Poetry. Native American Studies. "In a free verse that varies from lush to spare, Brian Swann's poems record the changes of a poet awake to the natural world as well as the world within, quickene
Poetry. Jewish Studies. "This is a big- hearted, large-minded book, rich in its religious heritage yet wonderfully ironic, in its particulars, about those same compelling cultural connections. Th
Literary Nonfiction. Essays. African American Studies. The triumph of this deeply satisfying essay collection is its presentation of a whole human being: immensely cultivated, likable because unfailin
Between Song and Story celebrates the contemporary essay's capacity to live between the two worlds of lyric and narrative. The editors have sought to capture that duality in this anthology, a collecti
Poetry. California Interest. Jewish Studies. Women's Studies. Art. "Chana Bloch is an absolutely essential poet, with a breathtaking gift for spanning, linking and leaping—unforgettable image
In his fifth poetry collection, Gaspar's poems are spacious and awake, in touch with faith and anxiety, and unafraid to wander. These poems are multi-layered with Judeo-Christian allusions and metaphy
Literary Nonfiction. Jill Kandel's SO MANY AFRICAS: SIX YEARS IN A ZAMBIAN VILLAGE is a captivating, unpredictable, and compellingly honest tale of a young wife and mother's isolation and endurance in
In these remarkable poems, Philip Terman explores the meaning of being a Jew in America. Personal and family history, prayer, religious exploration, and political invective are invoked
In his debut short story collection, Pitt pulls his characters from the background, eschewing convention and facing the ironies and difficulties of life in the twenty-first century.
Poetry. California Interest. "Danusha Lameris writes with definitive, savoring power in perfectly well- weighted lines and scenes. Her poems strike deeply, balancing profound loss and new fin
Winner of the 2011 Autumn House Press Poetry Contest, selected by Denise Duhamel. Brodeur's second full-length collection showcases clarity of voice and sits in the domestic and poltical.
Award-winning author Andrea Hollander’s fifth full-length poetry collection explores a mature woman’s life after divorce. The poems are unselfconscious, and they detail with grace the pleasures and di
In Chad Abushanab’s debut poetry collection, The Last Visit, he carefully and compassionately explores a family broken by alcoholism and abuse. These poems trace the trajectory of an adolescent
Cherene Sherrard’s poetry collection Vixen takes to task the historical narratives and artistic mediums that have shaped racial and gender identity. She asks her readers to closely examine the hand th
This collection is musical, haunting, and simmering with life. Cundieff’s poems deal with loss and change through images that are startling in their originality. These poems will stay with you; they w
Glori Simmons’s new book, Carry You, is a timely collection of linked short stories that examines how war shapes and distorts our understanding of family, friends, country, and self. Simmons draws out
Poetry. California Interest. Women's Studies. "With the passion and determination of an abuse survivor, the exploring mind of a naturalist, and the soul energy of a language-loving poet, Aker
A COAL HILL REVIEW special edition. Carson's words strike the most personal cords of Irish and Appalachian life by exploring what it means to be both. These poems are vivid and moving.
Chana Bloch’s newest poetry collection, The Moon is Almost Full, focuses frankly and tenderly on the themes of aging and death. Bloch doesn’t shy away from the dark places, but she was a trustworthy g
These stories are funny and serious, outrageous and completely familiar. Readers will meet a cast of characters ranging from a woman who cleans her soon-to-be ex-husband’s house to a woman who seduces
Poetry. "In her excellent A RAFT OF GRIEF, Chelsea Rathburn probes the varieties and nuances of love and relationships with unsparing lucidity. 'Maybe it s not the eye / but the mind that can tak
This honest and haunting collection of poems follows the loss of the poet’s only son to heroin addiction. St. Germain takes us through the stages of her grief and offers no false promises or simple an
Andrew Bourelle’s novel, Heavy Metal, gives us a glimpse into the life of Danny, a teenager who seeks peace and stability after the suicide of his mother.
A collection of writings about poetry from both ancient and contemporary writers including Homer, Plato, Aristotle, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Edgar Allan Poe, Frederick Doug
Winner of the 2008 Autumn House Poetry Contest, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye. Crockett considers the intimacies of daily life and what it means to be interconnected.
Selected by Heather McNaugher, contest judge for Coal Hill Review's 2017 Chapbook Prize. Sonia Greenfield’s poetry chapbook American Parable is a portrait of America’s current political and cultural
In this retrospective collection, Sheryl St. Germain sings of her New Orleans upbringing, the Cajun/Creole culture, and the struggles of being a woman in a decaying culture.
In The Beds, award-winning poet Martha Rhodes skillfully navigates a tonally complex terrain. Rhodes’ fourth collection mixes form and free-verse, specifically using the rondelet’s tight, obsessive re
Amie Whittemore's debut poetry collection, Glass Harvest, focuses on our intimate connection to the natural world and how it shapes us. The book explores the struggle of relationships changing (or end
The writers, some well published with collections of their own, some newer to the literary scene, present stories that celebrate the boundless imagination and energy of the contemporary short story. T
Cameron Barnett’s poetry collection, The Drowning Boy’s Guide to Water (winner of the 2017 Rising Writer Contest), explores the complexity of race and the body for a black man in today’s America.
Literary Nonfiction. Winner of the 2015 Autumn House Nonfiction Prize."PRESENTIMIENTO: A LIFE IN DREAMS offers the reader elegant prose and enchanting imagery on every page, revealing to us a gra
Winner of the 2010 Autumn House Poetry Contest, selected by Claudia Emerson. In her fifth collection of poetry, Hales mines the layers of grief and discovers how to surive in a broken world.
Roberta P. Feins’s poetry chapbook Herald (winner of the 2016 Coal Hill Review Contest) reveals the anxiety and power that comes from a woman choosing her own path in the late ’60s. These beautifully
Poetry. Women's Studies. "Andrea Hollander knows what to hold back as she lets us in. And so we willingly bring ourselves into her subtly registered emotional world. There's a lovely blend of
Fiction. Short Stories. "The smart, funky, well-turned stories in WHAT YOU ARE NOW ENJOYING keep the reader not just guessing and leaning forward but in a perpetual state of wonder. Sarah Ger
Full of wit and humor, readers will find themselves immersed in big worlds contained in short narratives. From a woman who gets more than what she bargained for to a cowboy down on his luck, these com
