Plett, Casey. Little Fish. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018. I received a review copy of this novel by fellow queer Mennonite Casey Plett from the Pacific Journal, which has asked me to write a review for its Fall 2018 issue. Plett and I are friends and I had the privilege of reading several drafts ofContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Friends Edition”
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Books Acquired Recently
Beachy, Stephen. Leahbelle Beachy and the Beings of Light: Amish Terror Book 2. San Diego: Vapor Books, 2018. This is the second volume of Beachy’s Amish science fiction trilogy, which just came out. I can’t wait to read it! Cherciu, Lucia. Train Ride to Bucharest. Rhinebeck, NY: Sheep Meadow Press, 2017. Cherciu is the winnerContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Acheson, Katherine O. Writing Essays About Literature: A Brief Guide for University and College Students. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2011. I attended the annual Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) conference in Pittsburgh this past weekend, and of course left with a number of books. I got Acheson’s, Barrie’s, and Dale’s books free as examination copies. IContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Cruz, Miriam. 5 Sundays with Mim: Selected Sermons from Woodcrest Villa Worship. Lancaster, PA: N.p., 2018. This is a book of sermons by my mother, who is a chaplain at Woodcrest Villa, which is part of Mennonite Home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She is retiring soon, and one of the residents decided to print this bookContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Chen, Chen. When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, 2017. Chen gave a poetry reading at Utica College this past week and I loved his work, so I bought a copy of his debut full-length collection. Wiebe, Armin. Grandmother, Laughing. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 2017. WiebeContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Jernigan, Amanda. Years, Months, and Days: Poems. Windsor, ON: Biblioasis, 2018. I received a review copy of this book from the publisher. According to the blurb, Jernigan takes a bunch of old Mennonite hymns and makes poems out of them. According to the interview that came with the book, she is not a Mennonite, butContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Aciman, André. Call Me By Your Name. 2007. New York: Picador, 2017. I received Aciman’s novel as a birthday gift earlier this week. I hadn’t heard of it before, but it looks intriguing. Cassells, Cyrus. The Gospel According to Wild Indigo. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2018. I received this book as a gift fromContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Cameron, Melanie. Holding the Dark. Winnipeg: The Muses’ Company, 1999. I first encountered Cameron’s poetry in a 1999 issue of Rhubarb, the journal of the Mennonite Literary Society. The poem there is about two women who are lovers. Queer Mennonite literature is, of course, one of my academic specialties, so I decided to buy theContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Agüeros, Jack. “Dominoes” and Other Stories from the Puerto Rican. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1993. —. Sonnets from the Puerto Rican. Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1996. I recently finished reading Roberto Márquez’s anthology Puerto Rican Poetry: An Anthology from Aboriginal to Contemporary Times, and discovered through it a number of writers whose work I would like toContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Book Acquired Recently: Shelter Management by Abigail Carl-Klassen
Carl-Klassen, Abigail. Shelter Management. Chicago: Dancing Girl Press & Studio, 2017. I received this chapbook of poems in the mail a few days ago. Carl-Klassen is a member of the second generation of Mennonite writers and a good friend, so I pre-ordered the book as soon as I could and it finally arrived. I’ve alreadyContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Shelter Management by Abigail Carl-Klassen”
Daniel Shank Cruz 