Carson, Eirinie. The Dead Are Gods: A Memoir. Brooklyn: Melville House, 2023. I read about this memoir, which is about Carson’s best friend dying in her thirties and Carson’s attempts to make sense of their friendship in the aftermath, in the latest issue of Poets & Writers. I decided to buy it because I’ve beenContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
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Writing Activity, August 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, and partly as an archive that I canContinue reading “Writing Activity, August 2023”
Writing Activity, July 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, and partly as an archive that I canContinue reading “Writing Activity, July 2023”
Writing Activity, June 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, and partly as an archive that I canContinue reading “Writing Activity, June 2023”
Writing Activity, May 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, and partly as an archive that I canContinue reading “Writing Activity, May 2023”
Books Acquired Recently
Gerrold, David. The Man Who Folded Himself. Rev. ed. Dallas: BenBella Books, 2003. I just received this speculative fiction novel as a gift. Apparently it’s famous because the main character time travels and has sex with his past self. Hossack, Darcie Friesen. Stillwater. New Westminster, BC: Tidewater Press, 2023. Thirteen years after her first book,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently”
Writing Activity, March 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 the pandemic (Which is still going on! Keep wearing masks!),Continue reading “Writing Activity, March 2023”
Books Acquired Recently: AWP Edition
I attended AWP‘s annual conference this past week and came back with lots of books! Here’s what I got, with some explanatory notes as necessary. Akbar, Kaveh. Pilgrim Bell: Poems. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2021. I attended a panel that Akbar was part of and had him sign this book afterwards. He was incredibly sweet andContinue reading “Books Acquired Recently: AWP Edition”
Writing Activity, February 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 the pandemic (Which is still going on! Keep wearing masks!),Continue reading “Writing Activity, February 2023”
Books Acquired Recently: Mennonite Edition
Beachy, Stephen. The Voice of Q. Amish Terror Book 4. San Diego: Vapor Books, 2021. I catch up on Beachy’s queer speculative fiction Amish Terror series whenever I can, so I just bought what is theoretically the penultimate book of the series (though it was originally going to be a trilogy, so who knows?). Hinz-Penner,Continue reading “Books Acquired Recently: Mennonite Edition”
Daniel Shank Cruz 