2024 READING
In alphabetical order by authors' last names.
Cited month = dates of reading completion.
Books bearing sizes usually indicate category of Miniature Books.
* = pot deacc
FINISHED READING:
DECEMBER
AGIMAT by Romalyn Ante (Chatto & Windus, 2024). Poetry
THE UPTOWN LOCAL: Joy, Death and Joan Didion: A Memoir by Cory Leadbeater (Ecco / HarperCollins, 2024). Memoir
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
The Lands Between by Faruk Ulay (Ravenna Press, 2018). Poetry
SEPTEMBER
if nothing else by Harold Bowes (Ravenna Press, 2012). Poetry
AUGUST
In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing by Elena Ferrante (Europa Editions, 2022). Essays
The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox (Graydon House, 2023). Novel
Get Signed: Find an Agent, Land a Book Deal, and Become a Published Author by Lucinda Halpern (Hay House, 2024). Non-Fiction
Jigsaw Puzzling: Essays in a Time of Pestilence by Denise Low (Meadowlark Press, 2022). Essays / Autobiography
PASSED by Margaret Staples MacLeod and Scott MacLeod (Serious Publications #54, 2024). Art
The #1 Lawyer by James Patterson & Nancy Allen (Little, Brown and Co., 2024). Novel
The Book of Unusual Knowledge compiled by Publications International (2012). Non-Fiction
KNIFE: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie (Random House, 2024). Memoir
The Balikbayan Artist by Eileen R. Tabios (Penguin Random House SEA, 2024). Novel
The Sealey Challenge (1 Poetry book a day in August):
Life is a Fatal Disease by Paula Gunn Allen (West End Press, 1997). Poetry
A Brief History of Fruit by Kimberly Quiogue Andrews (University of Akron Press, 2020). Poetry
Collected Poems 1909-1962 by T.S. Eliot (Harcourt Brace, 1963). Poetry
Profile: Poems and Stories by Armando Garcia-Davila (McCAA Books, 2014). Poetry
The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck (Ecco Press,1992). Poetry
Special Poetry Issue The Classical Outlook 99.3 edited by Rachel Hadas (Fall 2024). Poetry
I Would Leave Me If I Could by Halsey (Simon and Schuster, 2020). Poetry
Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: 50 Poems for 50 Years by Joy Harjo (Norton, 2023). Poetry
Heart Mountain by Jodi Hottel (Blue Light Press, 2012). Poetry
Vibratory Milieu by Carrie Hunter (Nightboat Books, 2021). Poetry
Waves & Tonics by Tsipi Keller (Ravenna Press, 2022). Poetry
Another America by Barbara Kingsolver (The Seal Press,, 1992). Poetry
Skeletons by Deborah Landau (Copper Canyon Press, 2023). Poetry
Hard Words and other poems by Ursula K. LeGuin (Harper and Row, 1981). Poetry
Selected Poems by Denise Levertov (New Directions Book, 2002). Poetry
MISUSE by Julia Rose Lewis (The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, 2024). Poetry
Lucky Wreck by Ada Limon (Autumn House Press, 2021). Poetry
The Best American Poetry 2022, guest-edited by Matthew Magruder (Scribner, 2022). Poetry
Dear Diaspora by Susan Nguyen (University of Nebraska Press, 2021). Poetry
The Tiny Journalist by Naomi Shihab Nye (BOA Editions, 2019). Poetry
Living Things: Collected Poems by Anne Porter (Zoland Books, 2006). Poetry
Works & Days by Dean Rader (Truman State University, 2010). Poetry
King Me by Roger Reeves (Copper Canyon Press, 2013). Poetry
Hermosa by Yesika Salgado (Not A Cult, 2019). Poetry
That Little Something by Charles Simic (Harcourt, Inc., 2008). Poetry
Counting Descent by Clint Smith (Write Bloody, 2016). Poetry
Black Movie by Danez Smith (Button Poetry / Exploding Pine Cone Press, 2015). Poetry
HOMIE by Danez Smith (Graywolf Press, 2020). Poetry
Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith (Graywolf Press, 2017). Poetry
Left Out in the Rain: New Poems 1974-1985 by Gary Snyder (North Point Press, 1986). Poetry
Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore (Scribner Poetry, 1997). Poetry
TERTULIA by Vincent Toro (Penguin, 2020). Poetry
...I never saw another butterfly...: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942-1944 edited by Hana Volavkovd (Schocken Books, 1993). Poetry & Art
Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong (Penguin Press, 2022). Poetry
Follow the Blackbirds by Gwen Nell Westerman (Michigan State University Press, 2013). Poetry
Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre by Lois-Ann Yamanaka (Bamboo Ridge Press, 1993). Poetry
JULY
Antiemetic for Homesickness by Romalyn Ante (Chatto & Windus / Penguin Random House, 2020). Poetry
Gathering Words / Recogiendo Palabras by Maria Luisa Arroyo (Bilingual Press, 2008). Poetry
Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill (Granta, 2008). Memoir
Alive, Alive Oh! by Diana Athill (Norton, 2004-2016). Memoir
NETS by Jen Bervin (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2004). Poetry
Silk Poems by Jen Bervin (Nightboat Books, 2017). Poetry
Shapeshifter by Sherwin Bitsui (University of Arizona Press, 2003). Poetry
The MicroBibliophile, Vol. XLIII No. 2, Issue No. 248, Editor James Brogan, March-April 2024. Newsletter
Be With by Forrest Gander (New Directions, 2018). Poetry
Piglet by Lottie Hazell (Holt, 2024). Novel
Gardening Secrets of the Dead by Lee Herrick (WordTech Editions, 2012). Poetry
SAVINGS by Linda Hogan (Coffee House Press, 1988). Poetry
The Book of Medicines by Linda Hogan (Coffee House Press, 1993). Poetry
SAGINAW no. 9 edited by David Harrison Horton (nd). Poetry journal.
SAGINAW no. 10 edited by David Harrison Horton (nd). Poetry journal.
SAGINAW no. 13 edited by David Harrison Horton (nd). Poetry journal.
Up Late by Nick Laird (Norton, 2024). Poetry
Profeta Without Refuge by Raina J. Leon (Nomadic Press, 2016). Poetry
Treadwinds by Walter K. Lew (Wesleyan University Press, 2002). Poetry
MAMMOTH by Rachel McKibbens (Organic Weapon Arts, 2014). Poetry *
Pink Elephant by Rachel McKibbens (Cypher Books, 2009). Poetry *
It Conquers the Madness by Nancy Mercado (Long Shot,Productions, 2000). Poetry
Through the Stonecutter's Window by Indigo Moor (Northwestern University Press 2010). Poetry
STYROFOAM by Evelyn Reilly (Roof Books, 2009). Poetry
ASCENSION by Luivette Resto (Tia Chucha Press, 2013). Poetry
Shadowboxing by Joseph Rios (Omnidawn, 2017).
OUTSPEAKS: A Rhapsody by Albert Saijo (Bamboo Ridge, 1997). Poetry
ANDES by Tomaz Salamun (Black Ocean Press, 2016). Poetry
10 BY 10: Flash Fiction Stories Issue #18, July 2024 edited by Zvi A. Sesling. Fiction
HOURGLASS: Time, Memory, Marriage by Dani Shapiro (Knopf, 2017). Memoir
A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2017). Poetry
Proof of Stake: An Elegy by Charles Valle (Fonograf Editions, 2021). Poetry
in a dark, dark wood by Ruth Ware (Simon and Schuster, 2015). Novel
Sharp Rocks by Diane Willie (Mammoth Publications, 2017). Short stories or memoirs.
Invisible Gifts by Maw Shein Win (Manic D. Press, 2018). Poetry
DEER A-WI by Kim Shuck and Denise Low (Mammoth Publications, 2024). Poetry
Crevasse by Nicholas Wong (Kaya Press, 2015). Poetry
JUNE
Best Bookstores in California and the West (An Alta Guide / California Book Club, 2023). Nonfiction
Falling Awake (The Haiku Workshop, 2022). Poetry
Erik Satie WATUSIES His Way Into SOUND by Jeff Alessandrelli (Ravenna Press, 2011). Poetry
Noveau's Midnight Sun edited by John Thomas Allen (Ravenna Press, 2014). Poetry
Made to Explode by Sandra Beasley (Norton, 2021) Poetry
Detached Palace Gardens by Harold Bowes (Ravenna Press, 2017). Poetry
Punk Poems by John Burgess (Ravenna Press, 2005). Poetry
The Book of Light by Lucille Clifton (Copper Canyon Press, 1993). Poetry
EASTBOUND by Maylis de Kerangal, trans. by Jessica Moore (The Archipelago Books, 2023). Novel
The Geese in Logic by Ann Douglas (Ravenna Press, 2017). Poetry
Relieved of their Whispers by George J. Farrah (Ravenna Press, 2021). Poetry
The Low Pouring Stars by George J. Farrah (Ravenna Press, 2014). Poetry
Poems-For-All Mini Books by Lawrence Ferlinghetti:
1260 (2014): Poetry as an Insurgent Art #
1260 (2014): Constantly Risking Absurdity #
1261 (2014): Populist Manifesto (for Poets with Love) (2" x 3.75")
1263 (2014): The Discourse on Peace by Jacques Prevert, trans. by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Poetry Project Newsletter #276 edited by Kay Gabriel, Spring 2024
Starlight by Zachary Asher Greenberg (Ravenna Press, 2014). Poetry
Weather Central by Ted Kooser (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1994). Poetry
I LOVE RUSSIA by Elena Kostyuchenko, Trans. by Bela Shayevich and Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse (Penguin, 2023). Non-fiction/Journalism
DAPHNE and Her Discontents by Jane Rosenthal LaForge (Ravenna Press, 2017). Poetry
RINGER by Rebecca Lehmann (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 2019). Poetry
Ages of Chaos and Fury by Oswald LeWinter (Ravenna Press, 2005). Poetry
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively (Grove Press, 1987). Novel *
For the Union Dead by Robert Lowell (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965). Poetry
SONGS OF LOVE AND WAR: Afghan Women's Poetry edited by Sayd Bahodine Majrough, trans. by Marjolin de Wager (Other Press, 2003). Poetry
EYE by Sati Mookherjee (Ravenna Press, 2022). Poetry
KIKI SMITH by Helene Posner (Bullfinch Press, 1998). Art
Missing the Moon by Bin Ramke (Omnidawn, 2014). Poetry
Lord Baltimore by Peter Ramos (Ravenna Press, 2021). Poetry
The Exhibitionist by Kathryn Rantala (Ravenna Press, 2024). Poetry
This Space for Correspondence: An anthology of vintage postcards and imagined messages edited by Kathryn Rantala (Ravenna Press, 2019). Postcard poems and prose
Zuckerman Unbound by Philip Roth (Vintage, 1995). Novel
Little Double Elegy for All of You by Anne Lovering Rounds (Ravenna Press, 2020). Poetry
Little War Machine by M Sarki (Ravenna Press, 2004). Poetry
Scribners: Five Generations in Publishing by Charles Scribner III (Lyons Press, 2023). Memoir
In Both Hands by Joannie Stangeland (Ravenna Press, 2014). Poetry
The Scene You See by Joannie Stangeland (Ravenna Press, 2018). Poetry
Georgia O'Keefe: A Portrait by Alfred Stieglitz (Metropolitan Museum of Art / Viking Press, 1978). Art
Quadlibet by Tree Riesener (Ravenna Press, 2020). Poetry
IMAGINARY GARDENS: American Poetry and Art for Young People edited by Charles Sullivan (Harry N. Abrams, 1989). Poetry and Art
Balikbayan by Dujie Tahat (New Michigan Press, 2022). Poetry
OR by Parker Tettleton (Ravenna Press, 2022). Poetry
Rolando S. Tinio, Jose F. Lacaba, Rio Alma Translated and introduced by Robert Nery (Vagabond Press Asia Pacific Poetry Series, 2012). Poetry
The Afterlives of Trees by Wyatt Townley (Woodley Press, 2011). Poetry
The Book of Perceptions by Truong Tran, with photography by Chung Hong Chuong (Kearney Street Workshop, 1999)
NO FINIS by Deborah Woodard (Ravenna Press, 2018). Poetry
Unaccompanied by Javier Zamora (Copper Canyon Press, 2017). Poetry
MAY
Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print by Lawrence Block (Writers Digest Books, 1979). Non-fiction
The Secret by Lee Child and Andrew Child (Delacorte Press, 2023). Novel
Miniature Book Society Newsletter, Issue No. 124, Contents Editor Cynthia Cosgrove, May 2024 (MBS). Newsletter
EXIT INTERVIEW: The Life and Death of an Ambitious Career by Kristi Coulter (FSG, 2023). Memoir.
A New Chapter (Secrets of Mary's Bookshop) by Kristin Eckhardt (Guideposts, 2012). Novel
The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz (St. Martins Press, 2023). Novel
The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz (St. Martins Press, 2012). Novel
The Best American Short Stories edited by Min Jim Lee and Heidi Pitlor (HarperCollins, 2023). Short stories
Frog, Where Are You? by Mercer Mayer (Dial Press, 1969). Drawings / Children's Book
Document Shredding Machine by Afrizal Malna, Trans. by Daniel Owen (World Poetry Books, 2024). Poetry
Follower of the Seasons: A Onethology in Symphony by Oscar Penaranda (Eastwind Books, 2023). Autobiography
Cinderella Liberator by Rebecca Solnit w/ illustrations by Arthur Rackham (Haymarket Books, 2019). Updated Fairy Tale
REFUGEE by Pamela Uschuk (Red Hen Press, 2022). Poetry
The Second Half: forty women reveal life after fifty edited/by Ellen Warner (Brandeis University Press, 2022). Biographies
APRIL
CHARISMATIC SPIRALS by Will Alexander (Isolarii, 2024). Poetry.
The Inside Room by Lisa Andrews (Indolent Books, 2018). Poetry.
Headline News by John Deming (Indolent Books, 2018). Poetry.
TRUST by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead Books, 2022.) Novel
Translucence by Samar Abdel Jaber (Indolent Books, 2018). Poetry.
A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece edited by Jane Jacobs (Vintage Books, 1995). Memoir.
For Now by Eileen Myles (The 2019 Windham-Campbell Lecture / Yale University Press). Memoir.
This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett (Harper Collins, 2013). Essays.
Twentieth Century Filipino Artists, Vols. I and II, by Manuel D. Duldulao (Legacy Publishers, Quezon City, 1995). Art.
THE SOVEREIGN TRICKSTER by Vicente L. Rafael (Duke University, 2022). History / Political Science.
The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Riggs (William Morrow, 2020). Novel
Tell It Slant by John Yau (Omnidawn, 2023). Poetry
100 Titles From Tom Beckett by Mark Young, with paintings by Thomas Fink (Otoliths, 2024). Poetry/Art
eNumerations by Mark Young (Sandy Press, 2024). Poetry
MELANCHOLY by Mark Young (SurVision, 2024). Poetry
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin (Algonquin Books, 2014). Novel
MARCH
HOetry by Jim Berle (sp, nd). Poetry.
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett (Riverhead Books, 2009). Non-fiction/Journalism.
The Tradition by Jericho Brown ( Copper Canyon Press, 2019). Poetry.
Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell (Godine, 2020). Diary.
Remainders of the Day: A Bookshop Diary by Shaun Bythell (Godine, 2022). Diary.
Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings by David Coombs and Minnie S. Churchill (Running Press, 2004). Art / History.
The Guest by Emma Cline (Penguin Random House 2023). Novel.
And Yet Held by T. De Los Reyes (Bull City Press, 2023). Poetry.
Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop by Alba Donati, Trans. by Elena Pala (Scribner, 2022). Memoir.
Every Evening Deserves a Title by Carol Dorf, w/ illustrations by Terri Saul (A Delirious Nonce Publication, 2013). Poetry.
The Young Man by Annie Ernaux, Trans. Alison L. Strayer (Seven Stories Press, 2022/3). Memoir.
Alaskero Memories by Robert Francis Flor (Carayan Press, 2016). Poetry.
The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Fraser (Ballantine, Penguin Random House, 2021). Novel.
Distillation & Essence: World View in Modern Philippine Literature by L.M. Grow (Giraffe Books, 2002). Literary Study.
Lighthead by Terrance Hayes ( Penguin, 2010). Poetry.
YOU by Caroline Kepner (Emily Bestler Books, 2014). Novel.
The Best of the Best: The Making of the Best American Poetry by David Lehman (Marsh Hawk Press, 2023). Poetry / Memoir.
He's a Color Until He's Not by Christian Hanz Lozada (Moon Tide Press, 2023). Poetry.
On Reflection by Brian Marley (Grand Iota, 2023). Photography with Prose Poetry "captions."
FAST TALK With Writers by George Myers Jr. (Sandy Press, 2023). Interviews.
MIXERS: On Hybrid Writing by George Myers Jr. (sp, 2022). Non-fiction / Essays.
PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov (Vintage International, 1962). Novel.
ABYSS AND SONG: Selected Poems by George Sarantaris, trans. by Pria Louka (World Poetry, 2023). Poetry.
Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature by Dan Sinykin (Columbia University Press, 2023). Non-fiction/Journalism.
Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith (Graywolf, 2017). Poetry.
Such Color: New and Selected Poems by Tracy K Smith (Graywolf, 2021). Poetry.
Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith (Graywolf Press, 2018). Poetry.
alleys't' by harry k stammer (Concrete Mist, 2023). Poetry.
HARMONIUM by Wallace Stevens (Lisa Shea, 2023). Poetry.
What You Refuse to Remember by MT Vallarta (Harbor Editions, 2023). Poetry.
A World in Transit by Eric Tinsay Valles (Ethos Books, 2011). Poetry.
After the Fall: Dirges Among Ruins by Eric Tinsay Valles (Ethos Books, 2014). Poetry.
Before Wisdom: The Early Poems of Paul Verlaine, trans. by Keith Waldrop and K.A. Hays (World Poetry, 2023). Poetry.
un saut de chat by Mark Young (Otoliths, 2024). Poetry.
The Experiment of the Tropics by Lawrence Lacambra Ypil (Gaudy Boy, 2019). Poetry.
FEBRUARY
Baumgartner by Paul Auster (Grove Press, 2023). Novel.
Reading the Poem-Object: Intimacy and Collaboration in Julie Jonstone's Essence Press by Maddie Beaulieu (The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries, SUNY Buffalo, "Among the Neighbors" #24, 2023). History/Essay.
Measures' Measures: Poetry & Knowledge by Michael Boughn (Station Hill Press, 2024). Poetry/Essays.
Selected Short Stories by Cecilia Brainard (PALH, 2022). Short Stories.
The Microbibliophile, Vol. XLII, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2023, Editor James Brogan (The Microbibliophile, 2023). Journal.
The Archipelago Conversations by Edouard Glissant and Hans Ulrich Oboist, Trans. by Emma Ramadan (Isolarii, 2021). Philosophy.
Deleted Scenes from the Autobiography of Ed Go, as Told by Napoleon Id by Ed Go (Other Rooms Press, 2014). Short Stories.
One Minute Out by Mark Greaney (Berkley, 2020). Novel.
Relentless by Mark Greaney (Berkley, 2021). Novel.
Sierra Six by Mark Greaney (Berkley, 2022). Novel.
Burner by Mark Greaney (Berkley, 2023). Novel.
The Gray Man by Mark Greaney (Berkley, 2009). Novel.
Disapparitions by Joseph Harrington (BlazeVOX, 2023). Poetry.
Chant De La Sirene The Journal, Issue 4 : Climate & Poetics, Editor Laura Hinton (Spring 2024). Literary/Arts Journal.
The Location of Failure by Travis Kurowski (The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries, SUNY Buffalo, "Among the Neighbors" #26, 2023). History/Essay.
Invasive Plants by Jim Leftwich (Serious Publication 50, 2024). Poetry.
Other Russias by Victoria Lomasko, translated by Thomas Campbell (n +1 books, 2017). Graphic reportage.
Maori Place Names (Langenscheidt / A.H. & A.W. Reed, Berlin-Schoneberg / New Zealand, 1962). Size: 1.5” x 2”
Last Love Letter from Highgate by Scott MacLeod (Serious Publication 48, 2024). Poetry.
Cid Corman and ORIGIN by David Miller (The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries, SUNY Buffalo, "Among the Neighbors" #25, 2023). History/Essay.
A Letter from Texas by Townsend Miller (Somesuch Press, 2001). Poetry.
SOCCER, design and production by Peter Murray (Murray Books, 2010). Sports.
THE TIMES: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, and the Transformation of Journalism by Adam Nagourney (Crown, 2023). Journalism.
everything turns on a delicate measure by Maureen Owen (BlazeVOX, 2023). Poetry.
ORANGE (boardbook art) through Pantone (2012). Size: 3.5" x 3.5". Art.
RED (boardbook art) through Pantone (2012). Size: 3.5" x 3.5". Art.
Thrift Store Metamorphoses by Tony Robles (Red Hawk Publications 2023). Poetry.
JANUARY
America Is In The Heart by Carlos Bulosan (University of Washington Press, 1943 &1973-2002). (Auto)Biography.
Licorice by Ellen C. Bush (Bull City Press, 2018). Poetry.
Disease of Kings by Anders Carlson-Wee (Norton, 2023). Poetry.
America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo (Viking, 2028.) Novel.
Tunisia / Amrikiya by Leila Chatti (Bull City Press, 2018). Poetry.
One Woman Show by Catherine Coulson (Avid Reader Press, 2023). Novel.
The Collector and the Collected: Notes on Our Recent Miniature Book Exhibit by Alan Dietch (Anchor and Acorn Press, 1992. 174/200). Exhibition Catalogue.
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel (Knopf, 2023). Journalism.
The Twelve Days of Christmas: 12 Events by Ken Friedman (sp, 2023). Poetry.
FORGIVING IMELDA MARCOS by Nathan Go (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2023). Novel.
Settling St. Malo by Randy Gonzales (University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2023). Poetry.
Mission Critical by Mark Greaney (Berkley, 2019). Novel
Estranged Domain by Lori Lubeski (Serious Publications, 2023). Poetry.
METPO by Scott MacLeod (Serious Publications, 2023). Memoir.
Miniature Book Society Newsletter Issue No. 123 (MBS Society, December 2023). Newsletter.
Wildflowers by Beverly Parayno (PAWA, 2023). Short stories.
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