Category: reading

• The Insolubility of Milk

  Feb 28

    I learned about this collection of short stories by Simon Fruelund from his translator K.E. Semmel on Twitter. It’s a short 110-page book published in a gorgeous volume by… more ›

• Half a Rainbow

  Feb 7

  “That V-2 on the way?” “A4, yes.” He hangs at the bottom of his blood’s avalanche, 300 years of western swamp-Yankees, and can’t manage but some nervous truce with their… more ›

• Books Read in 2018

  Dec 31

  Here are most of the books I read in 2018. Now that I have affiliated with IndieBound, I won’t be linking any more to Amazon. I found an old journal… more ›

• The Bride from Odessa

  Dec 21

  Some nights I am overcome by a strange sensation that I can only define as cultural nausea.  When Chris Marker, in one of his rare interviews, recommends a book, you… more ›

• Shit Writer

  Dec 10

  I don’t consider Fernando Sdrigotti a friend. I’ve known him for a a few years, sure. Mostly via Twitter and several emails. He’s edited my writing. I think calling him… more ›

• World AIDS Day

  Dec 1

  Instead of a day without art, I’d like to celebrate two of my favorite artists: David Wojnarowicz and Ron Athey. Both unapologetically queer. Both HIV+. Both demonized by fascist right-wing… more ›

• The Poet in His Labyrinth

  Nov 23

  “Criticism unfolds the possibility of freedom and is thus an invitation to action.” “Criticism tells us that we should learn to dissolve the idols, should learn to dissolve them within… more ›

• Bloomsday: My Conversion

  Jun 16

  Happy Bloomsday! It’s a greeting I thought I’d never say. But here we are: June 16. I’m wearing a fucking boater and heading to my first Bloomsday celebration. All because… more ›

• Books Read in 2017

  Jan 2

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• Tres libros

  Oct 3

  I recently read three short books, all fiction about Mexico: the novel Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera (trans. Lisa Dillman), the collection of short stories… more ›