I’ve been letting my book-buying addiction get the best of me lately, as I’ve ordered about ten books in last week or so. Here is what has come in thus far: Clare, Eli. Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation. 1999. Durham: Duke UP, 2015. Halberstam, Judith. The Queer Art of Failure. Durham: Duke UP,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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Books Acquired Recently: Mostly Mennonites Edition
I’ve gone a little crazy (even for me) buying books the past few weeks. The primary reason for this is that I’ve been reading a lot of literary criticism (primarily from the Journal of the Center of Mennonite Writing), and whenever I do this I find out about books (both primary sources and other worksContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Mostly Mennonites Edition”
Book Acquired Recently: Robin Coste Lewis’s Voyage of the Sable Venus
Lewis, Robin Coste. Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems. New York: Knopf, 2015. I received this book as a Valentine’s Day present. It is Lewis’s first poetry collection, and it won the National Book Award, an impressive feat. It is also a lovely physical object, with a dark maroon cover and an intriguing coverContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Robin Coste Lewis’s Voyage of the Sable Venus”
Books Acquired Recently: Haiku Edition
As I continue to indulge my newfound passion for haiku (incidentally, February is National Haiku Writing Month, which you can read more about here), I have continued to purchase books in and about the genre. Gurga, Lee. Haiku: A Poet’s Guide. Rev. Ed. Lincoln: Modern Haiku, 2013. As I have begun writing haiku I haveContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Haiku Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Kasdorf, Julia Spicher, and Michael Tyrell, eds. Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn. New York: 2007. Kasdorf is one of my favorite poets/literary critics, and a friend, and this is the only one of her books that I had not had. Used copies are now available for a reasonable price from amazon.com’s network of independent sellers (whichContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Stragglers Edition
I have received a few more books in the last week that I purchased with holiday cash from amazon.com’s network of sellers. Benjamin, Walter. The Arcades Project. Tr. Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin. Cambridge: Belknap-Harvard, 1999. I recently read about this work, Benjamin’s notes and clippings for a book about arcades in 1880s Paris that heContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Stragglers Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Edition
I received a number of books as holiday gifts this year, and have ordered some others with holiday cash as well. Here is what has come in thus far: Beary, Roberta. Deflection. Lexington: Accents, 2015. This short poetry collection of mostly haiku is by one of today’s premier haiku writers. I read it a fewContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Lee, Catherine J.S., ed. A Splash of Water: Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology 2015. New York: Haiku Society of America, 2015. Each year the Haiku Society of America publishes an anthology of work by its members on a specific theme, and each member receives a copy. This year’s theme was water. I’ve read aboutContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Auden, W.H. Selected Poems. Ed. Edward Mendelson. 1979. New York: Vintage, 1989. I have been meaning to read Auden’s poetry for years now, and have often thought about buying a book of his, but for various reasons it didn’t happen. I found a used copy of his Selected Poems at Aaron’s Books in Lititz, Pennsylvania,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Everett, Percival. Suder. 1983. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1999. I enjoy Everett’s fiction quite a lot, though I have not read nearly all of it because he is so prolific. I have been wanting to explore more of his work, and when I was doing some research on him recently to prepare to teachContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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