Costa, Emily. Until It Feels Right. Orlando: Autofocus Books, 2022. I recently heard about this set of diary entries about having OCD during the early part of the pandemic (something I also experienced), and ordered it right away because of its subject matter and my new interest in reading diaries. Moore, Carley. Heart Less: Poems.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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Books Acquired Recently
Higginson, William J. Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1996. I’ve had my eye on this haiku classic for a long time, and recently found a used copy online for a good price, so I decided to buy it. Kaufmann, Britt. Midlife Calculus. Winston-Salem, NC: Press 53, 2024. I blurbed this poetry collection,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Writing Activity, August 2024
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, August 2024”
Books Acquired Recently: Octavia Butler Edition
Butler, Octavia. Parable of the Sower. 1993. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2016. —. Parable of the Talents. 1998. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2016. I’ve loved all of the Octavia Butler books that I have read, and I’ve been thinking about reading her novel Parable of the Sower for a while now. I wasContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Octavia Butler Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Haring, Keith. Journals. 1996. New York: Penguin Books, 2010. I recently decided that I should start reading other writers’ journals because somehow I’ve hardly read any. Haring’s name randomly came up a few times in various contexts over the past week, so I decided that I would read his journal first. Huddleston, Edward Cody, ed.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Samatar, Sofia. Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life. New York: Soft Skull Press, 2024. Samatar’s third book this year (one of them co-written with Kate Zambreno) came out yesterday. I pre-ordered it and look forward to begin reading it later today! Wark, McKenzie. Life Story. London: Hanuman Editions, 2024. I loved Wark’s book Raving,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Haiku Edition, Once Again
Luckring, Eve. The Tender Between. Princeton, NJ: Ornithopter Press, 2018. I recently read some of Luckring’s haiku in an anthology and really enjoyed them, so I decided to buy her book. Shirane, Haruo. Traces of Dreams: Landscape, Cultural Memory, and the Poetry of Bashō. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1998. I found out about thisContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Haiku Edition, Once Again”
Writing Activity, July 2024
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, July 2024”
Books Acquired Recently: Haiku Edition
Gilbert, Richard. The Disjunctive Dragonfly: A New Approach to English-Language Haiku. Updated ed. Winchester, VA: Red Moon Press, 2016. I recently had this book recommended to me by someone who is also interested in writing nontraditional haiku. Rotella, Alexis. Milkweed: Selected Haiku & Senryu. Taylorville, IL: Brooks Books, 2024. Rotella has been one of myContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Haiku Edition”
Writing Activity, June 2024
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, June 2024”
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