American Bastard
American Bastard is a lyrical inquiry into the experience of being a bastard in America. This memoir travels across literal continents—and continents of desire as Beatty finds her birthfather, a […]
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Previous Award Winners
Congratulations to all winners! * denotes award inaugural year^ denotes inactive awards Benjamin Saltman Award 2021 – A Plucked Zither, Phuong T. Vuong2020 – Flutter, Kick, Anna V. Q. Ross2019 […]
Jan Beatty, C.Dale Young, & Peter Kline
Join us for this rare reading by three compelling poets! JAN BEATTY celebrates and reads from her new books, “American Bastard: A Memoir,” winner of the Red Hen Press Nonfiction […]
Bazaar Writers Salon Readings by Jan Beatty, Shangyang Fang, Benjamin Gucciardi, and Noah Warren Hosted by Peter Kline
Jan Beatty, author of AMERICAN BASTARD, will be reading at the Bazaar Writers Salon, hosted by Peter Kline. Jan Beatty’s sixth book, The Body Wars, was published in 2020 by […]
Literature and Jazz – A Grand Re-Opening Celebration
A Re-Opening Celebration with Red Hen Press Featuring Richard Blanco, Lynne Thompson, and Jan Beatty, with music by Dr. Ray Briggs IN PERSON Friday, November 12, 7:00pm PT (Doors open […]
Hen House at Home: Exposed: Capturing Personal Trauma
It’s difficult to capture traumatic personal events in a memoir. How do you do it? We ask two memoirists from Red Hen Press’s Fall 2021 season: Jan Beatty, author of […]