February 19, 2011
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Each day leading up to the March 10 announcement of the 2010 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty-one finalists (to read other entries in the series, click
February 14, 2011
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Each day leading up to the March 10 announcement of the 2010 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty-one finalists (to read other entries in the series, click
December 20, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Is this the year of the small press or what? The Pulitzer Prize went to Paul Harding’s Tinkers, published by Bellevue Literary Press (yes, as in the Bellevue Hospital), which
December 14, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Haywire, Starcherone Books, 2010. Thaddeus Rutkowski is the author of two previous novels, Roughhouse (Kaya Press, 1999) and Tetched (Behler Publications, 2005). He teaches literature at Medgar Evers College and
November 20, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Author Photo: Kent Barker Adamantine, White Pine Press, 2010. Shin Yu Pai's previous books include Haiku Not Bombs (Booklyn Artists Alliance, 2008), Works on Paper (Convivio Bookworks, 2007), Sightings: Selected
October 26, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open, University of Massachusetts Press, 2010. Diane Seuss is writer-in-residence at Kalamazoo College. Her first poetry collection was It Blows Your Hollow (New Issues, 1998),
October 9, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Extraordinary Renditions, Coffee House Press, 2010. Extraordinary Renditions is a novel composed of three novellas. “Composition” seems like an appropriate word to use given the thread that runs through all
September 12, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
PHOTO CREDIT: PETER DRESSEL Diwata, Boa Editions, Ltd., 2010. Barbara Jane Reyes was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author
August 27, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
PHOTO CREDIT: RACHEL WEDDING McCLELLAND Drowning Tucson, Coffee House Press, 2010. Aaron Michael Morales grew up in Tucson and now teaches writing and literature at Indiana State University. Few books
April 6, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Suck on the Marrow, Red Hen Press, 2010. Camille T. Dungy is also the author of What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison (Red Hen