Addiss, Stephen. The Art of Haiku: Its History Through Poems and Paintings by Japanese Masters. Boston: Shambhala, 2012. Yesterday I went to a poetry reading in Ithaca, New York, and stopped at two bookstores during the trip. I bought this book at The Bookery, a delightful, labyrinthine used bookshop. Barnhart, Danielle, and Iris Mahan, ed.Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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Books Acquired Recently
Burkholder, J. Lawrence. Recollections of a Sectarian Realist: A Mennonite Life in the Twentieth Century. Ed. Myrna Burkholder. Elkhart, IN: Institute of Mennonite Studies, 2016. I did a paper on Burkholder, who was a rebel Mennonite theologian at Harvard (he got his Ph.D. at Princeton) before becoming president of the Mennonite-owned Goshen College, when IContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Cameron, Melanie. Holding the Dark. Winnipeg: The Muses’ Company, 1999. I first encountered Cameron’s poetry in a 1999 issue of Rhubarb, the journal of the Mennonite Literary Society. The poem there is about two women who are lovers. Queer Mennonite literature is, of course, one of my academic specialties, so I decided to buy theContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Agüeros, Jack. “Dominoes” and Other Stories from the Puerto Rican. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1993. —. Sonnets from the Puerto Rican. Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1996. I recently finished reading Roberto Márquez’s anthology Puerto Rican Poetry: An Anthology from Aboriginal to Contemporary Times, and discovered through it a number of writers whose work I would like toContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Book Acquired Recently: Shelter Management by Abigail Carl-Klassen
Carl-Klassen, Abigail. Shelter Management. Chicago: Dancing Girl Press & Studio, 2017. I received this chapbook of poems in the mail a few days ago. Carl-Klassen is a member of the second generation of Mennonite writers and a good friend, so I pre-ordered the book as soon as I could and it finally arrived. I’ve alreadyContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Shelter Management by Abigail Carl-Klassen”
Books Acquired Recently: 2012 Edition
Mann, Jeff. Purgatory: A Novel of the Civil War. Maple Shade, NJ: Bear Bones Books, 2012. I recently heard about this piece of gay erotica from a friend who thought she was acquiring another book–the cover and first few pages were of the book she thought she was getting–but found a piece of Purgatory boundContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: 2012 Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Cincinnati Edition
This weekend I went to the Cincinnati Mennonite Arts Weekend for the first time. It was so much fun! Of course I bought some books. I also visited the Half Price Books near my hotel, where I purchased Roberts’, Brown’s, and Sohl’s texts. Brown, Rita Mae. Poems. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1987. I love Brown’sContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Cincinnati Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: More Queer Books Edition
Irby, Samantha. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life: Essays. New York: Vintage Books, 2017. I read about this essay collection on Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian and decided to buy it immediately because I have been looking for new queer life writing that might be suitable to use for teaching. I bought this and McGuire’sContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: More Queer Books Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: MLA Plus Three Edition
MLA: I got back from the Modern Language Association convention in New York City today. I was fairly restrained at the book fair, buying only twelve books. I purchased all of them at a discount (and the McEwan novel was free), some for as little as $3.00. Nearly all of them either relate to myContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: MLA Plus Three Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Edition
I received a number of books as gifts for the holidays, and also did a little bit of book shopping myself with some holiday cash. Algarín, Miguel. Love is Hard Work: Memorias de Loisaida. New York: Scribner Poetry, 1997. As I mention below discussing Márquez’s book, I am trying to broaden my knowledge of Puerto Rican literature. AlgarínContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Edition”
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