garner for your thorough, generous review of Percival Everett’s poetry collections, including re:f (gesture), The Book of Training by Colonel Hap Thompson, Sonnets for […]
Date: December 12, 2024
This episode of “Check This Out” from New Hampshire Public Radio features local librarians discussing their favorite books of 2024! This to the full episode to hear what they thought […]
Date: December 3, 2024
AS A POET AGES, he’s often faced with several choices. He can keep doing what he has always done, or he can, by seriously confronting himself, seek another voice. Jason […]
