Diaz, Jose Hernandez. The Fire Eater: Poems. Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 2020. I’ve been wanting to read more prose poetry lately, and I’m always interested in reading Latinx authors whose work I haven’t encountered before, so when I heard about this book that is exclusively prose poems I decided to buy it. Tsai, Addie.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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Writing Activity, May 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, May 2023”
Books Acquired Recently
Gerrold, David. The Man Who Folded Himself. Rev. ed. Dallas: BenBella Books, 2003. I just received this speculative fiction novel as a gift. Apparently it’s famous because the main character time travels and has sex with his past self. Hossack, Darcie Friesen. Stillwater. New Westminster, BC: Tidewater Press, 2023. Thirteen years after her first book,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Queer Strand Edition
I was given some money as a graduation gift, so I decided to make a trip to the Strand to spend some of it. I bought books by two queer Black authors. Johnson, George M. All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020. I love queer memoirs, and I especiallyContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Queer Strand Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Hyde, Lewis. The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World. 3rd ed. New York: Vintage Books, 2019. Someone recently recommended this book to me and it sounded interesting as something to read as I’m finishing my MFA, so I decided to buy it. Irby, Samantha. Quietly Hostile: Essays. New York: Vintage Books, 2023. IContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Writing Activity, April 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, April 2023”
Writing Activity, March 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 the pandemic (Which is still going on! Keep wearing masks!),Continue reading “Writing Activity, March 2023”
Books Acquired Recently
Bucknell, Clare. The Treasuries: Poetry Anthologies and the Making of British Culture. London: Head of Zeus, 2023. Poetry anthologies have literally been life-changing for me, so when I first saw on Twitter that Bucknell was writing this book a year or so ago I made a note to keep an eye out for it. IContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: AWP Edition
I attended AWP‘s annual conference this past week and came back with lots of books! Here’s what I got, with some explanatory notes as necessary. Akbar, Kaveh. Pilgrim Bell: Poems. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2021. I attended a panel that Akbar was part of and had him sign this book afterwards. He was incredibly sweet andContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: AWP Edition”
Writing Activity, February 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 the pandemic (Which is still going on! Keep wearing masks!),Continue reading “Writing Activity, February 2023”
Daniel Shank Cruz 