SEPTEMBER 2020

SEPTEMBER

TALLY: 25 Books—12 Poetry; 4 Fiction; 1 Philosophy; 3 Non-fiction; 1 Cookbook; 1 Memoir; 1 Children’s Literature; 1 Religion; 1 History.

Henna Style by Myra Alston (Peter Pauper Press, White Plains, New York, 2004). Size: 3.25” x 4”. History. Read Sept. 12.

A Little Book of Dreams by Randy Burgess (Ariel Books / Andrews and MacMeel, Kansas City, MO, 1996). Size: 3.25” x 3.75”. Nonfiction. Read Sept. 11.

All Things Chocolate: A Cookbook by Armand Eisen (Ariel Books / Andrews and McMeel, Kansas City, MO, 1994). Size: 3.25” x 3.75”. Cookbook. Read Sept 16.

A Bookshop in Berlin by Francoise Frenkel (Atria Books, New York, 2017). Memoir. Read Sept. 7.

Proud Potus with purple hippopotamus (Golden Books Publishing / Cowley Hunter Ltd., New York / U.K.m 1999). Size: 2.25” x 2.25”. Children's Literature. Read Sept. 14.

Footprints along the pathway of life by Sarah M. Hupp (Peter Pauper Press, Mamaroneck, N.Y., 2003). Size: 3.25” x 4”. Religion. Read Sept. 11.

Extratransmission by Andrea Abi-Karan (Kelsey Street Press, Berkeley, 2019). Poetry. Read Sept. 20.

The Topeka School by Ben Lerner (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2019). Novel. Read Sept. 5.

EROTOPLASTY 7, edited by Colin Lee Marshall (2020). Poetry/Arts. Read Sept. 5.

The Conquered Sits at the Bus Stop, Waiting by Veronica Montes (Black Lawrence Press, 2020). Fiction. Read Sept. 17. An outstanding short story collection!

Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From by Sawako Nakayasu (Wave Books, 2020). Poetry. Read Sept. 10.

My Burlesque by Cristina Querrer (sp, 2020). Poetry. Read Sept. 21. Lovely poetry collection.

Letters to a Young Brown Girl by Barbara Jane Reyes (BOA Editions, Rochester, N.Y., 2020). Poetry. Read Sept. 6-7.

 

Little Treasures by Glenn Ridless (Peter Pauper Press, White Plains, New York, 1990-1991). Size: 3.25” x 4”. Philosophy. Read Sept. 12.

Swing At Your Own Risk by Metta Sama (Kelsey Street Press, Berkeley, 2019). Poetry. Read Sept. 20.

QUILTING: Quotations Celebrating An American Legacy compiled by Joyce S. Steward (Running Press, Philadelphia/London, 1998). Size: 2.75” x 3.25”. History. Read Sept. 11.

WHAT COUNTS by Eileen R. Tabios (Tony Firman Bookbinding, Texas, 2020). Fiction. Read Sept. 18. I wrote it and read it as a proof for its publication as a miniature book.

New and Selected Poems of Cecilia Vicuna, Trans. by Rosa Alcala (Kelsey Street Press, Berkeley, 2018).  Poetry. Read Sept. 20.

The Martini by Daniel R. White (Ariel Books / Andrews and McMeel, Kansas City, MO, 1998). Size: 3.25” x 3.75”. Nonfiction. Read Sept 16.

Van Gogh’s Sunflowers for Cezanne by Martin Willits Jr. (Finishing Line Preess, Georgetown, KY, 2010). Poetry. Read Sept. 8.

Irises, the Lightning Conductor for Van Gogh’s Illness by Martin Willits Jr. (Kelsay Books, Hemet, CA, 2014). Poetry. Read Sept. 8.

Secrets No One Must Talk About by Martin Willits Jr. (Dos Madres Press, Loveland, OH, 2011). Poetry. Read Sept. 8.

The News from the Slow Country by Martin Willits Jr. (Kelsay Books, Hemet, CA, 2018). Poetry. Read Sept. 8.

“The sumo lifts trees,…” by Martin Willits Jr. (broadside). Poetry/Art. Read Sept. 8.

Drifts by Kate Zambreno (Riverhead/Penguin, 2020). Novel. Read Sept. 10-13. Autofiction. Slow start but ended fine.