PRESS/REVIEWS

Praise for THE LIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE UNIVERSE:

• Calm, healing and 3 more reasons you need audiobooks right now. Boston Times. April 10, 2020
• Why Reading Pandemic Lit Gives Me Hope. Book Riot. Mar 31, 2020.
• Review: High Country News. Nov. 11, 2019.
• Interview: First Draft (via LitHub). Nov. 11, 2019.
• Interview: Ravishly. Oct. 29, 2019.
• 20 of the Best Post-Apocalyptic Books of 2019. Book Riot. Aug 30, 2019.
• Southern Arizona Authors. Arizona Daily Star. August 4, 2019.
• July 2019 INDIE NEXT Pick (IndieBound), July 2019.
• Indies Introduce Summer 2019 Selection. May 2019.
• Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Summer 2019 Selection.
• An Indies Introduce Q&A With Kimi Eisele. The American Booksellers Association. July 17, 2019.
• Crazy about books? These 5 L.A. book events offer inspiring stories from Los Angeles and beyond. Los Angeles Times. July 12, 2019.
• The Lightest Object in the Universe | Book Feature. Tucson Weekly. July 11, 2019.
• Review: Civilization declines in new Eisele novel. Associated Press. July 9, 2019.
• Tucson author’s new novel imagines a hopeful, post-apocalyptic world | tucson life. #thisistucson. Arizona Daily Star. July 9, 2019.
• Review: The Lightest Object In The Universe’s optimistic apocalypse. The AV Club. July 8, 2019.
• Review: New York Journal of Books, July 8, 2019.
• Paul Semel Interview: The Lightest Object In The Universe Author Kimi Eisele. PaulSemel.com. July 8, 2019.
• A brilliant post-apocalyptic novel that also is a love story dazzling with hope. CarolineLeavitteville Blog. July 6, 2019.
• An Interview with Kimi Eisele. (7′) Arizona Spotlight. Arizona Public Media. July 4, 2019.
• 27 New Books Out In July 2019 To Get You Through The Sweaty Days Of Summer. Bustle. July 2, 2019.
• What Books are ABA Staff Reading This Summer? American Booksellers Association. July 2, 2019.
• Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Orner, Dermansky, Simic, Tate, and More. The Millions. July 2, 2019.
• Author Kimi Eisele + Summer Reads on Radio Book Club.  KZMU Community Radio, Moab, UT. July 1, 2019.
• The Best New Books Coming Out In July 2019. NYLON. July 1, 2019.
• 13 sci-fi and fantasy novels you shouldn’t miss in July. SyFy.com. June 29, 2019.
• All the New Genre Bending Books Coming in July! Tor.com. June 28, 2019.
• Readers’ Digest 15 Best Summer Books to Read in 2019. June 2019.
• 7 Books to Binge Before the Return of The Handmaid’s Tale. Parade Magazine. May 31, 2019.
• Powell’s Books’ We Can’t Wait: The Best Reads of 2019. Jan. 31, 2019.

REVIEWS of OTHER WORK:

A series of critiques by anti-public funding for the arts writers:

1. Wall Street Journal. July 10, 2017. “It Costs Taxpayers a Bundle, but Is It Art?”
2. The Daily Signal. July 15, 2017. “From Cactus Theater to the Met, US Government Pours Hundreds of Millions Into Well-Heeled Arts”
3. Forbes. Sept. 13, 2017. “More Proof We Don’t Need The National Endowments For The Arts And The Humanities”

Tucson Weekly. Nov. 10, 1016. “The Sounds of the Saguaro.”
Natural Awakenings. Oct. 2016. “Collaboration Magnifies Creative Expression.”
Arizona Daily Star. April 20, 2016. “Standing with Saguaros project embraces Tucson’s favorite cacti.”
Tucson Weekly Q&A. April 12, 2016.
KCAW Radio interview. Nov. 9, 2015. “Artist spotlights trees in shadows.”
KCAW Radio Interview. Sept. 28, 2015. “Island Institute artist drawn to the yellow cedar tree.”
Interview: The Geographical Bulletin. Vol. 55, No. 2. Nov. 2014.
Grand Canyon University News. Sept. 22, 2014. “Guest artist to link issues, movement in dance residency.”
ARID: A Journal of Art, Design, Ecology. Fall 2014. “Rosemont Ours: A Field Guide.”
Arizona Daily Star. June 7, 2014. “2014 Lumies presented for work in and support of the arts in Tucson.”
Arizona Public Media. June 17, 2013. “Dancers Look to Nature for Inspiration.”
Arizona Public Media. April 25, 2012. “Dancers Explore Watershed through Movement.”
AZarts.gov. March 28, 2012. “Barrier 2 Bridge Festival: San Luis High School Artist Residencies.”
PRX Radio, 2012. “Purple Lunch Project.”
Arizona Public Media. Nov. 9, 2011. “If My Verse is Alive…”
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read Blog. October 14, 2012.“In the Community: The Big Read Tucson Brings Dickinson’s Words Into the Dance Studio.”
Tucson Weekly. Oct. 1, 2009. “Pick of the Week: Designs for Downtown.”
Downtown Tucsonan, Oct. 2008. “The Invisible City: An arts experiment in downtown public space.”
Tucson Weekly, Nov. 13, 2008. “Desire to Inspire: NEW ARTiculations Dance and Kore Press team up to use downtown as their studio and performance space.”
Tucson Weekly. April 24, 2008. “Pick of the Week: Food and Dance.”
Tucson Weekly. Nov. 2, 2006. “Community and Cactus: Arizona’s best and worst properties are recognized in two upcoming dance concerts.”