Audre Lorde’s very short but epic essay “Poetry is not a luxury”
Alexis Pauline Gumb’s essay “The Sweetness of Salt” in Adrienne Maree Brown’s Pleasure Activism” (which led me to the novel Salt Eaters” and a new way to see relationships and the work of living tribute) and her new Audre Lorde bio “Survival is a promise”
Claire Pollard on children’s books in “Fierce Bad Rabbits” and her meta fairy tale novel “Modern Fairies”
Prentis Hemphill “What it takes to heal”
Olivia Laing “the garden against time”
Robin Shiff, Information Desk: An epic”
Robert Macfarlarne, “Underland: a deep time journey”
Diane DiPrima “Revolutionary Letters”
Vincent Bevins “If we burn: the mass protest decade and the missing revolution”
Feel the same John. Have been reading non-stop and planning to do more singing 🎶 a dimension of myself I have not done enough of these past few years. Appreciate all you do.
Some readings that have charged me lately:
Audre Lorde’s very short but epic essay “Poetry is not a luxury”
Alexis Pauline Gumb’s essay “The Sweetness of Salt” in Adrienne Maree Brown’s Pleasure Activism” (which led me to the novel Salt Eaters” and a new way to see relationships and the work of living tribute) and her new Audre Lorde bio “Survival is a promise”
Claire Pollard on children’s books in “Fierce Bad Rabbits” and her meta fairy tale novel “Modern Fairies”
Prentis Hemphill “What it takes to heal”
Olivia Laing “the garden against time”
Robin Shiff, Information Desk: An epic”
Robert Macfarlarne, “Underland: a deep time journey”
Diane DiPrima “Revolutionary Letters”
Vincent Bevins “If we burn: the mass protest decade and the missing revolution”
All the Jane MacAlevy books
great list, and thanks for sharing!
Feel the same John. Have been reading non-stop and planning to do more singing 🎶 a dimension of myself I have not done enough of these past few years. Appreciate all you do.
Same Kate. Sending you un abrazo fuerte.
Thank you John. Sending you one too:)