Monthly Archives: April 2024

I was at Poets House for an event yesterday, and they have several shelves of books for sale for $5.00 each, so I bought a couple. Louÿs, Pierre. The Songs of Bilitis. Translated by Alvah C. Bessie. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. 1926. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1988. The word “Bilitis” on this book’s spine caughtContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”

Baker, Nicholson. Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art. New York: Penguin Press, 2024. Baker is one of my favorite authors, so I bought this book as soon as it came out earlier this week. Burgess, Charlie Claire. Radical Tarot: Queer the Cards, Liberate Your Practice, and Create the Future. Carlsbad, CA:Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”

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, March 2024”

Beckett, Rowan. Hot Girl Haiku. N.p.: Cuttlefish Books, 2021. I’ve been a fan of Beckett’s haiku and senryu for a while because of their poetry’s unabashed queerness. I already have several of their books, and am happy to add this one to my library. Sy, Abbey. The Art of the Travel Journal: Document Your Adventures,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”