Neufeldt, Leonard. Yarrow: Poems. Windsor, ON: Black Moss Press, 1993. I bought this book because I’ve been doing some writing about Mennonite poet Di Brandt, and the collection has a poem dedicated to her (“The Tree with a Hole in Our Front Yard”) that I wanted to reference. I read this poem twenty years agoContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Mennonite Edition”
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Books Acquired Recently
Friesen, Patrick. Outlasting the Weather: Selected and New Poems 1994-2020. Vancouver: Anvil Press, 2020. As I just wrote here, Patrick Friesen is one of the most important Mennonite writers ever. It is therefore very exciting that his second volume of Selected Poems is now out. Lisicky, Paul. Later: My Life at the Edge of theContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Marje A. Dyck Edition
Dyck, Marje A. A Piece of the Moon. Saskatoon: Calisto Press, 2005. —. Still Blue Water: Collected Tanka. Saskatoon: Calisto Press, 2012. Recently, while reading Terry Ann Carter’s Haiku in Canada, I came across some poems by Marje A. Dyck. My immediate thought was “Dyck is a Mennonite name! I wonder if she’s Mennonite?” IContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Marje A. Dyck Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Free Books Edition
Cates, James A. Serpent in the Garden: Amish Sexuality in a Changing World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020. I wrote a blurb for this book, and recently received my blurber’s copy in the mail. Maldonado, Ricardo Alberto. The Life Assignment. Tribeca, NY: Four Way Books, 2020. I have not encountered Maldonado’s work before, butContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Free Books Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Poetry Edition
Kauffman, Janet. Eco-dementia. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2017. Kauffman was one of the first major Mennonite writers in the U.S., and I have deeply appreciated her work since first encountering it in college. I was unaware of this collection of hers until a colleague mentioned it recently. Swede, George, and Terry Ann Carter, eds.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Poetry Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: PM Press Edition
I got my monthly shipment of PM Press books in the mail today. What is included is always a surprise. This month’s batch looks especially exciting. Federici, Silvia. Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle. Rev. ed. Oakland: PM Press, 2020. Glick, Ted. Burglar for Peace: Lessons Learned in the Catholic Left’s ResistanceContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: PM Press Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Ashbery, John. A Wave: Poems. New York: Viking Press, 1984. I have been reading lots of haiku lately, and I also love the New York School of poets, so when I heard about this collection in which Ashbery includes haiku and haibun (a related form that combines prose with haiku), I decided to order it.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Cicero, Chic, and Sandra Tabatha Cicero. Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot: Keys to the Rituals, Symbolism, Magic and Divination. 2nd ed. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2019. I recently read Rachel Pollack’s book Tarot Wisdom, which included reproductions of the Golden Dawn deck that comes with Cicero and Cicero’s book. I loved the deck’s imagery and wantedContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Sabbatical Productivity: July
Yesterday was officially the last day of my sabbatical, although classes do not begin until 24 August. I kept a list in my journal of the academic activities I engaged in during my seven-month break. This practice was partly for myself, so that I could make sure I was using the time productively, and partlyContinue reading “Sabbatical Productivity: July”
Books Acquired Recently
Garcia, Benjamin. Thrown in the Throat. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2020. I am acquainted with Garcia, and pre-ordered a copy of this, his first poetry collection, a few months ago. It came in the mail this week. I started reading it immediately and it is excellent so far. It is unabashedly queer and Latinx, with aContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Daniel Shank Cruz 