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Rose Reads, Writing about Art and an UPDATE The 12th episode of Rose Reads brings us writings on Art and an update on the show, *The Richard Peabody Reader is currently 25% off from the ASP Store and all US domestic shipping is free* On the 12th episode of Rose Reads, Rose Solari goes in-depth on writers writing about writing and art. She reads from her own novel which contains a good deal of beautiful prose about visual art, A Secret Woman, and the extraordinary short work of Richard Peabody as found in The Richard Peabody Reader. SPOILER ALERT: Rose Reads is changing … [Read more...]

New LFTRR Tackles the Question: Should We Write? In this episode James J. Patterson reads from Simone de Beauvoir and DC's bookworm philosopher Richard Peabody In this episode of Live from the Reading Room, James J. Patterson reads selections from Simone de Beauvoir's The Mandarins and Richard Peabody's The Richard Peabody Reader all in pursuit of answering the question: Should I write? The Richard Peabody Reader is a wide-ranging selection of this great writer’s poetry and prose, filling an important gap in the literary world. As a publisher, Peabody’s steadfast … [Read more...]

The Johns Hopkins Review Publishes two Poems by Elizabeth Hazen "Circling" and "Imperatives" both appear in Elizabeth Hazen's full-length collection GIRLS LIKE US Read the Poems Check out Girls Like Us Two poems from Elizabeth Hazen's new collection Girls Like Us have been published in the spring edition of the esteemed Hopkins Review. Hazen, a graduate of the Hopkins Writing Seminars, has been receiving a lot of attention as of late for her collection Girls Like Us. New reviews in Lit Pub and The Literary Review rave about her "Precision-tool craft with … [Read more...]

James J. Patterson Reads from MELANIE’S SONG on Latest LFTRR The new mystery novel by ASP's Joanna Biggar is given the Patterson treatment in Episode 11 of Live from the Reading Room Missed an episode of LFTRR? Melanie's song is 25% off this week only “Melanie’s Song is an unputdownable, riveting feat of storytelling.” Set in the era of Woodstock and Watergate, Melanie’s Song centers on a young woman’s mysterious disappearance, and on her friend’s determined search for her. Melanie, who fled her marriage to a straight-laced classical musician in order to hitch-hike to … [Read more...]

TLR Delivers a Stellar Review of GIRLS LIKE US Michael Quinn of TLR traces the arc of Elizabeth Hazen's new collection "The Last Girl" and discovers the ways in which "Absence asserts permanence." Read the full review from TLR Buy Girls Like Us A new review this week from The Literary Review traces the arc of Elizabeth Hazen's Girls Like Us from a "[focus] primarily on the self, [to] poems [that] are gradually consumed by a responsibility to others, primarily through motherhood and its all-consuming need to provide for and protect." Motherhood, womanhood, girlhood, … [Read more...]