fiction

  • September 2023 Reading Recap

    I started out the month of September in Florence, Italy, where I continued to prioritize reading some amazing works in translation. Back in the U.S., I finished up the longest book I’ve read this year (maybe ever?), David Blight’s Pulitzer Prize winning, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. At a whopping 912 pages, the book is

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  • August 2023 Reading Recap

    Earlier this summer I had the opportunity to attend a lecture given by Alex Marzano Lesnovich, a brilliant author of creative nonfiction, who discussed the importance of an archive of one’s life. I am neither a faithful blogger nor journaler. I am, however, a faithful reader. So often I find looking back on what I

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  • July 2023 Reading Recap

    I had the pleasure of traveling twice in the month of July and, in so doing, visiting bookstores in cities that are not my own. This is one of my favorite things to do when visiting a new city, and also offers a great opportunity to discover new authors. I spent time in Portland, Oregon,

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  • 2023 Reading: January – June Review

    Closing out the first half of 2023, I completed 85 books across 17 genres and sub-genres. 58% of these books have been non-fiction. Across genres, I have read the most Popular and Literary Fiction (18%) and Poetry / Hybrid (18%). This is followed by U.S. and World History (12%) and Writing Craft & Theory (11%).

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  • June 2023 Reading Recap

    I spent the early part of June in New Haven at the Yale Writers’ Workshop deeply engaged in fiction craft. It probably should have been no surprise, then, that I would return to New York and tumble head-long into Poetry, as evidenced by the six books of poetry and three books of poetry craft I

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  • Pride Book Recommendations

    It is Pride month, a time to celebrate the many (many many many) contributions of queer people to our everyday lives, including the contributions of queer authors. These are just some of my favorite books by LGBTQIA+ authors, as well as some from my TBR list that I’ll be reading after June (because reading queer

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  • 2023 Yale Writers’ Workshop

    I had the pleasure of attending the 2023 Yale Writers’ Workshop in New Haven, where I learned from some of the best in the writing business. Check out these titles, the latest from Yale Workshop instructors, at your favorite indie bookstore, or click here to purchase from my Bookshop storefront.

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