September 2023 – Daniel Shank Cruz

Books Acquired Recently

Cerrone, Matthew. The New York Mets Fans’ Bucket List. Chicago: Triumph Books, 2017. I received this and Green’s book as gifts from my grandmother-in-law, who knows that I am a huge Mets fan. Chen, Angela. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex. Boston: Beacon Press, 2020. I’ve read very littleContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”

Books Acquired Recently

Carson, Eirinie. The Dead Are Gods: A Memoir. Brooklyn: Melville House, 2023. I read about this memoir, which is about Carson’s best friend dying in her thirties and Carson’s attempts to make sense of their friendship in the aftermath, in the latest issue of Poets & Writers. I decided to buy it because I’ve beenContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”

Writing Activity, August 2023

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 our times, and partly as an archive that I canContinue reading “Writing Activity, August 2023”