Monthly Archives: October 2023

Acevedo-Quiñones, Claudia. The Hurricane Book: A Lyric History. Brookline, MA: Rose Metal Press, 2023. I heard about this piece of creative nonfiction about hurricanes throughout Puerto Rico’s history a few weeks ago and pre-ordered it immediately because of my family’s history with them. Beary, Roberta, Lew Watts, and Rich Youmans. Haibun: A Writer’s Guide. Bath,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”

Garth, Kristin. Daddy: Stories. N.p.: Anxiety Press, 2023. I enjoy the poetry of Garth’s that I’ve read, so when I saw she had a new collection of fiction out I decided to buy it. Torres, Justin. Blackouts. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. Torres’s long-awaited second novel was finally just released, eleven years afterContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”

Plett, Casey. On Community. Windsor, ON: Biblioasis, 2023. Casey Plett is one of my favorite authors, so I had pre-ordered this book of nonfiction, which arrived yesterday. Zhou, Emily. Girlfriends. Brooklyn: LittlePuss Press, 2023. I ordered this short story collection because it is published by LittlePuss, which Plett cofounded. I read it this week andContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Trans Edition”

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, September 2023”

Komurki, John Z. Stationery Fever: From Paper Clips to Pencils and Everything in Between. Munich: Prestel, 2016. I’m obsessed with stationery, and recently heard about this book. It sounded intriguing, and I was able to find a used copy for a low price. Steckel, Jan. Ghosts and Oceans. Las Vegas: Zeitgeist Press, 2023. I heardContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”