Red Hen Press

{{short description|American non-profit publishing company}}

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| founded = 1994

| founder = Kate Gale and Mark E. Cull

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| country = United States

| headquarters = Pasadena, California

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| publications = Books

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| genre = literary fiction and poetry

| imprints = Arktoi Books and Boreal Books

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| url = {{URL|http://www.redhen.org}}

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Red Hen Press is an American non-profit press located in Pasadena, California, and specializing in the publication of poetry, literary fiction, and nonfiction. The press is a member of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses,[https://www.clmp.org/readers/publisher/red-hen-press/ CLMP Directory of Publishers] and was a finalist for the 2013 AWP Small Press Publisher Award.[https://www.awpwriter.org/contests/small_press_publisher_award_previous_winners Association of Writers & Writing Programs | Contests | Small Press Publisher Award Winners & Finalists] The press has been featured in Publishers Weekly,[https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/45949-red-hen-press-works-to-keep-poetry-relevant.html Publishers Weekly | Red Hen Press Works to Keep Poetry Relevant | by Wendy Werris | Jan 31, 2011] Kirkus Reviews,[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/kate-gale-managing-editor/ Kirkus Reviews | News and Features | Q&A: Kate Gale, Managing Editor of Red Hen Press] and Independent Publisher.[https://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1679 Independent Publisher | Indie Groundbreaking Publisher | Red Hen Press | Awarding Its Community with Creative Literature for Over 18 Years | by Ariel Bronson]

Red Hen Press titles have been reviewed in Library Journal,[https://www.libraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=glorious-boy Library Journal Book Review | by Terry Hong | of Glorious Boy by Aimee Liu | May 1, 2020][https://www.libraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=rift-zone Library Journal Book Review | by Karla Huston | of Rift Zone by Tess Taylor | June 1, 2020] Publishers Weekly,[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-63628-009-7 Publishers Weekly Book Review | The Sadness of Whirlwinds | by Jim Peterson | 09/07/2021] Booklist,[https://www.booklistonline.com/Meatballs-for-the-People-Proverbs-to-Chew-on-Gary-Soto/pid=8973685 Booklist | Reviews Meatballs for the People: Proverbs to Chew On, by Gary Soto | October 2017] Kirkus Reviews,[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ron-carlson/the-blue-box-carlson/ Kirkus Review of The Blue Box by Ron Carlson August 19, 2014] The Washington Post,[https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/what-the-hell-just-happened-to-our-country-steve-almond-asks-and-tries-to-answer/2018/04/26/02512d7e-39ba-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html The Washington Post | Review by Chris Carroll | What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country? Steve Almond asks, and tries to answer. | April 27, 2018] The New York Times,[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/04/26/reviews/980426.26morton.html The New York Times Books I The Hollow Men by Brian Morton I Review of Martha Cooley’s The Archivist I April 26, 1998][https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/magazine/poem-i-gave-my-love-a-story.html The New York Times Magazine | Poem: I Gave My Love a Story by Tess Taylor | Selected by Naomi Shihab Nye (from Rift Zone) | April 16, 2000] and other publications. Authors have been interviewed or featured on NPR,[https://www.npr.org/2021/07/23/1015967612/when-your-book-publishes-in-a-pandemic-authors-talk-about-terrible-timing NPR Morning Edition | When Your Book Publishes In A Pandemic: Authors Talk About Terrible Timing | Interviews by Neda Ulaby | July 23, 20215] PBS Newshour,[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/poet-tess-taylor-on-how-verse-can-provide-solace PBS NewsHour | Poet Tess Taylor on How Verse Can Provide Solace | March 2, 2021] in The Boston Globe,[https://apps.bostonglobe.com/arts/graphics/2020/12/best-books-of-2020/#poetry The Boston Globe | Arts | Best Books of 2020 | Poetry | The Rift Zone by Tess Taylor] Southern Review of Books,[https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2021/10/05/deadheading-beth-gilstrap-interview/ Southern Review of Books Beth Gilstrap on Titles, Flash Fiction and Deadheading Interview by Bradley Sides October 25, 2021] and other venues. Authors representative of the poets and writers the press publishes include Chris Abani,[https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/chris_abani Poets & Writers Directory | Chris Abani] Jan Beatty,[https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2021/11/09/Jan-Beatty-American-Bastard-memoir-review/stories/202111080056 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Review: Jan Beatty Unleashes an Adoptee’s Anger in American Bastard | November 9, 2021] Camille Dungy,[https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/camille_dungy Poets & Writers Directory | Camille Dungy] Gaylord Brewer,[https://www.mtsu.edu/faculty/gaylord-brewer MTSU Faculty Profile Gaylord Brewer Publications] Aimee Liu,[https://www.booklistonline.com/Glorious-Boy/pid=9729681 Booklist | Starred Review by Cari Dubiel of Glorious Boy by Aimee Liu | May 1, 2020][https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/glorious-boy Library Journal | Starred Review by Terry Hong of Glorious Boy'' by Aimee Liu | May 1, 2020] Ron Carlson,[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ron-carlson/the-blue-box-carlson/ Kirkus Review of The Blue Box by Ron Carlson August 19, 2014]

Nickole Brown[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59709-089-6 Publishers Weekly Review of Sister by Nickole Brown July 30, 2007] Steve Almond[https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/what-the-hell-just-happened-to-our-country-steve-almond-asks-and-tries-to-answer/2018/04/26/02512d7e-39ba-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html The Washington Post | Review by Chris Carroll | What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country? Steve Almond asks, and tries to answer. | April 27, 2018]