Veronica Reyes's CHOPPER! CHOPPER! from Arktoi Books and her other stunning work were recently featured in a fantastic blog about East L.A. and Chicana Literature. Check out the full post here!
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Veronica Reyes featured in Chicana Lit Blog
Circadian Makes List of 10 Books to Add To Your TBR Pile This Fall
Chelsey Clammer's CIRCADIAN was included in HeardTell's list of 10 books to be added to your TBR pile this fall!
"Fresh, incisive, and simply beautiful, this collection of essays combining academia and memoir and commentary is a must-read."
Read the full review and the rest of the list here!
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Gary Soto Interviews with PickMyYA!
Gary Soto recently sat down with PickMyYA creator James Tilton for a fantastic interview about MEATBALLS FOR THE PEOPLE, advice for young writers, and what’s coming up next for his projects. It’s a great read.
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The BookBag reviews LIFESAVING FOR BEGINNERS
Rebecca Foster from The BookBag reviews Anne Edelstein's LIFESAVING FOR BEGINNERS.
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Booklist Review for Gary Soto’s MEATBALLS FOR THE PEOPLE
Raúl Niño from Booklist Reviews praises the humor and lively writing in Gary Soto’s newest release, MEATBALLS FOR THE PEOPLE: PROVERBS TO CHEW ON.
“On page after page [Soto] succeeds in proverbs that are fun and funny, painful and true. Fans of this highly honored writer . . . will relish this lively volume, as will all readers who enjoy epigrams and haiku.”
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A Review of BASIC VOCABULARY by Rain Taxi
Julia Stein from Rain Taxi reviewed Amy Uyematsu's BASIC VOCABULARY!
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Jacket2 Review for Cynthia Hogue’s IN JUNE THE LABYRINTH
Kirkus Review of THE DEAD GO TO SEATTLE
Kirkus Reviews recently reviewed Vivian Faith Prescott's newest offering, The Dead Go To Seattle, citing that it is "an uneven but ambitious collection that boldly explores the intersection of magic, queerness, and indigenous history."
An uneven but ambitious collection that boldly explores the intersection of magic, queerness, and indigenous history.
Shelf Awareness’ Review of t’ai freedom ford’s HOW TO GET OVER
In Shelf Awareness’ review of t’ai freedom ford’s HOW TO GET OVER, they herald the debut effort of the poet as an experience rarely accessed by readers – one that might inspire the reader to start dancing. “To read t’ai freedom ford’s how to get over is to wish to see it performed live. Laden with internal rhymes and cascading images, it could chart on the radio if a drum track were added. This debut, however, is anything but disposable pop. Half of the poems are a fierce reckoning with the systemic injustices of the past, while the other half are a sweaty insistence on embracing the potential of the present. . . . Tuned in and turned on, how to get over is a summons not to be missed.”
http://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=614#m10754
Copperfield’s Books’ Review of Elise Paschen’s THE NIGHTLIFE
Copperfield’s Books’ review of Elise Paschen’s THE NIGHTLIFE offered glowing praise of her ability to stick with the classic forms of poetry. They argue that “while most contemporary poets seem to have done away with formal constraints altogether, others still push boundaries, creating meta-textual pieces on how one reads, or making the words’ placement on the page act out the poem’s meaning. Chicago poet Elise Paschen does both in THE NIGHTLIFE.” They also commend Paschen for her ability to “beautifully straddle the line between dreams and waking.”
Kinship of Clover by Ellen Meeropol
Mom Egg Review gives Ellen Meeropol's latest offering, KINSHIP OF CLOVER, a stellar evaluation, stating that "Meeropol is at her best when her characters articulate their felt experience of losing hold on reality." They go on to praise Meeropol for her winding narrative and character development, applauding her use of simile when describing the mother Flo's oncoming dementia.
Lambda Literary Reviews “how to get over”
“ford’s evocative poems traverse time, gender, ancestry, and love. Each slender poem cuts with precision, packing a tremendous amount of power into a slim volume.”
t’ai freedom ford’s “how to get over” has been reviewed by Lambda Literary! Head over to the website here and check out the full article!
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how to get over” Reviewed by Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards”
“Like Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen,” ford elevates pain into introspective art, carefully connecting the dots between what it means to be black and what it means to be free. how to get over rejoices in the space where both are possible.”
t’ai freedom ford’s collection of poetry “how to get over” has been reviewed by Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards! Check out the awesome article and don’t forget to pick up your copy of t’ai’s collection!
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Booklist Reviews THE NIGHTLIFE
Booklist reviewed Elise Paschen’s THE NIGHTLIFE in their May 15, 2017 issue! They praise the collection saying, “[Paschen] achieves breathtaking perfection of craft and form. . . . As these poised, elegant, wry, and knowing poems crisply unlock and gracefully unfurl, they reveal fresh perceptions at every turn.”
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Laurel Ann Bogen featured in Tribe LA Magazine Mother’s Day Post
From this she carved her own redemption through poetry and, along the way, influenced not only other poets in Los Angeles but also people who did not know they enjoyed poetry.
Laurel Ann Bogen is featured in Tribe LA's Mother's Day post with her poem "Why would The Reasonable Woman become unreasonable?"
This poem is beautifully written and really gets the reader to think. Read the entire feature here.
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