I received a number of books as holiday gifts. They encompass many of my usual interests: queerness, Latinidad, poetry (especially haiku), tarot, and memoir. I’m glad I still have a month of break left in which to read them!
Christmas, Jillian. The Gospel of Breaking. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020.
Epstein, Robert. Pandemic Haiku: Living Through COVID-19. West Union, WV: Middle Island Press, 2020.
Foster, Tonya M. A Swarm of Bees in High Court. Brooklyn: Belladonna*, 2015.
García, Elizabeth. Healing Memories: Puerto Rican Women’s Literature in the United States. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018.
Greer, Mary K. Mary K. Greer’s 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2006.
Machado, Carmen Maria. The Low, Low Woods. Illustrated by Dani and Tamra Bonvillain. Burbank, CA: DC Comics, 2020.
Nezhukumatathil, Aimee. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2020.
Daniel Shank Cruz 