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What I’m Reading Now… by V.V. Ganeshananthan
V.V. Ganeshananthan discusses books by Rohinton Mistry, Solmaz Sharif, Ralph Ellison, Grace Paley, and Toni Morrison.
What I’m Reading Now… by Heather June Gibbons
Hackers by Aase Berg (translated by Johannes Goransson) Channeling flatworm [...]
What I’m Reading Now… by Jennifer S. Cheng
TS author Jennifer S. Cheng discusses books by Victoria Chang, Anne Anlin Cheng, Emily Dickinson (edited by Jen Bervin and Marta Werner), Vievee Francis, and Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing.
What I’m Reading Now… by Danielle Deulen
Danielle Deulen discuses work by Hannah Lillith Assadi, Samiya Bashir, Lindsay Bernal, K.A. Hays, Brandon Som, and John Yau.
What I’m Reading Now… by Rachel Abramowitz
"Give me the weird," writes Rachel Abramowitz, who discusses books by Joe Abercrombie, Clarissa Pinkola Estés PhD, Shirley Jackson, Kenneth Koch, and Mary Ruefle.
What I’m Reading Now… by Aimee Harrison
Aimee Harrison discusses books by Yoshimasu Gozo, Nick Montfort, Evie Shockley, Shira Dentz, and Albert Meister: "...in a way, a time-capsule of our cruelty and our love."
We Miss Mark Baumer So Much
On January 20, 2017, Mark achieved the 100-day milestone of his barefoot walk across the United States to raise awareness of climate change. He made it from Rhode Island to Florida. On January 21, a little after noon, he was killed when a SUV crossed into the shoulder of the road. He was wearing a reflective orange safety vest.
What I’m Reading Now… by Camille Dungy
Camille Dungy discusses books and chapbooks by Airea D. Matthews, Miranda Field, Craig Santos Perez, Brenda Hillman, and Julia Fiedorczuk.
What I’m Reading Now… by Wendy Rawlings
Novelist Wendy Rawlings discusses books by Ruth Ozecki, Rebecca Solnit, Paul Beatty, Charles Yu, and Hillary Clinton, as well as why Rawlings's life would be better if she just sat zazen more.
Gracie Leavitt’s “Livingry” reviewed by Savannah Hampton
"a fluid energy that vibrates as pieces of silk harbored through the texture of the earth: physicality of the dash: broken semantic being of the fragment: erratic patterns of a garden. "
Kristin Chang’s “Past Lives, Future Bodies” reviewed by Brenna Womer
"A record of violence: exoticism, murder and capitalism, beginnings; silence, language, jars of teeth, mouths and stomachs full of rot; family and memory and fire."
What I’m Reading Now… by Adam Tedesco
Adam Tedesco examines books by Umberto Eco, Brad Phillips, Hajara Quinn, Michael Sikkema, and Bridget Talone. "Here the mystic and sensuous entwine themselves with the hum of violence normalized by patriarchy...."
What I’m Reading Now… by Dexter Booth
Dexter Booth discusses books by Frantz Fanon, Bob Kaufman, Douglas Kearney, Kiese Laymon, and Bessel Van Der Kolk.
Lauren Haldeman’s “Instead of Dying” reviewed by Abigail Zimmer
"Grief does not go away, but it does evolve, often into forms that enable us to get through the day."
What I’m Reading Now… by Amy King
Amy King discusses books by Rosi Braidotti, Anthony Gierzynski, Robert Greene, Celia Kitzinger, and César Vallejo.