Grayson Books News & Events

 Connecticut residents or visitors are encouraged to attend one or more of the events to be held focusing on the anthology Of Hartford in Many Lights, edited by Dennis Barone and Deborah Ducoff-Barone.

September 18, 7 pm: UConn-Hartford, The Hartford Times Building, Front St, Hartford

September 29, 4 pm: Hartford International University for Religion & Peace, 77 Sherman St, Hartford

October 9, 7 pm: University of St. Joseph, Mercy Hall, 1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford

November 13, 7 pm, Riverwood Poetry Series, Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St., Hartford

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Rattlecast, a poetry podcast run by Rattle, did a feature on Erin Murphy, author of Fluent in Blue. It's available here.  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ran an article on her work which can be found here.

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Emily Tuszynska, author of Surfacing, has an essay up on Poetry Daily about her poem "Floodplain," and a review of her book at Mom Egg Review.

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A couple of fine reviews of Yoni Hammer-Kossoy's The Book of Noah have appeared recently. Links to reviews are here and here.

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Congratulations to Eleanor Berry, who has been awarded Soapstone's Bread
and Roses award!
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Tree Lines Review
Our anthology Tree Lines is featured in a book review by Rachel Hadas in the Los
Angeles Review of Books.

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Shake & Tremor Review
The Adroit Journal features an excellent book review of Deborah Bacharach's
Shake & Tremor.

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Congratulations to Steve Straight whose book Affirmation was awarded the 2023 William Meredith Award in Poetry!