di Prima, Diane. Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years. 2001. New York: Penguin Books, 2002. I loved the other two of di Prima’s memoirs that I’ve read (Memoirs of a Beatnik and Revolutionary Letters), so I’ve had this one on my list to read for a while. I bought itContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Monthly Archives: November 2023
Books Acquired Recently
Butler, Octavia E. Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview and Other Conversations. Brooklyn: Melville House, 2023. I spoke at an event at McNally Jackson Seaport earlier this week, and they gave me a voucher for a free book. I used it on this new collection of some of Butler’s interviews. I love her work, andContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Kennel, Maxwell. Ontologies of Violence: Deconstruction, Pacifism, and Displacement. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2023. I am participating in a special issue of a journal about this recently-released book. My review copy came in the mail a few days ago. Saitō, Sanki. Selected Haiku, 1933-1962. Trans. Masaya Saito. Tokyo: Isobar Press, 2023. I’ve been focusing moreContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Writing Activity, October 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 (which were especially terrible this month), and partlyContinue reading “Writing Activity, October 2023”
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