Press ReleaseS
New!
Interviews & Reviews: BLUE ATLAS
“The tree [Blue Atlas] serves as a metaphor for resilience and resourcefulness in poems that center…” on the Poetry Foundation website, reviewed by Leo Simonovis.
“Rich recognizes that no truth is absolute and no destination final…” in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, reviewed by Sarah Carey.
“This is the power of Blue Atlas and the genius of the work” in The Shore reviewed by Tyler Truman Julian.
“…What Rich does in all her work in Blue Atlas—she nudges her reader to see the world in all its detailed sorrow and joy, creates images and metaphors that paint visual art on the page, and reminds them that life is complex ( ) Our tenacity as humans is honoured in these poems, as well.
Canadian Journal Periodicities: a Journal of Poetry and Poetics reviewed by Kim Fahner.
“…These poems acknowledge, in a deeply admirable way, a sense of personal brokenness which is woven into the book’s fabric like “small” pieces of “spiritual” cloth. . by Ben Keatinge in The Manhattan Review
These poems offer a surreal and globally minded meditation on loss - Publishers Weekly.
“Blue Atlas,” refers both to the resilient cedar species native to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and to the map of one woman’s life decisions.” By the Bookmonger (scroll to second review) published in Our Coast Weekly.
“Poetry and Self-Reliance: Meticulously and Soulfully Crafted” - An Interview with Susan Rich by Cam Lyons, Thunderword News
This gorgeous, brave, and lyrical collection is a must-read for feminists and lovers of the lyric word. Mary Ellen Talley, Mom Egg Review
REVIEWS FOR GALLERY OF POSTCARDS AND MAPS: NEW AND SELECTED
“Wry, unorthodox, and delightful…” New England Review
Robbi Nester reviews Gallery of Postcards and Maps RHINO Poetry
Deborah Bacharach reviews Gallery of Postcards and Maps Valparaiso Poetry Review
Pam Hobart Carter reviews Gallery of Postcards and Maps River Mouth Review
Robbie Gamble reviews Gallery of Postcards and Maps Solstice Literary Magazine
Jennifer Martelli reviews Gallery of Postcards and Maps Mom Egg Review
Katy E. Ellis reviews Cloud Pharmacy, at Poetry Northwest
Rachel Dacus reviews The Alchemist’s Kitchen, Valparaiso Poetry Review
Jeannine Hall Gailey on The Alchemist’s Kitchen
Anne McDuffie on Cures Include Travel
Ann Neelon on Cures Include Travel
Sheila Bender on The Cartographer’s Tongue
Readings
WHAT’S NEW!
Blue Atlas, Red Hen Press, April 2024
Read some of the poems from Blue Atlas right here:
American Academy of Poets, Inklette, Moria, Plume, Q., Tinderbox Poetry, and Sweet Lit.
Watch a 3 minute film (cine-poem) of Pregnant with the Dead.
Press Kits:
Interviews
Solstice: A Journal of Diverse Voices with Jennifer Martelli
Harbor Review: Mapping the Surreal with Jessica Gigot
Plume Interview on Gallery of Postcards and Maps
Interview with The Wise Owl (India)
Interview with Two Sylvias Press
Interview with Best Women Travel Writers (Lavinia Spalding)
CCR Interview on Gallery of Postcards and Maps
Skagit River Poetry Interview with Jess Gigot
Interview with Paul Constant, Seattle Review of Books
Lavinia Spalding, Best Women's Travel Writing
To see video interviews, visit the Video page.
There are several poems, interviews, photos, and articles published on-line. For simplicity’s sake, I’ve listed some of my favorite ones above and elsewhere on the site. For poems not available on-line, scroll down the page after linked publications on Poetry page.