As you can tell by the lists below, May was not such a good month for reading. Work took up most of my available free time, and all of my available brain cycles.
Acquisitions
- Peninsula Poets, Spring 2026 [2026.05.08] – After more than a year, I remembered to renew my membership to the Poetry Society of Michigan. Which means I get these collections again. They are wonderful!
- The Fifth Season: Roleplaying in the Stillness (Green Ronin Publishing) [2026.05.20] – After suffering an unbelievable number of setbacks thanks to COVID supply chain disruptions and Trump’s petulant flailing around on the world stage, the book has finally arrived, and it is absolutely gorgeous!
Reading List
Books
- Allen Ginsberg, Kaddish and Other Poems, 1958 – 1960 [2026.05.05]
- Peninsula Poets, Spring 2026 [2026.05.14]
- Arthur Sze, Transient Worlds: On Translating Poetry [2026.05.16]
Short Prose
- Tom Stoppard, “The Story”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.05.06]
- John Lahr, “Sex and Politics: An Interview with Vilgot Sjöman“, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.05.18]
- Jack Kerouac, “The Murder of Swineburne”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.05.21]
- Eugène Ionesco, “Fragments of a Journal”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.05.21]
- Michael Reck, “A Conversation Between Ezra Pound and Allen Ginsberg”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.05.25]
- John Schultz, “Pigs, Prague, Chicago, Other Democrats, and the Sleeper in the Park”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.05.26]
- Robert L. Terrell, “Tea Party”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.05.29]
