NEWS Review: Great review of Cut Away in Shelf Awareness. News: The next Arktoi Author has been selected! Rita Mae Reese's The Alphabet Conspiracy, a book of poems, will be published in 2011. Honors: Ching-In Chen's The Heart's Traffic is listed as one of the notable Asian American books of 2009: read the list Awards: Elizabeth Bradfield's Interpretive Work won the 2009 Audre Lorde Award and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. New Audio: Hear Elizabeth Bradfield read and discuss poems on From the Fishouse Awards: Two of the poems from The Heart's Traffic ("Two Truths & A Lie" and "Black Light") were finalists for the Borders Open-Door Poetry Contest, judged by Billy Collins. New Interview with Ching-In Chen, author of The Heart's Traffic, by Rigoberto González. "the book is constantly in a state of transformation or reinvention, mirroring the immigrant experience, but also the coming-of-age, the changes of heart, and the ways people respond differently to other environments or other people. The dust never settles on a tone or even a character..." The National Book Critic's Circle Blog, April 8, 2009

UPCOMING EVENTS

June

Sunday, June 6, 5 pm
Catherine Kirkwood, author of Cut Away
Reading at Skylight Books
1818 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.skylightbooks.com

July

Saturdy, July 10, 6-9 pm
Catherine Kirkwood, author of Cut Away
Reading at A Room of Her Own event
Hugo House
1634 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
www.hugohouse.org

Monday, July 26 - Friday, July 30
Elizabeth Bradfield, author of Interpretive Work, teaches at Castle Hill Center for the Arts
"Fact as a Formal Element: A Poetry Workshop"
Truro, MA
www.castlehill.org

Tuesday, July 27 - 7 pm
Elizabeth Bradfield, author of Interpretive Work
Reading at the Truro Public Library as part of their summer reading series.
5 Library Lane
Truro, MA
www.trurolibrary.org