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, January 2025”
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Books Acquired Recently
Epstein, Andrew. Beautiful Enemies: Friendship and Postwar American Poetry. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Epstein writes a blog about the New York School of poets, who I am obsessed with, and I’ve been wanting to buy his book for a while, but it is rare and thus fairly expensive. I used some holiday cashContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Brown, Keah. The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me. New York: Atria, 2019. I recently read an interview of Brown in the latest issue of The Writer’s Chronicle, and her writing sounded interesting, so I decided to buy this memoir. Lehmann, Kat, and Robin Smith,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Books Acquired Recently
Anabaptist Community Bible. Harrisonburg, VA: MennoMedia, 2025. This Bible, which includes commentary from early Anabaptists as well as present-day Anabaptist scholars, is part of the worldwide Anabaptism at 500 project created to celebrate the beginning of Anabaptism on 21 January 1525. Whitman, Walt. Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself. Illustrated by Allen Crawford. Portland: Tin HouseContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Writing Activity, October 2024
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, October 2024”
Writing Activity, September 2024
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, September 2024”
Books Acquired Recently
Higginson, William J. Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1996. I’ve had my eye on this haiku classic for a long time, and recently found a used copy online for a good price, so I decided to buy it. Kaufmann, Britt. Midlife Calculus. Winston-Salem, NC: Press 53, 2024. I blurbed this poetry collection,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Writing Activity, August 2024
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, August 2024”
Books Acquired Recently
Samatar, Sofia. Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life. New York: Soft Skull Press, 2024. Samatar’s third book this year (one of them co-written with Kate Zambreno) came out yesterday. I pre-ordered it and look forward to begin reading it later today! Wark, McKenzie. Life Story. London: Hanuman Editions, 2024. I loved Wark’s book Raving,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Writing Activity, October 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 (which were especially terrible this month), and partlyContinue reading “Writing Activity, October 2023”
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