After reading one gigantic book (Demons, Dostoevsky), and well over a dozen shorter books and journals, I have settled into a more sedate reading pace, with a few novels and nonfiction titles for this month. Feels like I have found my reading groove after a chaotic reading start to the reading year. Also, reading would be a good adjective modifier, like “fucking” or “smurfing.”
Acquisitions
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic [2024.03.13] – Purchased from Books and Mortar bookstore in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Jason McBride, Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker [2024.03.23] – Ordered and purchased from Books and Mortar bookstore.
- Edward W. Said, Orientalism [2024.03.23] – Ordered and purchased from Books and Mortar bookstore.
- Nikole Hannah-Jones (creator), The 1619 Project [2024.03.23] – Purchased at Harmony Brewing Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Books and Mortar had a popup sale of banned books in the bar, and this one caught my eye. It had been on my radar for a while, and this seemed like a good opportunity to add it to the library.
Reading List
Books and Journals
- R.F. Kuang, Babel [2024.03.11]
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment [2024.03.16]
- Kai Ashante Wilson, The Devil in America [2024.03.17]
- Jazmina Barrera (Christina MacSweeney, translator), Linea Nigra [2024.03.18]
- Bjørn Rasmussen (Martin Aitken, translator), The Skin is the Elastic Covering That Encases the Entire Body [2024.03.20]
- Herman Melville, Bartleby [2024.03.23]
- William Meikle, The Plasm [2024.03.24]
- Wolfgang Hilbig, The Females [2024.03.26]
- Jung Young Moon (Jung Yewon, translator), Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River [2024.03.29]
Short Prose
- Herman Melville, “Bartleby”, Bartleby [2024.03.23]
- Herman Melville, “The Lightning-Rod Man”, Bartleby [2024.03.23]
- Jim C. Hines, “In the Line of Duty”, Patreon post [2024.03.31]