My parents have recently been completing some house renovations, and in the process of moving furniture around to accommodate these changes my mother has been de-accessioning some books. She asked whether I wanted any of them and I took a few, some because I have fond memories of them from childhood and some because IContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Nostalgia Edition”
Tag Archives: Mennonites
Books Acquired Recently: Mennonite Literature Edition
As I mentioned in a recent entry, I attended Mennonite/s Writing VII at Fresno Pacific University two weeks ago. Aside from the books that I bought at the conference, I also came away with a number of recommendations of books, and these texts have been arriving in the mail all week. I was able toContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Mennonite Literature Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Mennonite/s Writing Edition
This past weekend the Mennonite/s Writing VII conference was held at Fresno Pacific University. It was an excellent time, and as usual the conference had a wide variety of books by authors in attendance available. Despite the fact that I buy most pieces of Mennonite literature as soon as I find out about them, IContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Mennonite/s Writing Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
Castillo, Ana. Give It To Me. New York: Feminist, 2014. I read the first draft of this book when Castillo and I were colleagues at Westminster College for a semester and loved it. It is sexy, humorous, and scandalous. I bought it as soon as I found out it had been released. This, Plett’s, andContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Edition
I’ve acquired a number of books over the past few weeks. Most of them (the ones without their provenance listed) have been gifts, though a few I’ve bought for gifts to myself to read over the semester break. Ballard, J.G. Cocaine Nights. 1996. Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1998. Ballard is an author that I love toContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Holiday Edition”
Book Acquired Recently: Rudy Wiebe’s Come Back
Wiebe, Rudy. Come Back. Toronto: Knopf, 2014. Rudy Wiebe has been an important author in my life, and of course he is one of the most influential Mennonite writers ever, so when his new novel came out I was eager to purchase it. It hasn’t been published in the U.S. yet, but I was ableContinue reading “Book Acquired Recently: Rudy Wiebe’s Come Back”
Books Acquired Recently
Oyer, John S., and Robert S. Kreider. Mirror of the Martyrs. Intercourse: Good, 1990. I bought this book to use in my continuing research on the Martyrs Mirror. My research of late has been especially focused on the illustrations by Jan Luyken, which are one of the main subjects of Oyer and Kreider’s book. Santos-Febres,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently: More Mennonites Edition
Wiebe, Dallas. Our Asian Journey. Waterloo: mlr, 1997. I have been wanting to read this novel for years, but it is out of print and rare. Every once in a while I check for it online to see if I can find a reasonably-priced used copy, and this time I was happy to find aContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: More Mennonites Edition”
Books Acquired Recently: Authors Whose Last Names Begin With W Edition
Wilson, Mookie, with Erik Sherman. Mookie: Life, Baseball, and the ’86 Mets. New York: Berkley, 2014. I collect books about the 1986 Mets because I, like most Mets fans, am obsessed with that team, so when I heard that Wilson had a memoir coming out I pre-ordered it immediately. It just arrived yesterday. On aContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Authors Whose Last Names Begin With W Edition”
Books Acquired Recently
All of these books were bought with an eye toward my impending summer break, which begins in three weeks! Ames, Greg. Buffalo Lockjaw. New York: Hyperion, 2009. Greg Ames gave a reading from his novel-in-progress at Utica College this past week, and I enjoyed it to the point where I decided to buy a copyContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Daniel Shank Cruz 