Author Archives: danielshankcruz

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

Plett, Casey. On Community. Windsor, ON: Biblioasis, 2023. Casey Plett is one of my favorite authors, so I had pre-ordered this book of nonfiction, which arrived yesterday. Zhou, Emily. Girlfriends. Brooklyn: LittlePuss Press, 2023. I ordered this short story collection because it is published by LittlePuss, which Plett cofounded. I read it this week andContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Trans 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, and partly as an archive that I canContinue reading “Writing Activity, September 2023”