Dearest Readers,
I was lucky to spend this past weekend in Asheville, NC, while the weather was unspeakably gorgeous. I also got to meet the famous Biscuits—The Cat in the New Merch Art (sung to the tune of "Skimbleshanks")—with his *poofy* widdle cheeks.
One of my favorite places in Asheville is Firestorm, a worker-owned bookstore. They have, in addition to distinct "Essay" and "Memoir" shelves, t-shirts that read, Fuck White Supremacy, and an entire rack of zines. I don't know much about the history of zine-making nor do I know the difference between a chapbook and a zine other than ~*vibes*~. Regardless, there is something about a tiny book that I adore. I found (and bought) three copies of Donna Haraway's "A Cyborg Manifesto." I also have no idea who made them, but I plan to hand them out to my students this week for fun.
Keeping this brief in the spirit of April,
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| We go hard in April. Here's our lineup for 2022's poem-a-day, and we've got a virtual event w/ BAM scheduled for April 15th. Details at the bottom of this newsletter! |
Exclusive author letters arriving soon in subscribers' snail mailboxes!
For adults:
ROBIN MCLEAN, a lawyer/potter/ice skater-turned author of Pity the Beast
ANNIE HARTNETT, author of the celebrated Rabbit Cake, whose newest novel, Unlikely Animals, comes out next monthFor kids:
NATASHA WING, author of the bestselling The Night Before . . . seriesKARINA EVANS, whose forthcoming novel features a girl going on Hollywood adventures with her starlet grandmother |
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| Countdown: 10 days left to sign up for our April book club picks |
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| | BOOK CLUB:
I Only Cry With Emoticons by Yuvi Zalkow coming from Red Hen Press in June—a quirky comedy featuring a protagonist who writes novels in the bathroom at work and is failing at interpersonal relationships.
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| | POETRY BOOK CLUB:
Oh You Thought This Was a Date? by C. Russell Price out in June from Triquarterly—a ” somatic grimoire exploring desire, gender, and sexuality in multiverse littered with flowers and product placement.”
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| As part of National Poetry Month's celebrations, we're holding a virtual reading with Books Are Magic on Friday, April 15, 7 PM EST. Readers include Derrick Austin, Michael Chang, Chen Chen, and Brionne Janae. Register at this link. |
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