Zilka Joseph, author of Mayapple Press books "Sweet Malida," "In Our Beautiful Bones" and "Lands I Live In will appear at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation on Sunday May 5th at 3pm. Zilka will read from Sweet Malida and discuss her home community in Kolkata and its traditions. Books will be available for purchase. Indian refreshments will be served. The author will sign books is requested.…
On April 21, 20023 the Booksweet bookshop in Ann Arbor, Michigan will host three Mayapple Press authors. Terry Blackhawk, Ellen Stone, and Gloria Nixon-John will all read from their recent works, including those published by Mayapple. Books will be for sale and the authors will be happy to sign and dedicate books if requested. Starting…
Zilka Joseph, author of In Our Beautiful Bones, will have a virtual book launch event on Wednesday October 6th at 7pm Eastern Time. The event is sponsored by Literati Bookstore and the link to the event will be published on this page is here: https://www.literatibookstore.com/event/home-literati-zilka-joseph-w-nawaaz-ahmed-nancy-naomi-carlson. Other featured readers will be Nawaaz Ahmed and NN Carlson.…
On March 5th 2020 Ellen Stone launched her first poetry collection “What Is in the Blood” at the Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor. Literati included Ellen in Episode 31 of their “Shelf Talking” podcast on April 10th Here is Ellen’s reading from “What Is in the Blood”. The reading lasts 12 minutes and 8 seconds…
Terry Blackhawk, author of One Less River will read at several events over the next few months. Check back here, or check the Author Events page for more announcements October 9, 2019 Author Name: Terry Blackhawk Author Book(s): ONE LESS RIVER Event Name: Launch party Event Venue: Trinosophe’s Event Address: 1464 Gratiot, Detroit MI 48207…
Mayapple Press is pleased to say that Allison Joseph, author of Mercurial and Voice: Poems, has been selected as the very first recipient of the New Georgia Arts Award. As you’ll see from the press release below, Allison will visit the Greater Atlanta area for a number of public appearances. Here are some initial details.…
Allison Joseph, author of the Mayapple books Mercurial and Voice: Poems, was tickled* by Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway’s “alternative facts” ordure. So she did what a poet does, she wrote. Her poem “Alternative Facts” has become a viral sensation and is being shared all over social media. You can read “Alternative Facts” at LitHub. There…
Zelada Kahan Newman, translator of Rivka Basman Ben-Haim’s “The Thirteenth Hour”, travels to the US this month to present readings from the book. Wednesday, September 14 7:00pm Oak Park, Chicago, IL Oak Park Temple, 1235 N Harlem Ave, Oak Park, Chicago, IL 60302 Event website: https://g.co/kgs/LCIRLY Names of other people participating in the event? :…
Sarah Carson, author of Buick City, is featured on Episode 33 of the Radio Free Albion Poetry Podcast with Tony Trigilio. The program is about 46 minutes long. You can listen to it on the RFA Page, and find other poetry podcasts at the RFA home page. We have also archived the audio below.…
On Saturday June 4th Mayapple Press publisher Judith Kerman and Mayapple Press author Lorraine Schein will participate in the Catskill Interpretive Center’s Book Fair. They are scheduled to read at 2pm and they will be selling and signing books all day. Judith Kerman will read from her new book “Aleph, broken: poems from my diaspora“.…
