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:

APRIL

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