Author Archives: danielshankcruz

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”

My previous post listed all of the books I bought at AWP last week. There were a few publishers who are usually there that I wanted to visit who did not attend the book fair this year. Thus, after I got home I ordered three books that I had been hoping to buy in person.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Virtual AWP Edition/Authors Whose Last Name Mostly Begins With P Edition”

I just returned from this year’s Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference. As usual, I bought plenty of books at the book fair. Akbar, Kaveh. Martyr! New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. Alabanza, Travis. None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary. New York: Feminist Press, 2023. Brownlow, Exodus Oktavia. I’mContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: AWP 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 terrible this month), and partlyContinue reading “Writing Activity, January 2024”