News:

The Rumpus: An Exploration of Belonging

Date: June 30, 2020

Jamaica-born writer Donna Hemans has been said to hear “life sung by a chorus, not a single voice.” Her plots are as intense as thrillers yet as resonant as poetry, and the lyricism and […]

Pigs on the TODAY show

Date: June 30, 2020

For June, the Read With Jenna book club dove into Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, “A Burning.” The book tackles themes of class, fate and corruption in contemporary India through the stories of […]

IPPY-Winning Poets Speak Out

Date: June 30, 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, […]

Psychology Today: Wrestling with Wealth

Date: June 30, 2020

When I got a job offer to be a campus recruiter at Microsoft in 1991, I had no idea how much good fortune was heading my way. I was 25 […]

Literary North interviews Didi Jackson

Date: June 30, 2020

Didi Jackson is a terrific poet. She writes accessible poems that are packed with startling imagery, art, precise language, and delicate emotions. She manages to make the shocking and heart-breaking […]

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Reviews:

Hinged praises The Palace of Contemplating Departure

Date: May 17, 2013

Garrett Bryant from Hinged says that the poems from Brynn Saito's The Palace of Contemplating Departure sing.- "Saito’s ferocious and confident voice guides the reader through both an external journey […]

Donna Miscolta applauds Burn This House

Date: May 9, 2013

Donna Miscolta calls Kelly Davio's Burn This House "blisteringly good poetry".- "In Burn this House (Red Hen Press), Kelly Davio explores relationships—how they falter or erode, how time distorts the […]

Shelf Awareness features Burn This House

Date: May 9, 2013

Thuy Dinh from Shelf Awareness praises Burn This House by Kelly Davio.- "Kelly Davio's debut poetry collection, Burn This House, smolders with doubt and misdirection. Cosmic yet controlled, her poetry […]

Lambda Literary Review loves A Wild Surmise

Date: May 1, 2013

ArielleYarwood from Lambda Literary Review calls Eloise Klein Healy's A Wild Surmise: New & Selected Poems & Recordings "a book that won’t easily be shaken from your mind."- "How to […]

The Rumpus reviews Burn This House

Date: May 1, 2013

Michelle Salcido from The Rumpus praises Kelly Davio's Burn This House.- "Davio explores the erosion of faith, time, memory, and love with clear speakers who are unafraid to expose doubts […]

Lambda Literary applauds Speaking Wiri Wiri

Date: April 25, 2013

Charlie Bondhus from Lambda Literary praises Dan Vera's use of language in Speaking Wiri Wiri.- "…there is no gibberish to be found in Vera’s Letras Latinas-winning poetry collection. Rather, there […]

Rain Taxi Review of Books features Steam Laundry

Date: April 25, 2013

Julie Swarstad Johnson praises Nicole Stellon O'Donnell's Steam Laundry for it's poems that "soar with rich figurative language and inventive description".- "This unique debut collection presents not only images worth […]

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