Here are the books that I received as holiday gifts, or, in the case of Fiebig’s and Waite’s, bought with some holiday cash: Fiebig, Johannes, ed. The Tarot of A. E. Waite and P. Colman Smith: The Story of the World’s Most Popular Tarot. Cologne: Taschen, 2023. Waite, A. E. The Key to the Tarot:Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Edition”
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Books Acquired Recently
Cruz, Daniel Shank. Ethics for Apocalyptic Times: Theapoetics, Autotheory, and Mennonite Literature. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2024. My author’s copies of my new book FINALLY arrived after some shipping snafus on the printer’s part. (The book was released on November 21.) The book’s copyright date is 2024 even though it is already out,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Diane di Prima Edition
di Prima, Diane. Pieces of a Song: Selected Poems. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1990. —. The Poetry Deal. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2014. I love di Prima’s memoirs–I recently read Recollections of My Life as a Woman–but haven’t read much of her poetry, so I decided to buy these two books. I’m aboutContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Diane di Prima Edition”
Writing Activity, November 2023
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, November 2023”
Books Acquired Recently
di Prima, Diane. Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years. 2001. New York: Penguin Books, 2002. I loved the other two of di Prima’s memoirs that I’ve read (Memoirs of a Beatnik and Revolutionary Letters), so I’ve had this one on my list to read for a while. I bought itContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Butler, Octavia E. Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview and Other Conversations. Brooklyn: Melville House, 2023. I spoke at an event at McNally Jackson Seaport earlier this week, and they gave me a voucher for a free book. I used it on this new collection of some of Butler’s interviews. I love her work, andContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Kennel, Maxwell. Ontologies of Violence: Deconstruction, Pacifism, and Displacement. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2023. I am participating in a special issue of a journal about this recently-released book. My review copy came in the mail a few days ago. Saitō, Sanki. Selected Haiku, 1933-1962. Trans. Masaya Saito. Tokyo: Isobar Press, 2023. I’ve been focusing moreContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Writing Activity, October 2023
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, October 2023”
Books Acquired Recently
Acevedo-Quiñones, Claudia. The Hurricane Book: A Lyric History. Brookline, MA: Rose Metal Press, 2023. I heard about this piece of creative nonfiction about hurricanes throughout Puerto Rico’s history a few weeks ago and pre-ordered it immediately because of my family’s history with them. Beary, Roberta, Lew Watts, and Rich Youmans. Haibun: A Writer’s Guide. Bath,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Garth, Kristin. Daddy: Stories. N.p.: Anxiety Press, 2023. I enjoy the poetry of Garth’s that I’ve read, so when I saw she had a new collection of fiction out I decided to buy it. Torres, Justin. Blackouts. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. Torres’s long-awaited second novel was finally just released, eleven years afterContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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