Author Archives: danielshankcruz

Killian, Kevin. Fascination: Memoirs: Bedrooms Have Windows, Bachelors Get Lonely, Triangles in the Sand. Edited by Andrew Durbin. South Pasadena, CA: Semiotext(e), 2018. I love Killian’s wife Dodie Bellamy’s writing, and have been slowly getting into his work as a result. I recently found out about this collection of his memoirs and decided to orderContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”

Hart, Summer J. Boomhouse. Olympia, WA: The 3rd Thing, 2023. Moody, Trey. Autoblivion. St. Paul: Conduit Books & Ephemera, 2023. A friend gave me these two collections of poetry as a gift. Samatar, Sofia. The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain. New York: Tor, 2024. Samatar is one of my favorite writers, so I boughtContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”

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 2024”

I was at Poets House for an event yesterday, and they have several shelves of books for sale for $5.00 each, so I bought a couple. Louÿs, Pierre. The Songs of Bilitis. Translated by Alvah C. Bessie. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. 1926. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1988. The word “Bilitis” on this book’s spine caughtContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”

Baker, Nicholson. Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art. New York: Penguin Press, 2024. Baker is one of my favorite authors, so I bought this book as soon as it came out earlier this week. Burgess, Charlie Claire. Radical Tarot: Queer the Cards, Liberate Your Practice, and Create the Future. Carlsbad, CA:Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”

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, March 2024”

Beckett, Rowan. Hot Girl Haiku. N.p.: Cuttlefish Books, 2021. I’ve been a fan of Beckett’s haiku and senryu for a while because of their poetry’s unabashed queerness. I already have several of their books, and am happy to add this one to my library. Sy, Abbey. The Art of the Travel Journal: Document Your Adventures,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”

Lately my writing practice has been focusing more and more on haiku (and senryu), so I’ve been reading a lot about its lineage. I also had a birthday earlier this month and received some books as gifts/bought some books with money I received as a gift. Birthday books: De Los Reyes, T. And Yet Held.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Birthday/Haiku Edition”

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 (which were especially horrible this month: Nex BenedictContinue reading “Writing Activity, February 2024”

I’ve been focusing more on writing haiku and senryu lately. As a part of that focus, I want to start reading more books of haiku rather than just haiku journals. Boyer, David M. Overpacked for the Afterlife. N.p.: David M. Boyer, 2023. I read a review of this book in the latest issue of Frogpond.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Haiku Edition”