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:
JUNE
CRANE by Tessa Bolsover (Black Ocean, 2025). Poetry
Miniature Book Society Newsletter, Issue No. 127, Contents Editor Cynthia Cosgrove, June 2025 (MBS). Newsletter
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 QUILT: Stories From The NAMES Project by Cindy Ruskin with photographs by Matt Herron (Pocket Books, 1988). Art
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
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
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