This semester I’m teaching a course at Hunter College called Distinguished Living Writers, which examines the books of the authors reading in Hunter’s Distinguished Writers reading series during the semester. My copies of the books for the course just arrived (in Batuman’s case, I ordered her previous books as background research). Batuman, Elif. Either/Or. NewContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Back to School/Puerto Rican History Edition”
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Books Acquired Recently: Strand Edition
Yesterday I had some running around to do in Manhattan, so I decided to add the Strand to my itinerary. Here’s what I bought: Conklin, Lydia. Rainbow Rainbow: Stories. New York: Catapult, 2022. I saw some laudatory posts about this collection on Twitter, and decided to buy it because it sounds like the stories areContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Strand Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Calhoun, Ada. Also a Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me. New York: Grove Press, 2022. I bought this memoir because O’Hara is my favorite poet and because I’m always interested in personal narratives about interacting with literature. Friesen, Lauren, and Dennis R. Koehn, eds. Anabaptist ReMix: Varieties of Cultural Engagement in North America. NewContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Ajayi Jones, Luvvie. I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual. New York: Henry Holt, 2016. —. Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual. Penguin Books, 2021. I received these two books as gifts from my partner, who heard Ajayi Jones speak at a conference recently. Ahmed, Sara. Complaint! Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2021. Fournier, Lauren. Autotheory asContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Faulk, Andrew M. My Epidemic: An AIDS Memoir of One Man’s Struggle as Doctor, Patient and Survivor. 3rd ed. N.p.: Culbertson Publishing, 2021. I received this book as a gift. The person who gave it to me met the author at a conference and had the book inscribed to me. It’s a new edition withContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Binnie, Imogen. Nevada. 2013. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022. This classic trans novel, which is one of my favorite books, has been out of print since its original publisher, Topside Press, closed in 2017. Happily, FSG has just put it back in print. Interestingly, the listed retail price on the original Topside printingContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Andrew, Elizabeth Jarrett. Swinging on the Garden Gate: A Memoir of Bisexuality and Spirit. Boston: Skinner House Books, 2021. I saw an ad for this book in a magazine (I think it was Poets & Writers), and it intrigued me because I am also writing a memoir that is in part about my bisexuality andContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Book Acquired Recently: Gish Jen’s Tiger Writing
Jen, Gish. Tiger Writing: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013. I’m reading Matthew Salesses’s excellent book Craft in the Real World, which cites Jen’s book in fascinating enough ways that I decided to buy it. I haven’t read any of Jen’s work in about fifteen years, but I enjoyedContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Gish Jen’s Tiger Writing”
Books Acquired Recently: Book Club Edition
Last night I went to Book Club, a combination bookshop/bar/coffeehouse in Manhattan, for the first time. Three authors read, and I bought two of their books. Jones, Chloé Cooper. Easy Beauty: A Memoir. New York: Avid Reader Press, 2022. Songsiridej, Alyssa. Little Rabbit. New York: Bloomsbury, 2022.
Books Acquired Recently
Friedenberg, Jay, ed. The Unexpected Weight: The Haiku Society of America Mentorship Program Anthology 2021. N.p.: Haiku Society of America, 2022. Last year the Haiku Society of America began a mentorship program for younger writers. I was lucky enough to get a spot in the program, which has been quite helpful for my work. ThisContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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