Publisher's Weekly reviews Jenn Givhan's Protection Spell

  “In a second collection that beats with multiple hearts, Givhan (Landscape with Headless Mama) addresses complicated familial identity, writing of her own Mexican-American background, her mixed-race husband, and their adopted black child. The book is full of...

Booklist on Hagar Poems: "Forthright and fearless poetry…"

In E-mails from Scheherazad (2003), Kahf introduces the legendary storyteller to the electronic trappings of contemporary life, yielding poignant and humorous cultural commentary. In this new collection of forthright and fearless poetry, Kahf gives voice to Hagar, an...

Another terrific review for When the Wolf Came

  “…[A] fine and thorough overview of the military history of the Civil War in the Indian Territory, one that captures the different levels of politics, culture, and history that were pulling on Native communities at the time of the war, and that ultimately makes...