News:

Tess Taylor’s Incredible Family Journey

Date: March 16, 2020

Tess Taylor has had an amazing journey of discovery these past few months. Her debut poetry collection, The Forage House, chronicles the exploration of her familial lineage and ties to Thomas […]

Kate Gale and Kim Dower on KUCI

Date: March 16, 2020

Kate Gale, our managing editor, and Kim Dower, author of the wonderful new collection AIR KISSING ON MARS, were interviewed this morning on KUCI for the segment “Writers on Writing […]

Suck on the Marrow wins an American Book Award!

Date: March 16, 2020

Camille Dungy’s Suck on the Marrow has won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation! For those of you keeping score at home, that’s the sixth significant honor this book […]

Ron Koertge Writes for Huffington Post!

Date: March 16, 2020

Author Ron Koertge wrote a post for Huffington Post about why he loves to write flash fiction: “Flash fiction doesn’t mind giving pleasure. It has a palpable level of affection for its […]

Amy Schutzer Opens Up to Shelf Unbound

Date: March 16, 2020

Amy Schutzer gave an interview to Shelf Unbound and talked about her creative writing process and influences for her new book, Spheres of Disturbance. “When I begin a novel, it is […]

House Arrest excerpt posted on Shaking Like a Mountain

Date: March 16, 2020

If you have ever wanted to get a taste of Ellen Meeropol’s writing, here is a great opportunity. Shakinglikeamountain.com has posted an enticing excerpt from Ellen’s Spring 2011 title House Arrest. […]

The New Criterion reviews News from the Village

Date: March 16, 2020

The New Criterion has a nice review up of David Mason’s lyrical memoir, News from the Village: Aegean Friends. Here’s a taste: “In one of the book’s most eloquent passages, […]

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Reviews:

Kwame Dawes reviews Dog Woman

Date: April 13, 2009

Chris Abani Dog Woman. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $14.95 (112p) ISBN 1-888996-82-XThese poems reveal a prodigious imagination, which is enlivened by sardonic wit and an inexhaustible capacity for irony and […]

Pleiades reviews Devilfish

Date: April 13, 2009

Gaylord Brewer Devilfish. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $12.95 (104p) ISBN 1-888996-15-3A devilfish is one of the large rays, cousin to the manta ray and the sting ray. It is an […]

Sharon Doubiago reviews Deconstruction of the Blues

Date: April 13, 2009

Richard Silberg Deconstruction of the Blues. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $15.95 (104p) ISBN 1-59709-051-4Brilliant. "Writing About Writing." And death. And existence. The mystery of self and others, the connections between […]

Booklist reviews Death of a Circus

Date: April 13, 2009

Chandra Prasad Death of a Circus. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $18.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-59709-024-7What city-weary soul hasn’t thought of running away to join the circus? That’s the dream of Lor […]

David St. John reviews Daphne’s Lot

Date: April 13, 2009

Chris Abani Daphne’s Lot. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $18.95 (112p) ISBN 1-888996-62-5Chris Abani’s DAPHNE’S LOT is an absolute tour de force! The title poem is an exceptionally poignant novella in […]

Ishmael Reed reviews The Dancer and the Dance

Date: April 13, 2009

Jack Foley The Dancer and the Dance. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $19.95 (280p) ISBN 978-1-59709-094-0I think that many critics are into duplication, willing to accept, meekly, any orthodoxy. Jack Foley […]

Debra Kang Dean reviews Cooling Board: A Long Playing Poem

Date: April 13, 2009

Mitchell Douglas Cooling Board: A Long Playing Poem. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $19.95 (112p) ISBN 978-1-59709-140-4Cooling Board, Mitchell Douglas' debut collection, is a labor of love and gives expression to […]

Small Press Bookwatch reviews The Common Fire

Date: April 13, 2009

The Common Fire Shelley Savren. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $12.95 (88p) ISBN 978-1-888996-96-8Winner of the 1994 John David Johnson Memorial Poetry Award, Shelley Savren is the recipient of nine California […]

Rachel Richmond reviews Cold Angel of Mercy

Date: April 13, 2009

Cold Angel of Mercy Amy Randolph. Red Hen (CDC, dist.) $11.95 (72p) ISBN 1-888996-55-2A nature-touched spirit penetrates Amy Randolph's book of thirty-eight poems. These poems are filled with dreams of […]

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