When I was on sabbatical in the first half of 2020 (which feels like “a million centuries ago,” to borrow a phrase from Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now, an apt title for our present times), I kept a monthly list of what I accomplished. In the new year, I’ve decided to do something similar withContinue reading “Writing Activity, January 2021”
Category Archives: Literature
Books Acquired Recently: Desk Copy Edition
The new semester starts on Monday. Here are the books I have received as desk copies. For Written Communication II: Aciman, André, ed. The Best American Essays 2020. Boston: Mariner Books, 2020. Graff, Gerald, Cathy Birkenstein, and Russel Durst. They Say, I Say with Readings. 4th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2018. For Introduction toContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Desk Copy Edition”
Book Acquired Recently: Martín Espada’s Floaters
Espada, Martín. Floaters: Poems. New York: W.W. Norton, 2021. I received Martín Espada’s new poetry collection in the mail yesterday and tore through it in two sittings. It is an excellent book that everyone should read. As with his previous work, it epitomizes what it means for a poet to be a prophet. His workContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Martín Espada’s Floaters”
Books Acquired Recently: Aurora Levins Morales Edition
I recently read Aurora Levins Morales’s Remedios and loved it. I went to her website to see whether there were other books of hers that I haven’t already read available and discovered these three books. I also love her previous book that is co-written with her mother Rosario, Getting Home Alive, so I look forwardContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Aurora Levins Morales Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Post-Holiday Edition Part IV
As I’ve said in my last three posts, I ordered a bunch of books with some holiday cash that I received. The last two of these books have finally arrived! Febos, Melissa. Whip Smart: The True Story of a Secret Life. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2010. Peters, Torrey. Detransition, Baby. New York: One World,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Post-Holiday Edition Part IV”
Books Acquired Recently: Post-Holiday Edition Part III/PM Press Edition
As I mentioned in my two previous posts, I ordered a number of books with some holiday cash that I received, and they continue to arrive (there are still a few more on the way!). Levins Morales, Aurora. Remedios: Stories of Earth and Iron from the History of Puertorriqueñas. Boston: Beacon Press, 1998. McCloud, Cedar.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Post-Holiday Edition Part III/PM Press Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Post-Holiday Edition, Part II
As I mentioned in my previous post, I ordered a bunch of books with some holiday cash that I received. More of them have arrived the past two days. Knisley, Lucy. French Milk. 2007. New York: Touchstone, 2008. Koch, Kenneth. Rose, Where Did You Get That Red? Teaching Great Poetry to Children. 1973. New York:Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Post-Holiday Edition, Part II”
Books Acquired Recently: Post-Holiday Edition
I ordered a bunch of books with some holiday cash that I received, and they have begun to arrive. Bronski, Michael. A Queer History of the United States. Boston: Beacon Press, 2011. Crispin, Jessa. The Dead Ladies Project: Exiles, Expats, and Ex-Countries. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. Febos, Melissa. Abandon Me: Memoirs. 2017. NewContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Post-Holiday Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Gift Edition
I received a number of books as holiday gifts. They encompass many of my usual interests: queerness, Latinidad, poetry (especially haiku), tarot, and memoir. I’m glad I still have a month of break left in which to read them! Christmas, Jillian. The Gospel of Breaking. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020. Epstein, Robert. Pandemic Haiku: LivingContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Gift Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Baker Swann, Julia. The Moon is Always Whole. Telford, PA: DreamSeeker Books, 2020. Baker Swann is a Mennonite writer whom I have gotten to know via several Mennonite writing events over the past few years. I am very excited that her first poetry collection has just been published. Smith, Zadie. Intimations: Six Essays. New York:Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Daniel Shank Cruz 