Read Indies: Fish Gotta Swim Editions

2022-02-01T19:45:34-05:00

Who? Where? “Fish Gotta Swim Editions is a small, international press overseen by Theresa Kishkan in Canada, and Anik See in The Netherlands. It specializes in novellas and other innovative prose forms, published in visually attractive, limited print runs. We believe these forms should be well-represented, and not ignored

Read Indies: Fish Gotta Swim Editions2022-02-01T19:45:34-05:00

The Writing Life: Langston Hughes (4 of 4)

2021-12-27T13:48:28-05:00

The 1619 Project (Edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein) opens with an epigraph from Langston Hughes, his poem “American Heartbreak 1619”: I am the American heartbreak-- The rock on which freedom Stumped its toe-- The great mistake That Jamestown made Long ago He’s such

The Writing Life: Langston Hughes (4 of 4)2021-12-27T13:48:28-05:00

Slavery: Past and Present #280898 Reasons (4 of 4)

2021-12-08T20:24:09-05:00

The more time I’ve spent reading about slavery this year, the more often I’ve discovered references to it in unexpected places. (Looking to catch up? Here are all the links to the previous posts this year.) For instance, in Fred D’Aguiar’s memoir Year of Plagues (2021): “When I think

Slavery: Past and Present #280898 Reasons (4 of 4)2021-12-08T20:24:09-05:00

Autumn 2021: In My Reading Log (Part Two)

2021-10-06T15:57:52-04:00

Yesterday, in the wake of the librarians’ shushing, some might have taken advantage of the ensuing silence for a nap. Now, yawning ourselves awake, we can resume our chat about the overlap between fiction and non-fiction, in sprawling and slightly chaotic stacks and shelves. In the opening story of

Autumn 2021: In My Reading Log (Part Two)2021-10-06T15:57:52-04:00

Autumn 2021: In My Reading Log (Part One)

2021-10-06T14:46:04-04:00

This year I’ve been reading more non-fiction than usual. It’s not that I’ve been trying, it’s only that I’ve allowed my curiosity to access my holds queue. When I have questions after I’ve finished a novel, I’ve allowed myself to wander more than usual. It’s created an interesting rhythm

Autumn 2021: In My Reading Log (Part One)2021-10-06T14:46:04-04:00
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