Padma Venkatraman 12/18/24 Padma Venkatraman 12/18/24

Smooth Sailing and Safe Harbor in 2025…

Trade review excerpt, early praise, order link and author visit information for Padma Venkatraman’s sixth novel and second novel in verse, Safe Harbor

Padma Venkatraman 5/24/23 Padma Venkatraman 5/24/23

An eclectic list of Asian Poets

List of Verse Novels With Asian Themes

Padma Venkatraman 10/21/22 Padma Venkatraman 10/21/22

Meeting Garvey Once More

Padma Venkatraman reviews, recommends and rejoices in Nikki Grimes’s fall releases: Garvey In the Dark and Playtime.

Ari Tison 2/3/22 Ari Tison 2/3/22

Review | ME (MOTH) by Amber McBride

When you lose everything, what lingers? Poetry, ancestors, new love, and friendship are all woven into this beautiful debut verse-novel by Amber McBride that snagged the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award along with being a Morris Award and National Book Award Finalist.