Books published in Canada have been much harder to acquire in the U.S. since the pandemic started. Shipping fees have gone through the roof. But there are a few recent Mennonite books that I’ve been wanting to buy, so I made an order from McNally Robinson that arrived earlier this week. Brandt, Di. The SweetestContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Canadian Mennonite Edition”
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Books Acquired Recently
Fitzpatrick, Cat. The Call-Out: A Novel in Rhyme. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2022. I saw on Twitter (which I hope sticks around for the sake of the literary community) that Fitzpatrick was having a release event for this novel at McNally Jackson‘s seaport location this past Wednesday. I love the pieces of Fitzpatrick’s workContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Chee, Alexander, ed. The Best American Essays 2022. Boston: Mariner, 2022. I always buy The Best American Essays, and saw that this year’s editor, Alexander Chee (whose work I love), was celebrating its release with a reading alongside some contributors at Book Culture the other night. So I bought my copy there and got itContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Writing Activity, October 2022
Since January 2021, I’ve been keeping a list of my writing activity for each month (here’s last month’s). I do so partly as a form of encouragement for myself to show that I am still able to do some writing despite the energy-sucking terrors of the pandemic (Which is still going on! Keep wearing masks!),Continue reading “Writing Activity, October 2022”
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