Carl-Klassen, Abigail. Village Mechanics. McAllen, TX: FlowerSong Press, 2025. I blurbed this excellent collection of poems from one of the most important Mennonite poets writing today. My copy recently arrived in the mail. Lopez, Robert. Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere: An American Story of Assimilation and Erasure. Columbus, OH: Two Dollar Radio, 2023. I heard aboutContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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Writing Activity, March 2025
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, March 2025”
Writing Activity, January 2025
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”
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”
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