As I continue to indulge my newfound passion for haiku (incidentally, February is National Haiku Writing Month, which you can read more about here), I have continued to purchase books in and about the genre. Gurga, Lee. Haiku: A Poet’s Guide. Rev. Ed. Lincoln: Modern Haiku, 2013. As I have begun writing haiku I haveContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Haiku Edition”
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Books Acquired Recently
Kasdorf, Julia Spicher, and Michael Tyrell, eds. Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn. New York: 2007. Kasdorf is one of my favorite poets/literary critics, and a friend, and this is the only one of her books that I had not had. Used copies are now available for a reasonable price from amazon.com’s network of independent sellers (whichContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Stragglers Edition
I have received a few more books in the last week that I purchased with holiday cash from amazon.com’s network of sellers. Benjamin, Walter. The Arcades Project. Tr. Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin. Cambridge: Belknap-Harvard, 1999. I recently read about this work, Benjamin’s notes and clippings for a book about arcades in 1880s Paris that heContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Stragglers Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Edition
I received a number of books as holiday gifts this year, and have ordered some others with holiday cash as well. Here is what has come in thus far: Beary, Roberta. Deflection. Lexington: Accents, 2015. This short poetry collection of mostly haiku is by one of today’s premier haiku writers. I read it a fewContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Lee, Catherine J.S., ed. A Splash of Water: Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology 2015. New York: Haiku Society of America, 2015. Each year the Haiku Society of America publishes an anthology of work by its members on a specific theme, and each member receives a copy. This year’s theme was water. I’ve read aboutContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Auden, W.H. Selected Poems. Ed. Edward Mendelson. 1979. New York: Vintage, 1989. I have been meaning to read Auden’s poetry for years now, and have often thought about buying a book of his, but for various reasons it didn’t happen. I found a used copy of his Selected Poems at Aaron’s Books in Lititz, Pennsylvania,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Everett, Percival. Suder. 1983. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1999. I enjoy Everett’s fiction quite a lot, though I have not read nearly all of it because he is so prolific. I have been wanting to explore more of his work, and when I was doing some research on him recently to prepare to teachContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
I had a robust book-acquiring month in October as a result of several factors that happened to coincide: I went to a conference, I was making up book lists for next semester, I had a friend publish a book, I read some interesting book reviews, and so on. Unless otherwise noted, all of these booksContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
The Mets in the Postseason
The Mets will play their first postseason game since 2006 on Friday night in Los Angeles. It is hard to believe that it has been nine years. It doesn’t feel that long because all of the disappointing seasons since 2008 blend together in my mind, but when I think about where I am as aContinue reading “The Mets in the Postseason”
Book Acquired Recently: Mennonite Community Cookbook
Showalter, Mary Emma. Mennonite Community Cookbook. Scottdale: Herald, 1950. I received this classic of Mennonite cooking from a colleague who had it but did not use it, and knows I am a Mennonite and thus thought I would be interested in it. I grew up with my mother using a number of recipes from herContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Mennonite Community Cookbook”
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