Sharp, Christina. Ordinary Notes. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. I read an excerpt of this book online and loved it, so I ordered the book itself. I tore through it this past weekend. It is a must-read for anyone interested in anti-racism. Zambreno, Kate. The Light Room: On Art and Care. New York:Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Category Archives: Literature
Writing Activity, June 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, and partly as an archive that I canContinue reading “Writing Activity, June 2023”
Books Acquired Recently
Beck, Ervin. MennoFolk3: Puns, Riddles, Tales, Legends. Goshen, IN: Painted Glass Press, 2022. I bought this book by one of my undergraduate professors as soon as it was available–the copyright date is 2022 but it just came out. Carter, Paula. No Relation. N.p.: Black Lawrence Press, 2017. Lehman, David, ed. Great American Prose Poems fromContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Diaz, Jose Hernandez. The Fire Eater: Poems. Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 2020. I’ve been wanting to read more prose poetry lately, and I’m always interested in reading Latinx authors whose work I haven’t encountered before, so when I heard about this book that is exclusively prose poems I decided to buy it. Tsai, Addie.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Writing Activity, May 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, and partly as an archive that I canContinue reading “Writing Activity, May 2023”
Books Acquired Recently
Gerrold, David. The Man Who Folded Himself. Rev. ed. Dallas: BenBella Books, 2003. I just received this speculative fiction novel as a gift. Apparently it’s famous because the main character time travels and has sex with his past self. Hossack, Darcie Friesen. Stillwater. New Westminster, BC: Tidewater Press, 2023. Thirteen years after her first book,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Queer Strand Edition
I was given some money as a graduation gift, so I decided to make a trip to the Strand to spend some of it. I bought books by two queer Black authors. Johnson, George M. All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020. I love queer memoirs, and I especiallyContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Queer Strand Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Hyde, Lewis. The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World. 3rd ed. New York: Vintage Books, 2019. Someone recently recommended this book to me and it sounded interesting as something to read as I’m finishing my MFA, so I decided to buy it. Irby, Samantha. Quietly Hostile: Essays. New York: Vintage Books, 2023. IContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Writing Activity, April 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, and partly as an archive that I canContinue reading “Writing Activity, April 2023”
Writing Activity, March 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 the pandemic (Which is still going on! Keep wearing masks!),Continue reading “Writing Activity, March 2023”
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