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25% of 2025 in the books! I am failing (again) at my “read less get out more” goal to keep it under 100 books for the year, but there are so many good books in so many genres, I can’t help it! So far US & World History (23%), Literary & Popular Fiction (20%), Poetry/Hybrid
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It looks like I’ve rather inadvertently had a fiction-free February! No regrets, as I got to some books I was meaning to get to for a while. I also kept with my typical reading pattern of more than 50% Black authors. According to various sources, Black authors make up 5-7% of all traditionally published books;
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Here we are at the start of another new year and, as I write this at the end of January, my brain and belly are swirling in the midst of what has been a turbulent two weeks in the US. I have found solace in this time, as I have in so many other times,
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Essays and horror and poetry, oh my! This month I had the chance to interview adoptee author, Jenny Heijun Wills about her new essay collection, Everything and Nothing at All, recently named one of Globe and Mail’s best books of 2024. The book will be widely available it the US in 2025, and I felt
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“The country will not change until it re-examines itself and discovers what it really means by freedom.” James Baldwin, Nobody Knows My Name Over the past couple of years, I found myself drawn more and more to the work of James Baldwin. With his 100th birthday on August 2, I doubled down on my Baldwin
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This month I was once again reminded of the stark difference between adoptee stories told by adoptees, adoptee stories told by non-adoptee allies, and adoptee stories told by those who use us as plot points, perpetuating inaccurate and harmful tropes. I read books that are examples of all three in April. Please support adoptee
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Another Black History Month of reading in the books though, quite honestly, I don’t read any differently his month than any other month; any month is a good month to read Black authors! Still, I thought I would use this opportunity to highlight the Black authors I read this month here, in case you’re looking
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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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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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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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