GenPop Books News
Booklist review of The Immigrant’s Refrigerator by Elena Georgiou
Thanks to Kathy Sexton for this great review of Elena Georgiou's The Immigrant's Refrigerator (GPB, 2018) at the American Library Association's Booklist.
Jan Clausen’s Veiled Spill at American Poetry Review
At American Poetry Review, Arielle Greenberg reviews Jan Clausen's Veiled Spill: A Sequence (GenPop Books) beside Claudia Rankine's Citizen, among others.
Huffington Post review of Alan Semerdjian’s In the Architecture of Bone
Alan Semerdjian's In the Architecture of Bone is reviewed at the Huffington Post. Atamian writes On the eve of the 100th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, I was happy to revisit Alan Semerdjian's fascinating 2009 book of poetry In the Architecture of Bone...
New: Veiled Spill
New: Veiled Spill $14 includes shipping in the US ($16 in stores). Order online via PayPal (no account necessary) or by check Begun in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster and European laws banning the full face veil, Jan Clausen’s Veiled Spill unfolds a meditation on the links [...]
Now available: Maleficae
Now available: Maleficae Incorporating language from trial records to papal bulls to incendiary theological documents, Maleficae explores the intersection of forces that led to the witch persecutions – forces alarmingly similar to those operating in American society today – in a book-length series of poems that seeks to re-create the [...]
Poetry Daily features Emma Bolden
A packed prose poem that features a cherub sans head and delivers the goods in just eight sentences, "Damage," by GenPop Books author Emma Bolden (Maleficae), is featured today at Poetry Daily.
GenPop Books author Judith Baumel elected President of the National Board of Trustees of AWP
GenPop Books author Judith Baumel (The Kangaroo Girl) has been elected President of the National Board of Trustees of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs.
Poet’s Quarterly reviews Judith Baumel’s The Kangaroo Girl
At Poet's Quarterly, Edan Mohr reviews Judith Baumel's The Kangaroo Girl, (GenPop Books) which Mohr calls "a book of rare power and beauty, a look back what survives in memory and how time itself transforms and sustains us."
John Philpin’s Bad Dog New Year Kindle Sale: $4.99
That's right. For less than 1/3 of the retail price of the print edition, you can read Bad Dog on your Kindle. Bad Dog is also available via the Amazon Lending Library. The paperback edition is also available at Amazon, of course--though it's much cheaper--and ships for free--here at GenPop [...]
New Review of Julianna Spallholz’s The State Of Kansas
Amber Sparks at Vouched Books reviews Julianna Spallholz's fiction debut, The State Of Kansas (GenPop Books, 2012). Being fans of Sparks's own fiction, it's something of a double honor for all of us here at GenPop. "If Lydia Davis knew more people who hung out shirtless in small places and owned pitbulls instead of pedigreed cats, her stories might look at little like Julianna Spallholz’s," writes Sparks. "Lucky for us, we’ve already got Julianna Spallholz to write those stories."
InDigest‘s InDefinite Podcast features Julianna Spallholz reading from The State of Kansas
Julianna Spallholz reads from her new GenPop Books title, The State of Kansas, for InDigest's InDefinite Podcast! See--er, we mean, hear-- InDefinite Podcast Episode #28: Julianna Spallholz Says InDigest: "The InDefinite Podcast is a production of InDigest ranging from story-telling to poetry, live readings to interviews, and anything else we [...]
New reviews, articles, interviews, and readings: Judith Baumel and The Kangaroo Girl
Judith Baumel and her new GenPop Books title, The Kangaroo Girl, are receiving some fine press: Read a review of The Kangaroo Girl in The Jewish Daily Forward And read both an interview and article in The Riverdale Press, courtesy of Adam Wisnieski In addition, Judith will be reading at [...]