“A shrewd and ominous insider account of a government in financial free fall.” — @publisherswkly.bsky.social on PROMISE LAND by David Skeel, coming August 25 www.publishersweekly.com/9781589882157

I can’t call this a review, exactly, although it is surely as careful a reading as my work has ever received. Hard to express what it means to me, this pat on the back from a giant, my teacher, Robert Chandler. lareviewofbooks.org/article/side...

Check out new #poetry #books for the week of 6/9 from Roof Books, @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, Fire Ant Books, @kayapress.bsky.social, @thedialpress.bsky.social, @holycowpubs.bsky.social & @pauldrybooks.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Reviews of Dana Gioia books @pauldrybooks.bsky.social from Italian Americana 43.2: 📕Poetry as Enchantment and Other Essays, reviewed by Barbara Carle scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ia/artic... 📘Weep, Shudder, Die, reviewed by Andrea Mariani scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ia/artic...

Puerto Rico’s colonial status made its debt crisis inevitable. Review: Promise Land: The Inside Story of the Puerto Rico Debt Crisis #PuertoRico #UnitedStates #debt #economichistory #imperialism #colonialism latamrob.substack.com/p/forgotten-...

Over Memorial Day weekend, Dr. Patrick Tripp, author of IN THE BASEMENT AT THE VA, spoke with the radio program What's Health Got to Do with It? news.wjct.org/show/whats-h... #books #writing #medical #voices

This stack of galleys makes us laugh each time we see it. Coming in August! shorturl.at/O1g51

The New York Review of Books calls FRIEZE FRAME by A. E. Stallings a "lively, ingenious, humane set of essays." @nybooks.com @consortiumbooks.bsky.social #elginmarbles #parthenon #Greece #BritishMuseum #poetry www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Thrilled to see Devon Jersild's LUMINOUS BODIES on @nytimes.com list of "Dazzling, Immersive New #HistoricalFiction." "Choosing to narrate Curie’s experiences in an inventive first-person voice adds immediacy to a story filled with dramatic triumphs and disappointments." shorturl.at/USb6S

Thank you @danielleofri.bsky.social for your kind words about IN THE BASEMENT AT THE VA: STORIES FROM A CANCER DOCTOR by Patrick Tripp, MD. Officially out on 5/26. Now shipping at our website: tinyurl.com/3t3sb9ad

Hugely uplifted by Isabel Jacobs’s lovely review of Alexander Voloshin’s SIDETRACKED in the vital print-only TRANSLATOR mag! “[C]omes alive in Dralyuk’s inventive and often hilarious translation. … [D]epicts Hollywood between the wars as a place of hustle, rather than glamour.”

Thank you to @davidagoldfarb.bsky.social and the Polish Cultural Institute for your discussion with translator Stephanie Kraft. Listen to learn more about THE HOMELESS, author Stefan Zeromski, and Stephanie's unusual path to becoming a translator of Polish literature. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAf5...

Just finished Geoffrey Brock’s poetry collection, “After,” from @pauldrybooks.bsky.social. It’s just a lovely collection. My kind of thing: plain language set to beautifully crafted music. Highly recommend.

In FIRST THINGS, John Wilson recalls stories his grandmother told him of her missionary work in Shanghai as he reads Alexander Voloshin’s SIDETRACKED, about which he has some very nice things to say! @pauldrybooks.bsky.social firstthings.com/a-tragi-comi...

New this week! SIDETRACKED: EXILE IN HOLLYWOOD by Alexander Voloshin, translation and introduction by @bdralyuk.bsky.social #poetry shorturl.at/fIIeS

Happy publication day to the swarthy bather on the right, Alexander Voloshin, who has waited a long time for his moment in the sun… www.pauldrybooks.com/products/sid... @pauldrybooks.bsky.social

The great SoCal bookman @erikpedersen.bsky.social revisits his story about Henri Coulette, now that the poet’s work is back in print—and Alexander Voloshin makes a cameo, too. www.ocregister.com/2026/04/17/h...

Thank you to @somejerrystahl.bsky.social for your kind words about SIDETRACKED! Officially publishing April 21, now shipping from Paul Dry Books @bdralyuk.bsky.social www.pauldrybooks.com/products/sid...

As always, @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social gets to the heart of the matter… I couldn’t have asked for a more sympathetic reading of Alexander Voloshin’s SIDETRACKED: EXILE IN HOLLYWOOD (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social). kirkcenter.org/reviews/a-fo...

Happy to announce that @pauldrybooks.bsky.social is now sending out copies of my new poetry collection (officially out on June 9). Please tell your friends. Hope you enjoy it. share.google/TUl6WYgDg1lQ...

Thrilled to see Devon Jersild's LUMINOUS BODIES on @nytimes.com list of "Dazzling, Immersive New #HistoricalFiction." "Choosing to narrate Curie’s experiences in an inventive first-person voice adds immediacy to a story filled with dramatic triumphs and disappointments." shorturl.at/USb6S

The New York Review of Books calls FRIEZE FRAME by A. E. Stallings a "lively, ingenious, humane set of essays." @nybooks.com @consortiumbooks.bsky.social #elginmarbles #parthenon #Greece #BritishMuseum #poetry www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

A.E. Stallings’s “Frieze Frame illustrates the power of beauty to inspire both the noblest effusions and the pettiest efforts at acquisition and ownership.” —James Romm

'A Dance of Frogs', Flemish, unknown artist Mid-17th century. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

My sincere thanks to Bob Blaisdell for his snappy early review of Alexander Voloshin’s SIDETRACKED! russianlife.com/the-russia-f...

New this week! From Deborah Warren, the author of STRANGE TO SAY, comes STREET SMARTS, an entertaining guide to nearly every road-related topic out there—from odonymy (the study of street names) to map-making techniques to the history of the world’s most celebrated lanes. shorturl.at/MNl6D

Happy to see a novel I enjoyed, Ben Yagoda's imaginative telling of the life of O'Henry, "Alias O'Henry"—pub'd by @pauldrybooks.bsky.social—was reviewed appreciatively by James Fisher in @theseaboardreview.ca. For readers of Jack Finney's Time&Again! #Booksky www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/alias-o-he...

Don't miss the last day of our Spring Sale! www.pauldrybooks.com

Our spring sale starts today! www.pauldrybooks.com

Find yourself doomscrolling this morning? Alexander Voloshin was doing the same in 1936, down to the ads… @pauldrybooks.bsky.social

The Nation calls FRIEZE FRAME by A. E. Stallings "a brilliant riot of characters, personalities, and voices that jostle together across continents and centuries." @aestallings.bsky.social @thenation.com @consortiumbooks.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Thank you @csmonitor.bsky.social for including Luminous Bodies on your list: "This captivating historical-fiction debut novel brings Nobel laureate Marie Curie to vibrant life."

NOTES, the journal of the Musical Library Assoc., reviewed WEEP, SHUDDER, DIE, calling it "infectiously engaging" and saying "[Gioia] has the most profound understanding of the musical/poetic arts, and perhaps more importantly, displays a full existential love for them as well." shorturl.at/ZUVQa

Thank you @csmonitor.bsky.social for including Luminous Bodies on your list: "This captivating historical-fiction debut novel brings Nobel laureate Marie Curie to vibrant life."

Book Review: ‘Luminous Bodies: A Novel of Marie Curie,’ Devon Jersild www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...

Doing this next week in London:

What, you may ask, does a forgotten poem by a foreign-born Hollywood extra have to tell us now? All I can say is that Alexander Voloshin’s SIDETRACKED has been a source of comfort for me over the past few years—a sympathetic voice reaching across decades. “Been there,” he nods…

I hold in my hands a finished copy of the strangest and most wonderful little book, Alexander Voloshin’s SIDETRACKED: EXILE IN HOLLYWOOD. Not officially out until April 21, but I bet @pauldrybooks.bsky.social won’t stand on ceremony. Order it now, won’t you? www.pauldrybooks.com/products/sid...

Thank you @histnovsoc.bsky.social for selecting ALIAS O. HENRY by Ben Yagoda as an #EditorsChoice historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/alia...

Happy pub day to Devon Jersild and LUMINOUS BODIES! www.pauldrybooks.com/products/lum...

Thank you, @writerjalvarez.bsky.social ! LUMINOUS BODIES by Devon Jersild officially comes out next week, but is now shipping at our website: www.pauldrybooks.com/products/lum...

Wonderful launch event last night for LUMINOUS BODIES, Devon Jersild’s beautiful new novel about Marie Curie. Becky Dayton of the Vermont Book Shop channeled Terry Gross, interviewing Devon at Middlebury, Vermont’s Town Hall Theater, and Becky and Devin were incredibly entertaining.

The Nation calls FRIEZE FRAME by A. E. Stallings "a brilliant riot of characters, personalities, and voices that jostle together across continents and centuries." @aestallings.bsky.social @thenation.com @consortiumbooks.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Chris Bohjalian calls LUMINOUS BODIES "historical fiction at its very best." Thank you, @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social ! LUMINOUS BODIES by Devon Jersild officially comes out next week, but is now shipping at our website: www.pauldrybooks.com/products/lum...

“The verse is light and bouncy, preventing the narrative from ever feeling heavy… [Voloshin] insists on always looking on or seeing the bright side—even as that occasionally requires some contortions.” No need to contort this bright review of SIDETRACKED! www.complete-review.com/reviews/russ...

Poet Rick Barot calls AVAIL by Erin O'Luanaigh an "exquisite debut." Thank you, Rick! AVAIL officially comes out Jan 20 but is now shipping at our website: pauldrybooks.com/products/avail #poetry #NewBook

"He wasn’t a safecracker like Jimmy Valentine or a kidnapper like the bumbling main characters in The Ransom of Red Chief, but he had a colorful history before he landed in New York." ALIAS O. HENRY author Ben Yagoda speak with Paul Davis for "On Crime." shorturl.at/ZKVlD

Thank you @paisleyrekdal.bsky.social for your kind words about Erin O'Luanaigh's AVAIL! Officially out 1/20, now shipping at pauldrybooks.com/products/avail #poetry #NewBook

John Wilson on AE Stallings' FRIEZE FRAME: "I relished every page. Stallings packs so much into her account—so many interesting people, such a wealth of incident—yet does so with ease. Her book is at once compact and compendious..." firstthings.com/john-wilsons...

Read an interview with Erin O’Luanaigh about her debut collection, AVAIL (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social), by Nicholas Pierce, along with her poem “His Girl Friday” from our Summer 2025 issue. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/falling-in...