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House of Jars Reviewed in Compulsive Reader

8/1/2025

Rife with revolutions and references, Hester L. Furey’s House of Jars stares unflinchingly into the scrying pool of post-modernist exploration. Close examination reveals a time-shy collection that cobbles together unlikely subjects to deliriously incredible effect. As a student of literature looking towards a career as an archivist myself, it’s exciting to see Furey’s “archivally based academic work in literary history” (Furey, v) mesh with poetry in what I feel is an incredibly successful effort to “preserve overlooked nuances of 20th century human experience.” (vi)

From Monica Robinson's review of House of Jars in Compulsive Reader

House of Jars Reviewed in Broad Street Review

7/22/2025

"...House of Jars is the work of an intelligent and insightful mind. This collection should be fruitful for anyone searching for their own ecstatic truth in the detritus of the 21st century, especially if they enjoy historical rabbit holes and unexpected connections." -- C.M. Crockford, Broad Street Review

House of Jars: Poems
by Hester L. Furey
Price: $16.00 pbk.
Poetry, Women's literature
ISBN: 9781642510591

DIG Reviewed in HIVE Indie Book Reviews

1/9/2023

Robert Paul Moreira's mixed-genere collection DIG has been reviewed in HIVE Indie Book Reviews!

"From the start, it’s exceedingly clear that Moreira has a distinct, unique voice that the reader will either deeply love or abhor in its entirety. This concise manner of storytelling mixes modern individual culture with mythological and literary references in such a way that nearly raises a middle finger to the occasional snobbery of contemporary literary fiction and sets Dig apart from the very first. That is to say, this read was like nothing I’ve read before, and diving into it felt akin to a fully submersive dip in the strangest of pools."

Read the full review here!

Find out more about DIG!

DIG -- Four Star Review in Foreword Reviews

11/15/2022

"Dig is a gritty literary collection whose diverse entries concern finding one’s place within a family, a culture, and a country."

DIG by Robert Paul Moreira garners four stars in Foreword Reviews. Read the full review on their website.

Learn more about the book on its webpage, including options for print and ebook purchase.

Five-Star Review for Ere the Cock Crows

7/13/2021

"Ere the Cock Crows is a thoughtful and affecting novel about the psychological impacts of Nazism."

We're thrilled to report that Ere the Cock Crows, the first English-language edition of Norwegian author Jens Bjørneboe's novel, translated by Esther Greenleaf Mürer, has received a "5 out of 5" Clarion rating on Foreword Reviews.

This edition contains a re-creation by the translator of the original play, as well as an essay by the translator and an introduction by Joe Martin of Johns Hopkins University.

The reviewer notes that "...the novel, play, and essay operate together to contextualize the work in its original post-war form, as well as in its new form." Read the full review here:
https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/ere-the-cock-crows/

Daniel Hales Reading Profiled in Greenfield Reporter Article

10/16/2020

Frayed Edge Press author Daniel Hales recently participated in a virtual poetry reading organized by the Warwick Free Public Library, in Warwick, MA.

Daniel read from his recent book of poems, ¿Cómo Hacer Preguntas? or How To Make Questions: 69 Instructional Poems in English and answered audience questions over Zoom.

A profile of Daniel and the virtual reading appeared in the Greenfield Recorder -- "Local author explores 'the spaces from which questions arise' with latest poetry book," written by Zack DeLuca. Daniel reflected on his writing process, the interplay of his music and his poetry, and how he recognizes when something's about to become a poem or song.

"The poems take readers on a journey and interrogate everything from the mundane through poems like 'How To Pass The Time,' to thoughts of fading love in 'How to Change Your Mind.'”

Salvation in others? Ambushing the Void Reviewed in the Broad Street Review

6/23/2020

"Addiction, loss, and loneliness are just a few of the struggles characters navigate in Ambushing the Void, the debut collection by James McAdams. Outliers search for salvation from a syringe or the Internet, but what they really want is to find it in other people....

If the ongoing pandemic has you feeling isolated, anxious, and disconnected, Ambushing the Void, while not comforting, assures you that you are not alone."

Kirsten Bowen reviews James McAdams' Ambushing the Void in the Broad Street Review.

Now Available! Ambushing the Void

Daniel Hales' ¿Cómo Hacer Preguntas? or How To Make Questions: 69 Instructional Poems in English Reviewed in The Montague Reporter

4/9/2020

"...if you know any of Hales' previous work--and if you don't, I'm telling you now--nothing will be ordinary here. Torches will be lit, envelopes pushed, locks picked, tickets for the guided tour procured, and you'll find yourself, at the end of the poem, someplace you didn't expect to be. Hales is smart and agile with words, and funny in ways both outright and sly."

Trish Crapo of The Montague Reporter has provided an excellent review of ¿Cómo Hacer Preguntas? or How To Make Questions: 69 Instructional Poems in English as well as an interview with the book's author, Daniel Hales. To read the full review, go to:
https://www.frayededgepress.com/hales-review.html

For more about the book, and to take advantage of the 20% off pre-sale price, visit:
https://www.frayededgepress.com/como-hacer-preguntas.html

Albert Tucher's Pele's Domain Reviewed in Crime Fiction Lover

3/10/2020

Like a good, fast-paced crime story? Are you someone who can appreciate the "ironic contrast between tropical paradise and dirty dealing"? Like a strong female lead? Meet Officer Jenny Freitas as she races to solve a series of murders on the Big Island of Hawaii, even as evidence is being gobbled up by the lava flow from the angry goddess Pele.

"Tucher made a good choice in setting the story in the midst of Kilauea’s eruption. It is not only an unusual adversary, akin to a hurricane or an avalanche, it adds an overlay of dread to the story – things are out of control. . . . Pele’s Domain is a quick fun read!" -- Vicki Weisfeld in Crime Fiction Lover

Pele's Domain by Albert Tucher
Street Smart Series #4

Friends Journal on Jeremiah Hacker

2/4/2020

Congratulations to Frayed Edge Press author Rebecca Pritchard for another awesome review! Jeremiah Hacker's social activism was informed by his Quaker background, despite his rejection of organized religion.

Thanks, Friends Journal, for the great review!

"In Jeremiah Hacker: Journalist, Anarchist, Abolitionist, Pritchard brings alive Hacker’s responses to the issues of the United States as they played out in Portland, Maine. She places him appropriately within the context of nineteenth‐century reformers and radicals. But also, through his observations and arguments, she reminds us of the timelessness of his appeals."

More about the book here: Jeremiah Hacker: Journalist, Anarchist, Abolitionist
Read the full review here: www.friendsjournal.org/jeremiah-hacker-journalist-anarchist-abolitionist/