2025 READING

In alphabetical order by authors' last names

Cited month = dates of reading completion.

Books bearing sizes usually indicate category of Miniature Books.

# Particularly outstanding 

FINISHED READING:

SEPTEMBER

AGINAW no 14, edited by David Harrison Horton (2025). Poetry journal.

QUEST: A Writer's Journey edited by Susan Terris (Marsh Hawk Press, 2025). Poetry/Essays

AUGUST

PLAYBILL: the national magazine for theatergoers, Vol. 9 June 1972 Issue 6

Angelica's Daughters: a Dugtungan novel by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Erma Cuizon, Susan Evangelista, Veronica Montes & Nadine Sarreal (Anvil Publishing, 2010. 1st 4 chs read). Novel

How I Became a Writer. Edited by Cecilia Brainard (Vibal Foundation, 2025). Essays

The Avalanche of Time: Selected Poems 1964-1984 by Alex Gildzen (North Atlantic Books, 1985). Poetry 

Gildzen at 50: A Celebration edited by Dimitri's Karageorgiou (Toucan Press, 1993). Biography

From the Autograph Collection of Helen Kovach Gildzen: An Exhibition, Curated by Alex Gildzen (Dept. of Special Collections & Archives / Kent State University Libraries, Fall 1997). Exhibition pamphlet

NICK: A Portrait of the Artist Nick Joaquin by Tony Joaquin and Gloria C. Kismadi (Anvil Publishing, 2011). Biography

JOY by Angelo R. Lacuesta (Penguin Random House SEA, 2022). Novel

A Photographic Supplement to THE DIARY OF ANAIS NIN by Anais Nin (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974). Art

Boys' Love by Danton Remoto (Penguin Random House SEA, 2025). Novel

10 By 10 Flash Fiction, Issue 31, edited by Zvi A. Sesling (August 2025). Fiction journal

Awaiting Trespass (A Pasion) by Linda Ty-Casper (Readers International, 1985). Novel

Residents of the Deep by Marianne Villanueva (Unsolicited Press, 2025). Short stories 

JULY

Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism edited by Ginetta E.B. Candelario (Vol. 21, No. 2, 2022). Literary journal 

Plagios / Plagiarisms, Vol Three by Ulalume Gonzalez de Leon (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2025). Poetry

Our Human Shores by Josh Fomon (Black Ocean, 2025). Poetry

Applause for a Cloud by Sayumi Kamakura (Black Ocean, 2025). Poetry

Audition by Katie Kitamura (Riverhead Books, 2025). Novel

A Separation by Katie Kitamura (Riverhead Books, 2017). Novel

Intimacies by Katie Kitamura (Riverhead Books, 2021). Novel

Dear Vase Already Shattered Against the Fragile Floor by Michael Leong (Black Square Editions, 2025). Poetry/Poetics

American Poets in the 21st Century: Poetics of Social Engagement, edited by Claudia Rankine & Michael Dowdy (Wesleyan University Press, 2018). Poetry

The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson (Sourcebooks, 2022). Novel

10 By 10 Flash Fiction, Issue 30, edited by Zvi A. Sesling (July 2025). Fiction journal

We Are Here: Haiku and Our Climate Experience edited by Bonnie Myotai Treace, Resa Alboher, Sandra Filipelli, and Mariya Gusev (Haiku Pause Issue II, July 2025). Poetry

Memories, Visions and Scholarship and Other Essays (University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies Centennial Lecture Series, 2001). Essays

JUNE

CRANE by Tessa Bolsover (Black Ocean, 2025). Poetry

Miniature Book Society Newsletter, Issue No. 127, Contents Editor Cynthia Cosgrove, June 2025 (MBS). Newsletter

Perla by Carolina De Robertis (Borzoi/Knopf, 2012). Novel

The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander (Knopf, 2007). Novel

The Next Day by Melinda French Gates (Flatiron Books, 2025). Non-fiction

FENCE NO. 42, Spring/Summer 2025 edited by Emily Wallis Hughes (Fence, 2025). Literary journal

Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive An American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson (Crown, 2021). Journalism

Hades, Argentina by Daniel Loedel (Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House, 2021). Novel

Escape From the Fat Farm by Sandy McIntosh (Marsh Hawk Press, 2025). Poetry / Prose

The New York Dog by Rachael Hale McKenna (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2014). Photography

Escritoire by Sheila E. Murphy (Lavender Ink, 2025). Poetry

Geometry Lessons by Darrell Nettles (Darrell Nettles, 2024). Art

The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine, 2020). Novel

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson (Source Books, 2019). Novel

THE QUILT: Stories From The NAMES Project by Cindy Ruskin with photographs by Matt Herron (Pocket Books, 1988). Art

Imagining Argentina by Lawrence Thornton (Bantam, 1987). Novel

MAY

Read 34 Poetry Manuscripts for a Poetry Contest. Poetry

Thank you for visiting us by/from 27th Letter Books (27th Letter Books). Advertisement/Art

To Hush All the Dead by William Allegrezza (BlazeVOX, 2022). Poetry

densities, apparitions by William Allegrezza (Otoliths, 2011). Poetry

Ladders in July by William Allegrezza (BlazeVOX, 2004). Poetry

Stone & Type, Cedar by William Allegrezza (Lavender Ink, 2019). Poetry

Inshore Seeds by William Allegrezza (Argotist Books, 2011). Poetry

Prunes & Prisms by Serena Piccoli and William Allegrezza (Dialogos, 2024). Poetry

The City Visible: Chicago Poetry for the New Century edited by William Allegrezza and Raymond Bianchi (Cracked Slab Books, 2007). Poetry

The Galleons by Rick Barot (Milkweed, 2020). Poetry

Summer Snow by Robert Hass (Ecco/Harper Collins, 2020). Poetry

Hunch Back by Saou Ichikawa, Trans. by Holly Barton (Hogarth, 2025). Novel

Litanya 1972-2022: The Works of Jose Tence Ruiz (JTR, 2022). Art

More Lilith Walks by Susan M. Schultz (BlazeVOX, 2025). Poetry & Art

Gliff by Ali Smith (Pantheon, 2024). Novel

LIVES REMEMBERED: A Memoir by Linda Ty-Casper (PALH, 2025). Memoir

Circle K Cycles by Karen Tai Yamashita (Coffee House, Press, 2001). Fiction / Memoir / Hybrid

APRIL

The Locofo Anthology edited by William Allegrezza (Moria Books, 2025). Poetry

Accidents of Composition by Merlinda Bobis (Spinifex, 2017). Poetry

THE MICROBIBLIOPHILE: The Bibliophile's Journal About Miniature Books & Book Arts, Vol. XLIII No. 6 Issue 252, Editor James Brogan, Nov-Dec 2024. Newsletter

A Bibliography of A.D. Winans's Second Coming Press, 1972-1989 by Christopher Harter (SUNY Buffalo's "Among the Neighbors," #27, 2024). Poetry History

PINAY: Autobiographical Narratives by Women Writers 1926-1998 edited by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo (Ateneo, 2000). Autobiographies

Nighttime on the Other Side of Everything by Sarah Kobrinsky (New Rivers Press, 2019). Poetry

The Book Lover's Library by Madeline Martin (Hanover Square Press, 2024). Novel

The Big Horror Poetry Series by Richard Martin (SUNY Buffalo's "Among the Neighbors," #27, 2024). Poetry History

SILENCE: Poems edited by Christopher Okemwa (Expeditions International Publishing House / Germany, 2025. in manuscript). Poetry

Citizen Illegal by Jose Olivarez (Haymarket Books, 2018). Poetry

10 By 10 Flash Fiction, Issue 27, edited by Zvi A. Sesling (April 2025). Fiction journal

A Death in Cornwall by Daniel Silva (ecco/HarperCollins, 2024). Novel

Ascension by Giovanni Singleton (Counterpath, 2012). Poetry

Milk & Filth by Carmen Gimenez Smith (University of Arizona Press, 2013). Poetry

Some Unrecorded Voyages of Vasco da Gama by Mark Young (Otoliths, 2025). Poetry

MARCH

DISASTER: Creative Non-Fiction by Women edited by Erlinda Kintanar Alburo (Santo Nino de Cebu Publishing House / Women in Literary Arts-Cebu, 2024). Essays

The Locofo Anthology edited by William Allegrezza (Moria Books, 2025). Poetry (in manuscript)

The Creation of the Sun and the Moon by B. Traven, illustrated by Alberto Beltran (Lawrence Hill & Co. 1968). Novel with art

New Mexico Santos by E. Boyd, illustrated by Frances Breese (Museum of New Mexico Press, 1966). Art

DESIRE (Chronicle Books, 1998). Miniature book of quotations

Miniature Book Society Newsletter, Issue No. 126, Contents Editor Cynthia Cosgrove, February 2025 (MBS). Newsletter

G Rave l by Mark Cunningham, Mark Young and harry k stammer (Sandy Press, 2025). Poetry

Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho (The Feminist Press of CUNY, 2021). Memoir

The Beggar Student by Osamu Dazai (New Directions, 2024). Novel

TOAF by Renee Gladman (Dorothy, A Publishing Project, 2008). Memoir

Turnings: Writing on Women's Transformations edited by Luisa Igloria & Renee Olander (Friends of Women's Studies/ODU University, 2000). Poetry & Fiction

DAFFODIL: And Other Poems by Vincent Katz (Knopf, 2025). Poetry 

Dios Ko / My God by Harold Legaspi (Papel Publishing, 2025). Poetry

Bahay Kubo by Harold Legaspi (Papel Publishing, 2025). Children's Literature

You Left Without Your Shoes by Kenji C. Liu (Finishing Line Press, 2009). Poetry

Selected Poems of Thomas Merton (New Directions, 1959). Poetry

Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov (Vintage, 1989). Novel

Why Religion? by Elaine Pagels (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2018). Memoir

Rappin' with Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark by Al Robles (UCLA Asian American Studies Center Commemorative Expanded Edition, 2019). Poetry

A Nail the Evening Hangs On by Monica Sok (Copper Canyon Press, 2020). Poetry

The White Orchard: Selected Interviews, Essays and Poems by Arthur Sze (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2025)

Despues de la Caida (After the Fall) by Eric Tinsay Valles, Trans. by Maria Del Castillo Sucerquia (in manuscript for blurb). Poetry

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (MacMillan, 2017). Essays

The Complete Post Person Poems by Mark Young (Sandy Press, 2005). Poetry

FEBRUARY

Dalit-Dalit ni Malou "Bobu" Alorro (University of San Carlos Press, 2024). Poetry

My Techno-Optimism by Vitalik Buterin (Isolarii, 2024). Essays

Inherited Silence: Listening to the Land, Healing the Colonizer Mind by Louise Dunlap (New Village Press, 2022). Memoir/History

Kairos by Jenny Erpendeck, Trans. by Michael Hoffman (New Directions, 2023). Novel

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig (Viking, 2024). Novel

[. . .] by Fady Joudah (Milkweed Editions, 2024). Poetry

The Vegetarian by Han Kang, Trans. by Deborah Smith (Hogarth, 2007 / Translation 2015). Novel

Don't Be A Stranger by Susan Minot (Knopf, 2024). Novel

Dreaming in Gujarati by Shailija Patel (Firefly Press, 2002). Poetry

Shilling Love by Shailija Patel (Firefly Press, 2000). Poetry

PORTALES: A Medicina Para Pesadillas Anthology #2, November 2023. Poetry

Mahcic: Selected Poems by Tomas Riley (Calaca Press, 2005). Poetry

Last Night by James Salter (Vintage, 2005). Fiction/short stories. #

Portraits & Parables by Susan M. Schultz (Tinfish Press, 2005). Poetry

10 By 10 Flash Fiction, Issue 25, edited by Zvi A. Sesling (February 2025). Fiction journal

Modern Poetry by Diane Seuss (Graywolf Press, 2024). Poetry 

A Natural Man by Gary Soto (Chronicle Books, 1999). Poetry

Something About Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (University of Akron Press, 2024). Poetry

JANUARY

Achiote Seeds, Winter 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, & Winter 2008. Literary journals

ONLY by Bruce Andrews (Spectacular Diseases, 1998). Poetry 

David Baradas: Land of the Morning: Treasures of the Philippines (San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, 1995). Art / exhibition monograph

Forty Stories by Paul Beckman & Zvi A. Seslling (Big Table Publishing, 2024). Short stories

eleven eleven edited by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (California College of the Arts, 2011). Literary/arts journal

Arrival by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor (Triquarterly, 2017). Poetry

New American Writing #24 edited by Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover (Oink Press, 2006). Literary Journal

The Boy With the Huge Behind by Martha Cinader (sp, nd). Handmade Artist's Book / Poetry

Gingerbread Girl by Juliet Cook (Trainwreck Press, 2008). Poetry

When Rap Spoke Straight to God by Erica Dawson (Tin House Books, 2018). Poetry

The Dirt Is Red Here: Art and Poetry From Native California edited by Margaret Dubin (Heyday Books, 2002). Poetry / Art

In Which by Denise Duhamel (Rattle, 2024). Poetry

THOU SAND by Michael Farrell (Tinfish Retro Series, 2011). Poetry

Inside the Painter's Studio by Joe Fig (Princeton Architectural Press, 2009). Art

The Naturalist by Hillary Gravendyk (Achiote Press, 2008). Poetry

Wind in a Box by Terrance Hayes (Penguin, 2006). Poetry

BOTIKA BITUKA by Cesar Hernando (Flipbook for film, 1987). Art

In the Grove: California Poets and Writers edited by Lee Herrick (2007). Literary journal 

Controlled Decay by Gabriela Jauregui (Black Goat, 2008). Poetry

Greek Lessons by Han Kang, Trans. by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won (Hogarth, 2023). Novel

Incubation: A Space for Monsters by Bhanu Kapil (Leon Works, 2006). Poetry

The Book of Redacted Paintings by Arthur Kayzakian (Black Lawrence Press, 2023). Poetry

DURA by Myung Mi Kim (Sun & Moon Press, 1998). Poetry

Under the Flag by Myung Mi Kim (Kelsey Street Press, 1998). Poetry

THE BOUNTY by Myung Mi Kim (Chai Press, 2000). Poetry

COMMONS by Myung Mi Kim (University of California Press, 2002). Poetry

Hambone #20 edited by Nathaniel Mackey (2012). Literary/arts journal

The Immaculate Autopsy by Todd Melicker (Achiote Press, 2007). Poetry

Tides Don't Perturb by Edric Mesmer (BlazeVOX, 2025). Poetry

The Sky Is A Page by Adam David Miller (Eshu House Publishing, 2011). Poetry

XCP, No. 18 edited by Mark Nowak (2007). Literary journal

The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon by Willie Perdomo (Penguin, 2014). Poetry

Origami Shipwreck by Craig Perez and Katy Acheson (Neo Pepper Press, 2007). Poetry

CITIZEN: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press, 2014). Poetry

South Dakota Review, Vol. 52, No. 2, edited by Lee Ann Roripaugh (University of South Dakota, 2016). Literary journal

Filipino World War II Soldiers: America's Second-Class Veterans with photographs by Rick Rocamora (w/ support from San Francisco Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Tancinco Law Offices and San Francisco Veterans Equity Center, 2008). Art-photographs

I and Eucalyptus by Susan M. Schultz (Lavender Ink, 2024). Poetry and art (photographs)

Border Senses edited by Carmen M. Seda (Summer 2008). Literary journal

Tracing by Ryoko Sekiguchi, Trans. by Stacy Doris (Duration Press, 2003). Poetry

10 By 10 Flash Fiction, Issue 24, edited by Zvi A. Sesling (January 2025). Fiction journal

Prairie Schooner edited by Matthew Shenoda (Winter 2010). Literary journal

Ceremonies in the Gong World by Anne Waldman (Shivastan Publishing, 2007). Poetry

objective practice by Mia You (Achiote Press, 2007). Poetry

The Complete Post Person Poems by Mark Young (Sandy Press, read in manuscript). Poetry

Sea Serpent by Alfred A. Yuson (Monsoon Press, 1980). Poetry

PHOTOGRAPHS by Zobel (Jaime Zobel de Ayala) (sp, 1983). Art-photographs

SONG FOR HIS DISAPPEARED LOVE by Raul Zurita, Trans. by Daniel Borzutzky (Action Press, 2010). Poetry