2021 READS
Components:
Readings in Progress
Finished Reading
To-Read Pile
(In alphabetical order by authors' last names)
READINGS IN PROGRESS:
Cited dates = dates of reading completion--began monitoring in May 2021
Books bearing sizes usually indicate category of Miniature Books.
How The Post Office Created America by Winifred Gallagher (Penguin Books, 2016). History.
Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier (Grove Press, 2008). Fiction.
RED COMET: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark (Knopf, New York, 2020). Biography/Poetry.
FINISHED READING:
Three pamphlets from Rabble, an imprint of Insert Blanc Press:
What's Happening in The Firesign Theater's I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus as Best as I Can Make Out by Doug Harvey
The Urgency of History Painting by Michael Ned Holte
The Spectre by Jason Ramos
Except for This Unseen Thread by Ra'ad Abdulqadir, Trans. by Mona Kareem (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2021). Poetry. July 2021.
A Pair Most Rare: An Odd Little Book About Friendship by T. Abbondandolo (Andrews & McMeel, Kansas City, MO, 2001). Size: 325” x 3.75”. Non-fiction. August 2021.
ULIRAT: Best Contemporary Stories in Translation From The Philippines edited by Tilde Acuna, John Bengan, Daryll Delgado, Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III, and Kristine Ong Muslim (Singapore Unbound, 2021). Outstanding.
Inkwells: An Event Poem by Sacha Archer (Simulacrum Press, 2020). Concrete Poetry. Simulacrum Press has been presenting visual/concrete poems to the genre’s good advantage, including these two by Sacha Archer. Models presents the interesting premise of taking off from 4 possible ways the post-Covid economy might recover, ways captured by 4 letters: V, W, U or L. And Inkwells presents how the tools of writing—paper and ink—progress after being abandoned to a downpour. The results are surprising and surprisingly both touch on abandonment (though that may have to do with reading/viewing them in tandem). Models depress with the same black donut-type of visual result despite the 4 different types of recovery (readings of such are subjective with mine being of the depressing conclusion that the recovery paths will leave a core result unchanged: there remains a gulf between haves and have-nots). But Inkwells presents the beauty in abandonment as it straddles the concepts of abandon vs abandoned. Intriguing and resonant work by Sacha Archer that I’m grateful to experience.
Models of Economic Recovery by Sacha Archer (Simulacrum Press, 2020). Concrete Poetry. July 2021
Continuity by Cynthia Arrieu-King (Octopus Books, Portland, OR, 2021). Poetry. July 2021.
The Betweens by Cynthia Arrieu-King (Noemi Press, 2021). Essay. Important addition to Asian American literature. July 2021.
Notes on Mother Tongues: Colonialism, class, and giving what you don't have by Mirene Arsanios (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2020). Essay. Excellent read. July 2021.
Walkers in the City edited by Dennis Barone (Ohm Editions, 2021). Poetry.und, New York2021). Poetry. Outstanding.
The Book of URIZEN by William Blake (Shambala / Random House, Boulder/New York, 1978). Poetry/Art. July 2021.
Spring Cleaning by Marshall Blood (Ugly Duckling Press, 2021). Poetry. July 2021.
ALDUS MANUTIUS: A Footnote to History by Caroline Y. Brandt (Cyclone Books, Richmond, VA, 2021. Signed by author and printer Tony Firman. Copy 4). Size: 2.25" x 2-7/8"
Recipe for Moon Tea by Gertrude S. Bridge; illustrations by C. Ernest Massman (REM Miniatures, 1986). Size: 1-5/16” x 2”
Half-moon shaped red cloth wrapper; pictorial label; original envelope. 12 pp., shape book; 3 hand-colored illustrations by Ernie Massmann; recipe is in the form of a poem
The MicroBibliophile, Vol. XL, No. 1 Issue 229, January 2021, Editor James Brogan. Journal about Miniature Books and the Book Arts. October 2021.
The MicroBibliophile, Vol. XL, No. 2 Issue 232, March 2021, Editor James Brogan. Journal about Miniature Books and the Book Arts. September 2021.
The MicroBibliophile, Vol. XL, No. 3 Issue 231, May 2021, Editor James Brogan. Journal about Miniature Books and the Book Arts. October 2021.
The MicroBibliophile, Vol. XL, No. 4 Issue 232, July 2021, Editor James Brogan. Journal about Miniature Books and the Book Arts
Pigs is Pigs by Ellis Parker Butler (Ward Schori, Evanston, IL, 1990. Blue velvet cover). Size: 2" x 2.5". Fiction. August 2021.
April on Olympia by Lorna Dee Cervantes (in manuscript). Poetry. Fabulous from this Master-Poet. I was honored to edit the manuscript on behalf of its publisher, Marsh Hawk Press. July & August 2021.
The Asian American Literary Review: Feelings, Editor Lawrence-Minh Bui Davis (The Asian American Literary Review. 2020). Literary & arts journal. July 2021.
THE MURDER: A Battle in the Civil War by Robert J. Burdette (The Press of Ward Schori, Evanston, IL, 1995. Size: 2-5/8" x 2-3/8". History.
The Wuhan Shuffle: New and Selected Poems 1990-2020 by Nick Carbó. Poetry. Wonderful! Read in manuscript to provide a blurb.
Books and Bears: Moving to a New Country, text by Patricia Caernarven-Smith & photos by Tony Firman (Tony Firman Bookbinding, 2019). Size: 3" x 3". Memoir produced as a keepsake for the Miniature Book Society Grad Conclave XXXVII in Bloomington, IN, 2019.
A Small Brown Pond: Another View of Plum Park, text by Patricia Caernarven-Smith, photos by Tony Firman (Plum Park Press, Texas, 2017). Size: 3” x 3”
The Plum Park Flyway and International Rest Center by Patricia Caernarven-Smith (Wild Onion Press, Texas, 2016). Size: 2.25” x 3”
I Have A Dream: Inaugural Poems For A New Generation by San Mateo County Youth edited by Aileen Cassinetto & Jim Ward (San Mateo County Arts Commission, 2021). Poetry.
Fata Morgana by Joel Chace (Unlikely Books, 2021). Poetry. Read in preparation for helping launch book during a virtual reading. Collection manifests its theme, per title, well.
GARDENS compiled by Cindy Chang (Intervisual Books, Inc., 1995). Size: 3.25" x 3.75". Quotes about gardens. September 2021.
SALT, poetry journal edited by Billie Chernicoff (Catskill, N.Y., 2021). Inaugural issue in Winter 2021. Poetry.
SALT, poetry journal edited by Billie Chernicoff (Catskill, N.Y., 2021). Spring 2021. Poetry.
SALT, poetry journal edited by Billie Chernicoff (Catskill, N.Y., 2021). Summer 2021. Poetry.
SALT, poetry journal edited by Billie Chernicoff (Catskill, N.Y., 2021). Fall 2021. Poetry. November 2021.
Br. Curtis's Carriage: A Letter to Dea. Button by Harvey Curtis (Peggy Christian, Los Angeles, 1972). Correspondence. December 2021.
Rock Star & The Old Country Priest (Joe Walsh and Msg. Francis Weber) by Marla Dailey (Bound by Mariana Blau & Printed by Patrick REagh, Sebastopol, CA, 2015. 200 copy-edition). Size: 2-1/8" x 2-7/8". Biography. August 2021.
GLEN DAWSON: An Autobiography (Miniature Book Society, San Diego, 2019). Size: 2-1/8" x 2-7/8"
Late Human by Jean Day (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Poetry. May 2021.
POEMS by Emily Dickinson, edited by Brenda Hillman (Shambhala Pocket Classics, Boston and London, 1995). Poetry. September 2021.
ALL YOU ASK FOR IS LONGING: New and Selected Poems by Sean Thomas Dougherty (BOA Editions, 2014). Poetry. Fabulous! May 2021.
ALL MY PEOPLE ARE ELEGIES: Essays, Prose Poems and Other Epistolary Oddities by Sean Thomas Dougherty (NYQ Books, 2019). Poetry. Moving, Occasionally Amusing, Fluid reading. June 2021.
forget thee by Ian Dreiblatt (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Poetry. July 2021.
On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away by Paul Dresser (Stephen & Marian Byrne / The final Score, Sorbie, Scotland, 2019). Size: 2.5" x 1-7/8". Music. May 2021.
Judith: Women Making Visual Poetry edited by Amanda Earl (Timglaset, Sweden, 2021). Visual Poetry. Glad to be included in its list. A long-overdue and historic survey that's highly recommended.
Abalone by Melissa Eleftherion (Poems-for-all, #1390, San Diego, 2021). Poetry. October 2021.
Green glass asterisms by Melissa Eleftherion (Poems-for-all, #1382, San Diego, 2021). Poetry. October 2021.
The leaves the leaves by Melissa Eleftherion (Poems-for-all, #1383, San Diego, 2021). Poetry. October 2021.
All You Need is a Friend illustrated by Mary Engelbreit (Andrews & McMeel, Kansas City, MO, 1995). Size: 3.25” x 3-7/8”. Non-fiction. August 2021.
Our Book: Selected Poems by Florbela Espanca (Brooklyn Rail, 2018). Poetry--a poet worth discovering. May 2021.
FRANTUMAGLIA: A Writer's Journey by Elena Ferrante (Europa Editions, 2016). Memoir/Diary. Decided to put it aside after Page 77. I didn't find it sufficiently compelling on its own, i.e., I should read her novels first and if I like them then I'd probably be encouraged to read this.
A Pageant for Every Addiction byThomas Fink and Maya Mason (Marsh Hawk Press, 2020). Poetry with style, verve and virtuosity.
What You Have Heard is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance by Carolyn Forche (Penguin, 2019). Memoir. Important reading. Memoir shows well what poets and poetry are for, as well as how the poet is significant but not the most important part of poetry. June 2021.
The Country Between Us by Carolyn Forche (Copper Canyon Press, 1981). Poetry. July 2021.
Gathering the Tribes by Carolyn Forche (Yale University Press, 1976). Poetry. July 2021
A Looking-Glass for Traytors by Edward Foster (Marsh Hawk Press, 2021). Poetry. Lucid.
The Supposed Hunstman by Katie Fowley (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2021). Poetry. July 2021
THORN GRASS by Luis H. Francia (University of the Philippines Press, 2021). Poetry. December 2021.
I Want Something Other than Time by Lewis Freedman (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Poetry. December 2021
TO A NEW ERA by Joanna Fuhrman (Hanging Loose Press, Brooklyn, 2021). Poetry. October 2021.
Slow Down and Walk: A Conversation by Nadine George-Graves & Okwui Okpokwasili (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2020). Conversation. October 2021.
MARSHLANDS by Andre Gide (New York Review of Books, 2021). Novel. Adore-able Preface by Dubravka Ugresic--first Preface I've ever adored.
Upper Volta by Yanko Gonzalez, Trans. by Stephen Rosenshein (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Poetry.
Of Forests and Farms : On Faculty and Failure by Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2020). Essay. December 2021.
LESS by Andrew Sean Greer (Little Brown/Lee Boudreaux Books, 2017). Fiction. To my surprise if not horror, I adore this book.
The Diary of Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith (The Folio Society, London, 1989). Humor. Quite humorous.
Umbra Magazine (1963-1974): An Introduction and Bibliography by David Grundy (Among the Neighbors 15/The Poetry Collection, SUNY-Buffalo, N.Y., 2021). Little Magazine History.
God is a Bitch Too by Maria Paz Guerrero (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Poetry. November 2021.
Chiaroscuro by Ayo Gutierrez (GMGA Publishing, 2020). Poetry.
Poet Warrior by Joy Harjo (Norton, 2021). Memoir / Poetry. November 2021.
Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo (Norton, 2012). Memoir / Poetry. November 2021.
To Hear Unspoken Things by Elizabeth Henley (Press 22, Portland, 2000). Poetry. Clear-as-the-proverbial-bell music.
Vibratory Milieu by Carrie Hunter (Nightboat Books, 2021). Poetry.
Electric Sarcasm by Dimitra Ionnou (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2020). Essay. December 2021.
To Stand at the Precipice Alone and Repeat What is Whispered by Aisha Sasha John (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2021). Poetry. July 2021.
SULAY w/ Instructor Jeffrey B. Javier, by Elio Bayan, Rosemarie Padillos, Jessamai Villaluz, and Sandy Shin Agravante (Univ. of the Philippines - Mindanao, 2021). Poetry. Wonderful: the future of Philippine poetry is not just bright but brilliant! December 2021.
POETRY, July/August 2021, Guest Editor Ashley M. Jones (Poetry, 2021). September 2021.
Paper Trail of FREEDOM by jxtheo, with art by Malaya Tuyay (Versus Odds Publishing, San Francisco, 2020). Art, Poetry, and Activism.
Vice-royal-ties by Julia Wong Kcomt, Trans. by Jennifer Shyue (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Poetry. December 2021.
Sappho Does Hay(na)ku by Scott Keeney (Sephyrus Press, 2006-2018). Poetry. Excellent hay(na)ku!
Indiana Authors compiled by The Kelmscott Bookshop (Baltimore, MD, 2019). Size: 2" x 2.5". Survey as Keepsake for the Miniature Book Society 2019 Conclave. May 2021.
Invisible Horizon: A Religious Pan by Sibyl Kempson (Ugly duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Essay. December 2021.
Matchbook, Vol. 4, Editor by Friedrich Kerksiek & Guest Editor Jessica Elsaesser (Small Fires Press, 2007). Size (folded): 1.75” x 1.5”. Poetry & Arts Journal. Enchanting.
Matchbook, Vol. 5, Editor by Friedrich Kerksiek & Guest Editor Michael Jeffrey Lee (Small Fires Press, 2007). Size (folded): 1.75” x 1.5”. Poetry & Arts Journal.
THE PLOT by Jean Hanff Korelitz (Celadon Books, New York, 2021). Novel. Highly entertaining. June 2021.
Letters: The classroom is burning, let’s dream about a School of Improper Education from the KUNCI Study Forum & Collective (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2020). Essay. December 2021.
WHEREABOUTS by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf, 2021). Novel. Structurally smart with deft prose. A lovely and satisfying read.
Quartet by Claudia La Rocco (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Essay. October 2021.
Imagine A Death by Janice Lee (Texas Review Press, 2021). Fiction. September 2021. Outstanding.
The Velvet Protocol by Julia Lewis and Nathan Hyland Walker (Knives Forks Spoons Press, U.K., 2021). Poetry. Fabulous work--read in manuscript to provide a blurb.
LEAVE SOCIETY by Tao Lin (Vintage, N.Y., 2021). Fiction. December 2021.
TAIPEI by Tao Lin (Vintage, N.Y., 2013). Fiction. December 2021.
M/W: An Essay on Jean Eustache's La maman et la putain by Matt Longabucco (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). November 2021.
Jackalope by Denise Low (Red Mountain Press, 2016). Poetry. May 2021
Shadow Light by Denise Low (Red Mountain Press, 2018). Poetry. May 2021
WING by Denise Low (Red Mountain Press, 2021). Poetry. Wonderful collection. I particularly love the Rodin poem.
The End by Aditi Machado (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Essay. October 2021.
Dream Dictionary: What Your Dreams Mean by Susan Magee (Lawrence Teacher Books, Philadelphia, 2001). Size: 3" x 3.5". Dictionary. July 2021.
Bibliography of REM Miniatures Fourth Supplement as well as R.E.M. Ego Extra 1978 by Robert Massman (REM Miniatures, New Britain, CT. Supplement covers 1994-1999. Ego is 1978). Sizes: 2.25" x 2-7/8 and 2-1/8" x 2-1/8". September 2021.
WINE GRAPES with text by Nina Mazzo and design by Ken Silverman (Cider Press, Lincoln, CA, 2021. 9/12). Miniature book on wine.
WINE BOTTLES with text by Nina Mazzo and design by Ken Silverman (Cider Press, Lincoln, CA, 2021. 7/12). Miniature book on wine.
ANTIQUE CORKSCREWS with text by Nina Mazzo and design by Ken Silverman (Cider Press, Lincoln, CA, 2021. 9/12). Miniature book on wine.
PLAN B: A Poet's Survivors Manual by Sandy McIntosh (Marsh Hawk Press, 2022). Read memoir in manuscript in order to provide blurb. Recommended! November 2021.
WILLIAM MORRIS by M.J. Mackail (The Hillside Press, Reswell, Georgia, 1983. 78/275). Size: 2" x 2-3/8". Biography / Art. August 2021.
Dakota Born by Debbie Macomber (MiraBooks, 2000). Novel. September 2021.
Island Treasures by Jone Small Manoogian (Island Heritage Publishing, Hawai'i, 1996). Size:
2.75" x 3.25". September 2021.
The Man Who Would Not Bow & Other Stories by Askold Melnyczuk (Grand Iota, London, 2021). August 2021.
GUEST 20: a journal of guest editors / Yellow Field 12 edited by Edric Mesmer (Yellow Field, 2021). Poetry. December 2021.
Dream Pattering Soles by Miguelangel Meza, Trans. by Elisa Taber (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Poetry. December 2021.
Bagels with the Bards #14 anthology edited by David P. Miller (ISCS Press, 2020). Sent and signed by
The Hoosier Poet: James Whitcomb Riley by Patrice Miller (Aredian Press, Dallas, 2019). Size: 3" x 2.75". Poetry/Biography. May 2021.
Liberamerica by Monchoachi, Trans. by Patricia Hartland Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Poetry. December 2021.
For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds by Jennifer Moxley (Flood Editions, 2021). Essays. September 2021.
BATTLEFIELDS, poems by Anne Murray and sculptures/photographs by Zolt Asta (AC Books, New York, 2021). November 2021.
Say Translaton is Art by Sawako Nakayasu (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2020). Essay. December 2021.
In These United States by Gail Newman (sp, 2020). Miniature book of poetry and collage-art. Fabulous!
BACK PAGES: Selected Poems of A.L. Nielsen, edited by Jean-Philippe Marcoux (BlazeVOX Books, Buffalo, N.Y., 2021). Poetry. September 2021.
I Can't Breathe: A Poetic Anthology of Social Justice edited by Christopher Okemwa (Kistrech Theatre International, Kenya, 2021)
Journeys On A Dime by Toby Olson (Grand Iota, U.K., 2021). Fiction. May 2021.
Laughing Up Your Sleeve by Ilo Orleans (Black Cat Press, Skokie, IL., 1984). Size: 2" x 2-5/8". May 2021
On the Doris by Tamas Panitz & Billie Chernicoff (Among the Neighbors 14/The Poetry Collection, SUNY-Buffalo, N.Y., 2021). Little Magazine History.
ANGEL & HANNAH by Ishle Yi Park (One World/Random House, 2021). Novel in verse. December 2021.
CHITS and a CHINAMAN by Robert J Pearsall (Winthrop Press, 1914-1915). Size: 2.25" x 2.75. Fiction. August 2021.
Horses Drawn With Blue Chalk by Rocio Agreda Pierola, Trans. by Jessica Sequeira (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Poetry. December 2021.
The Recluse #18, edited by The Poetry Project Staff (New York, 2021). Poetry anthology. October 2021..
The Recluse #17, edited by The Poetry Project Staff (New York, 2021). Poetry anthology.
The Matrix by N. H. Pritchard (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2021). Poetry. So fabulous, and I think I was also impressed because I sensed, as a practitioner, the difficulty in approaching poems in this manner and pulling it off to to magnificent effect. This is what I said on Instagram:
Between Spaces by Cristina Querrer (Your Artsy Girl, Florida, 2020). Size: 2.75" x 4.25". Poetry. December 2021.
SHREELA RAY: On the Life and Work of an American Master edited by Kazim Ali and Rohan Chhetri (University of Houston, 2020). Poetry. July 2021.
Hats Are the Enemy of Poetry by Bill Rector (Finishing Line Press, 2021). Poetry.
Coastal Geometries by Marthe Reed (above/ground press, Ottawa, 2018). Poetry.
Riverrun by Danton Remoto (Penguin, 2020). Novel. Lovely writing ... by the translator-into-Filipino of my novel DoveLion. July 2021.
Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke (University of California Press, 1961). Poetry.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke (Norton, 1964). Autofiction novel. Dare I say: Knausgaard did it better...
A Poet's Last Stand by Ed Roberts (sp, 2001/2014). Poetry. June 2021
ATANG: an altar for listening to the beginning of the world by Patrick Rosal and collaborators (sp, New Jersey-plus, 2021). Poetry.
The Squirrel Army by Victoria Rose (Booksby Press, OH, 2021). Short story with author's illustrations. A charming miniature book.
Life in Space by Galina Ryumbu (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2021). Poetry. July 2021
Mortal City by Jocelyn Saidenberg (Parentheses Writing Series, 1998). Poetry.
A Poetics of the Press: Interviews with Poets, Printers & Publishers edited by Kyle Schlesinger (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2021). Poetry / History. July 2021
Memories: An Anthology compiled by The Schori Press (The Press of Ward Schori, Evanston, IL, nd. 31/330). Size: 2-1/8” x 1.75”. October 2021.
The Great Western: The Saga of Sarah by Ward Schori (The Press of Ward Schori, Evanston, IL., 1994). Size: 2-5/8" x 2.25". Biography. May 2021
Second Factory: Issue Two (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Poetry journal.
Essential Truths: The Bay Area in Color, edited by Shizue Seigel (Pease Press, Sean Francisco 2021). Poetry and art anthology. October 2021.
Hesitancies by Sanjeev Sethi (Classix, New Delhi, 2021). Poetry. Fine poems; loved the book's opening. July 2021.
Dust Speckson the Sea: Contemporary Sculpture from the French Caribbean & Haiti, curated by Arden Sherman (Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York). Art Monograph. September 2021.
QUOTES OF LIFE by Radhey Shiam, edited by Rama Kant (Cyberwit, India, 2021). Poetry. The first hay(na)ku collection in India!
BLANKNESS by Todd Sommerfeld (a journal in which I requested he handwrite a Title Page of BLANKNESS by him. Booksby Press, Parma, OH, 2021 for inscribed book; journal was 2020). Size: 1-7/8” x 2.5”
BOOK PEOPLE by Todd Sommerfeld (Booksby Press, Parma, OH, 2021). Size: 1.25” x 2”. Accompanied by smaller book attached to verso of back cover: WHAT’S IN A NAME. Size: 1” x 1”
Book People are Just Nice (Mostly) / Todd’s Tiny Tales VII by Todd Sommerfeld (Booksby Press, Parma, OH, 2021). Size: 1.25” x 2”
KINDNESS or the Time I Made A Little Old Lady Cry by Todd Sommerfeld (Booksby Press, Parma, OH, 2017). Size: 1.25” x 2”
WHY? by Todd Sommerfeld (Booksby Press, Parma, OH, 2021). Size: 1.25” x 2”
walls't's' by harry k stammer (Sandy Press, 2021). Poetry. June 2021
The Ruin of Everything by Lara Stapleton (Paloma Press, San Mateo, 2021). Short stories. June 2021
The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems by Arthur Sze (Copper Canyon Press, 2021). Poetry--magnificent poetry!
It's been a while since I so relished a bit of Oulipian writing: I'm grateful to Philip Terry's novel, BONE, out from stellar Grand Iota. I found the writing charismatic -- seemingly effortless as it transcends its constraints, which is also what we want from constraint-based writing. The story's inspiration is interesting, but the story's unfolding flew impressively far from its root source -- a testament to the author's own intellect.
The Donkey and the Thistle by the Thomases: Retold by Tanya and Peter with illustrations by Suzanne and Donna (Just for Fun Press, 1993. 53/150 regular and 25 special copies). Size: 2-5/8" x 3". Fiction. August 2021.
We Are No Longer Babaylan by Elsa Valdimiano (New Rivers Press, 2020). Essays and Stories. Masterful portrayals of unease.
By Bus by Erica Van Horn (Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, 2021). Poetry. July 2021
THELMA BUCHOLDT, a creation hay(na)ku by Justine Villanueva (reviewed in manuscript). Text for Children's Picture Book. Poetry/Hay(na)ku. June 2021
My Body Remembers by Justine Villanueva (reviewed in manuscript). Text for Children's Picture Book. Poetry/Hay(na)ku. May 2021
Afternoons with Mungan and her Lola, a Hay(na)Ku by Justine Villanueva (reviewed in manuscript). Text for Children's Picture Book. Poetry/Hay(na)ku. May 2021
Gregory Peck: Legend of Hollywood by Francis J. Weber (El Camino Real Press, 2017). Size: 2-1/8” x 2-7/8”. Biography. November 2021.
Sister Corita and the “Love Stamps” by Francis J. Weber (El Camino Real Press, 2015. 150 Edition). Size: 2-1/8” x 2-7/8”. Biography. November 2021.
The Franciscan Crown Rosary and the City of Los Angeles by Francis J. eber (MatMichel Press Los Angeles, 1998. 500 Edition). Size: 2” x 2.75. History. November 2021.
The Inverted Jenny by Francis J. Weber (El Camino Real Press, 2015. 150 Edition). Size: 2-1/8” x 2-7/8”. History. November 2021.
The Feast of the Nativity by Francis J. Weber (El Camino Real Press, Sebastopol, CA, 2016. 200 ed.). Size: 2-1/8" x 2-7/8"
God’s Signature on Planet Earth by Francis Weber (Junipero Serra Press, 1934. 150 copies). Miniature Book Size: 2" x 2-7/8"
Gilt red leatherette by Mariana Blau. 13 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; decorative endpapers; 1934 postage stamp frontispiece; in Apache folklore, God visited Earth shortly after its creation and returned to heaven only after He had left a distinct impression, the Grand Canyon.
A Book of Citations: Unwinding by Donald Wellman (read in manuscript). Poetry.
They Rise Like A Wave: An Anthology of Asian American Women Poets, Editors Randy White, Christine Kitano, and Alycia Pirmohamed (Blue Oak Press, 2021). Poetry. Read in manuscript; one of my poems in it.
Women’s Wit (History & Heraldry, U.K., 1999). Size: 2” x 2.25”. Non-fiction. August 2021.
ELSA: An Unauthorized Biography by Angela Veronica Wong (Black Radish Press, 2017). Fabulous poetry.
SONGS TO COME FOR THE SALAMANDER: Poems 2013-2021 by Mark Young (Sandy Press & Meritage Press, CA, 2021). Honored to have this co-published by my Meritage Press. August 2021.
The Toast by Mark Young (Luna Bisonte Productions, 2021). Poetry. July 2021
SORTIES by Mark Young (Sandy Press, 2021). Essays/memoir. June 2021
The Sasquatch Walks Among Us by Mark Young (Sandy Press, 2021). Poetry. Read in manuscript to provide this blurb:
These are poems conscious of mortality’s fate. What results is music as would be played, not in but by, dusk. Thus, wryness, anger of the type refusing to go gentle in the night, acceptance, humor, irony, and more until “the noise / divides & / the song /breaks through.” They form a read so compelling that instead of “reading out of books,” you “read things into them.” Specifically, you read your life into these poems so that you can only hope your life will have contained enough of what creates the lyric: “A light moves on the north sky line … & a world is covered with jade,” or “the moon got in / under his finger- / nails like a fragment of / a Bach cantata.”
Pet Sounds by Stephanie Young (Nightboat, New York, 2019). Poetry. July 2021.
The Cambridge Companion to TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY AMERICAN POETRY edited by Timothy Yu (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
1102 (2014): Regole Della Poesia (Poetry Rules) by Alessandra Bava
1375 (2016): Oranges by Alina Borger
1336 or 1337 (2015): Tree Stories by V.S. Chochezi
1371 (2017, 2015): Ear Buds by Eve Gaal
1587 (2020, 2017): The Afterlife of a Poet by Bill Gainer
2026 (2020): breathe we by Juan Felipe Herrera
19 (2021, 2016): The Xibalba Arcane: No.13 by Jack Hirschman
2036 (2020): Path by Jack Hirschman
1160 (2021, 2013): Red Leaves by Jack Hirschman
2037 (2020): Winter Solstice by Jack Hirschman
833 (2007, 2020): Within by Richard Kostelanetz
1673 (2017, 2018): The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
1 (2001, 2021): The Bells of the Cherokee Ponies by d.a. levy
1801 (2018, 2019): Cheating at Monopoly by Katie Manning
1275 (2015): “All my life,” by Alice Notley
1301 (2015): Heart Thoughts by Brianna Lea Pruett
1985 (2020): Blooming by Kim Shuck
1984 (2020): Bridges and Crossroads by Kim Shuck
1986 (2020): Stories of the Great Blue Heron by Kim Shuck
1180 (2014): The Madness of Kong by William Trowbridge
TO-READ PILE:
Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel and Brau, 2015). Biography.
A College of Her Own: The History of Barnard by Robert McCaughey (Columbia University Press, 2020). History.
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