Allison Joseph's CONFESSIONS OF A BAREDACED WOMAN

is featured on The Rumpus' "What to Read When You Want to Reclaim your Time" list!

"These poems are smart

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Recently, Literary Arts announced the finalists for the Oregon Book Awards, and we are delighted that Amy Schutzer's new novel Spheres of Disturbance is among the finalists for the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction!

As part of the Oregon Book Awards, Spheres of Disturbance is also up for a Reader's Choice Award! Vote for Amy here!

The Oregon Book Award winners will be announced at the 28th annual Oregon Book Awards ceremony on April 13

Sourcebooks

Angel Speak posted a wonderful interview with Annie Finch on their website. She discusses her poetry as well as her Red Hen 2010 title Among the Goddesses.

"Among the Goddesses began 17 years ago as a narrative poem

KUCI – Writers on Writing: Barbara DeMarco – Barrett interviews Kim Dower

From Karen’s Facebook post:

Check this out: On October 1 at the Holland Center in Omaha, Humanities Nebraska hosts British scholar David Reynolds, who will speak on “World War One: Remembering America’s Forgotten War.” This is the 2015 Governor’s Lecture event and it comes complete with a recommended reading list. There was lots of happy dancing at our house when I found “The Meaning of Names” on the list of recommended novels about the topic. My name right there between Erich Maria Remarque and Edith Wharton. Willa Cather, Ken Follett and Ernest Hemingway are a few of the other names. I get breathless every time I look at that list.

http://humanitiesnebraska.org/?/2013/02/ReadingListFlyer.pdf

Thank you

Hef describes Shel Silverstein as "one of my dearest friends." Shel's Playboy illustrations helped shape the magazine's style in its earliest days. Silverstein & Me (Red Hen Press)

Elise Paschen is the author of Infidelities

Gary Dop's first poetry collection, Father, Child, Water, has only been out for two months and is already breaking ground in the literary world. In a feat virtually unheard of for poetry, the title has nearly sold out of its first printing of 1,000 copies since its release in April. As a celebration of this success, Red Hen is issuing a reprint of 2,000 more copies, expected in stock later this month.

To read a Foreword Reviews article about Father, Child, Water, click here.

To catch Gary Dop at a reading

Omaha Public Library recently announced that Karen Gettert Shoemaker's new novel The Meaning of Names is the 2014 Omaha Reads Selection!

Each year, Omaha Public Library encourages the community to join together in reading one book as part of the Omaha Reads campaign. This year, the centennnial of the First World War, they have chosen Karen's book based on its powerful examination of the sacrifice and violence for which the war is remembered.

Karen will speak at the German-American Society, 3717 S. 120th St., on Wednesday, September 3, 6:30-8 p.m. in the South Hall. She will discuss her book, and copies will be available for purchase and signing following a Q&A session. This free event is open to the public. More information is available here.

Congratulations

Lillian-Yvonne, author of But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise

…about writing

Red Hen Press has changed the submission deadline on awards. Please submit accordingly.

The Ruskin Poetry Award submissions must be postmarked by September 30th