Date: June 3, 2020
Two weeks ago, when restaurants were still open, I watched a friend at lunch repeatedly spritz his hands with hand sanitizer. It seemed more compulsion than prudent protective measure. If […]
Date: June 3, 2020
Subduction topped the New Release in Hispanic American Literature Amazon Kindle chart, so you know it’s a good read for summer. Kristen Millares Young’s book follows Claudia, a Latina anthropologist who […]
Date: June 3, 2020
Kristen Millares Young, author of Subduction, recommends We Had No Rules by Corinne Manning.
Date: June 3, 2020
Kristen Millares Young was a prize-winning journalist when I first met her and I first read the beginning of Subduction in a class I taught at the Port Townsend Writer’s […]
Date: June 3, 2020
Last week, I spoke with Kristen Millares Young, author of the novel Subduction, released on April 14 by Red Hen Press. The story follows two such seekers to the tip of the […]
Date: June 3, 2020
Kristen Millares Young on Learning from Makah Tradition I am zipped into a tent on my friend’s beachfront lawn. Caring for her mom and kids, she has a full house, […]
Date: June 2, 2020
I don’t remember when or how Kristen Millares Young and I became friends, but I know it happened in Coast Salish territory, specifically Seattle, where she lives and I left. Subduction, her debut novel […]
Date: June 2, 2020
Ms. Magazine Ms. Feminist Know-It-All features Subduction! In this utterly unique and important first novel, Young examines themes of love, intrusion, loss, community and trust against a backdrop of a […]
Date: June 2, 2020
There are a lot of moving, shifting pieces that comprise Kristen Millares Young’s stunning debut novel, Subduction; its characters are equal parts voyeurs and participants in their own unraveling, and the Pacific […]
Date: June 2, 2020
Kristen Millares Young was preparing for a number of events this spring to support her novel Subduction. Now, she’s in a very different position — one of many writers lacking one […]
Date: September 18, 2012
Here's what Elyssa East of The Kansas City Star had to say about Kelly Barth's My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus. – “…an eye-opening read for anyone interested in reconciling […]
Date: August 21, 2012
In praise of Jack Foley's The Dancer and the Dance, Marvin R. Hiemstra, of Bay Area Poets Seasonal Review, says, "Here are magnificently crafted studies you won’t find anywhere else. […]
Date: August 21, 2012
Lori Hettler had this to say about David Maine's An Age of Madness in her recent review for TNBBC's The Next Best Book Blog. – "Through the brilliance of David […]
Date: August 20, 2012
Chris Henning had this to say about Geoffrey Clark's Two, Two, Lily-White Boys in a recent review in ForeWord. – "Geoffrey Clark ups the ante in this coming-of-age story with […]
Date: August 20, 2012
Susan DeGrane had this to say about Kelly Barth's My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus in a recent review in Booklist. – "Barth’s tale of growing up gay in the […]
Date: August 16, 2012
HK Rainey of Kelsey Street Press had this to say about Genevieve Kaplan's In the ice house – "In Genevieve Kaplan’s In the ice house, poems both jarring and lovely […]
Date: August 1, 2012
Rattle reviewer Eric Howard writes admiringly of Veronica Golos's lastest collection of poetry, Vocabulary of Silence: "Aligning herself with the nameless and the silent, Golos makes their story ours." To […]
Date: August 1, 2012
Writing for Politics and Prose Laurie Greer lauds the poetry of Eva Saulitis's newest collection Many Ways to Say It. The full text of the review is reproduced below: When […]
Date: August 1, 2012
In a recent publication, the Wisconsin Bookwatch had some kind words for David Matlin's latest novel. The full text of the review is reproduced below: When you go through life […]
Date: July 20, 2012
Kirkus Reviews says, "Barth recalls her youth and young adulthood with vivid detail and imagery. Though much of the book centers on her faith or life amid various faith traditions, […]
