CIRCADIAN gets rave review from Reader Views!

Huge thanks to Reader Views for this fantastic review of Chelsey Clammer’s CIRCADIAN! “If you read just one essay collection this year, make it “Circadian” by Chelsey Clammer.” Read the full review here!

RAIN TAXI reviews HOW TO GET OVER

Huge thanks to Rain Taxi for this fantastic review of t’ai freedom ford’s HOW TO GET OVER, calling it “a courageous and brilliant book… [that] interweaves personal life and American history under four rubrics – how to live, lie, love, and die – always returning to the central idea of “how to get over” during the awful circumstances we live in now.”

Read the full review by purchasing a copy of Rain Taxi’s latest issue here!

CrossTown by Loren W. Cooper

Straight out of the Bewitching Book Tour, blogwriter Anie wrote a snappy review of CrossTown by Loren W. Cooper.

Gertrude Press praises THE DEAD GO TO SEATTLE

Huge thanks to Lara Messersmith-Glavin for this rave review of Vivian Faith Prescott’s THE DEAD GO TO SEATTLE!

Book Review: In June the Labyrinth

Anne Kaier provides a deep look into the emotional depth of Cynthia Hogue’s In June the Labyrinth, citing “one of the more penetrating of ways to speak to the dead is through poetry and In June the Labyrinth is as much an elegy as Shelley’s Adonais about Keats.”

The heart’s vast and cratered purpose’

Many thanks to Elizabeth Savage for her insightful commentary on the poetic themes of Cynthia Hogue's In June the Labyrinth. Read it now here at Jacket2.

William Trowbridge’s VANISHING POINT is featured in Green Mountains Review

William Trowbridge's collection of poems, VANISHING POINT, received a rave review in the online edition of Green Mountains Review.

Read the review here!

Lambda Literary reviews HANGING ON OUR BONES

Julie R. Enszer of Lambda Literary extols Judy Grahn's HANGING ON OUR OWN BONES!

Enszer preface her lengthly review by praising Grahn's beloved presence in the lesbian literary community. She writes, "My first encounters with Judy Grahn's work were through snippets of her poetry quoted by other lesbians, often from memory."

Read Enszer's glowing review by clicking here!

Booklist Reviews LIFESAVING FOR BEGINNERS

Booklist reviewer Karen Springen praises Anne Edelstein’s newest release, claiming “Families struggling to come to terms with unexpected deaths, especially suicides, may find comfort in this well-written memoir.”

Chelsey Clammer interviewed by The Sunlight Press

Thanks to The Sunlight Press for a great feature on Chelsey Clammer and her writing process!

WOW! Reviews CIRCADIAN by Chelsey Clammer

Women of Writing reviewer Angela Makintosh gives high praise to Chelsey Clammer's debut collection of essays, CIRCADIAN.

"Circadian is a masterfully written collection of 12 lyric essays that are poetic, bold in subject matter, and razor sharp in wit and language"

Read the full review here.

David Mason’s Libretto praised by Gramophone

Red Hen author David Mason adapted Nathaniel Hawthorne's THE SCARLET LETTER into a stunning operatic libretto, THE SCARLET LIBRETTO, that had its world premiere in May 2016 by Opera Colorado. Gramophone's review of the recently released recording praises the performance and David's "elegant verses."

David Mason poem shared by Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser recently shared an excerpt from Red Hen poet David Mason's newest collection THE SOUND: NEW & SELECTED POEMS on American Life in Poetry!

FOREWORD reviews MIRACULUM MONSTRUM

Letitia Montgomery-Rodgers recently reviewed Kathline Carr's MIRACULUM MONSTRUM, saying, "Haunting and eerie, Miraculum Monstrum is a fun-house mirror where past, present, and future bounce off one another."

Read the full review here!

Zack Ravas from ZYZZYVA Reviews CAKE TIME

Zack Ravas of ZYZZYVA praises Siel Ju's for how she "expertly taps into the existential malaise of many thirty-something urban dwellers" in her award-winning novel, CAKE TIME.

"Cake Time is a great story collection for our present moment; an exploration of love, morality, and contentment that proves such concepts can be as murky and uncertain as a wisp of cigarette smoke outside a chic bar."

Read the full review here.