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April 2026 Books and Reading Notes

John Winkelman

Considering how little free time I had in April I managed to read more than expected. My recent acquisition of a large number of poetry books helped. One poem takes minutes to read, but can reverberate for days. As have many of the poems in the books listed below.

Acquisitions

Books acquired in April 2026
Books acquired in April 2026
  1. Allen Ginsberg, Kaddish and Other Poems, 1958 – 1960 (City Lights Books) [2026.04.25] – Purchased from Argos Books and Comics on Independent Bookstore Day, near the end of National Poetry Month.
  2. Arthur Sze, Transient Worlds: On Translating Poetry, (Copper Canyon Press) [2026.04.28]

Reading

Books

Books read in April 2026
Books read in April 2026
  1. Big Scream #59 [2026.04.02]
  2. Big Scream #60 [2026.04.09]
  3. Katie Kalisz, Quiet Woman [2026.04.20]
  4. Patricia Clark, O Lucky Day [2026.04.24]

Short Prose

  1. Che Guevara, “Where it All Began”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.04.02]
  2. Che Guevara, “Farewell Letter”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.04.05]
  3. Michel Bosquet, “The Last Hours of Che Guevara”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.04.07]
  4. Luis J. Gonzalez and Gustavo A. Sanchez Salazar, “The Story of Tania: Che’s Woman in Bolivia”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.04.10]
  5. Che Guevara, “Bolivian Campaign Diary”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.04.27]

March 2026 Books and Reading Notes

John Winkelman

March was a good month for poetry, thanks to an event with the Grand River Poetry Collective. I picked up eight (!) books, and then a couple of weeks later David Cope gifted me with copies of the last two issues of Big Scream, the literary journal he edited for decades.

And I even had time to read some of them.

Acquisitions

  1. Lance Richardson, True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen [2026.03.07]
  2. Patricia Clark, O Lucky Day: Poems (Madville Publishing) [2026.03.14]
  3. Jeni Juarez, The Life That Love Builds [2026.03.14]
  4. Katie Kalisz, Quiet Woman (Main Street Rag Publishing Company) [2026.03.14]
  5. Neil Kaufman, Jungle Gyms for Monkey Minds (Grand River Poetry Press) [2026.03.14]
  6. Sarah Clarissa Mieras, Riverbed Treasures (Grand River Poetry Press) [2026.03.14]
  7. Leslie Papp, What Am I Afraid Of (Grand River Poetry Press) [2026.03.14]
  8. Greg Rappleye, Barley Child (University of Arkansas Press) [2026.03.14]
  9. R. R. Tavárez, Drag Queen Preacher (The Pilgrim Press) [2026.03.14]
  10. Clemens Meyer (Katy Derbyshire, translator), All the Lights (And Other Stories) [2026.03.25]
  11. Big Scream #59 [2026.03.26]
  12. Big Scream #60 [2026.03.26]

Reading List

Books

  1. Shrikant Verma (Rahul Soni, translator), Magadh [2026.03.13]
  2. Leslie Papp, What Am I Afraid Of [2026.03.15]
  3. Sarah Clarissa Mieras, Riverbed Treasures [2026.03.17]
  4. Neil Kaufman, Jungle Gyms for Monkey Minds [2026.03.18]
  5. Greg Rappleye, Barley Child [2026.03.22]

Short Prose

  1. William S. Burroughs, “Exterminator!”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.03.01]
  2. Parker Tyler, “Dragtime and Drugtime; or Film a la Warhol “, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.03.02]
  3. Samuel Beckett, “The Calmative”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.03.04]
  4. Kameron Hurley, “Organ Optional” (Patreon story) [2026.03.08]
  5. Malcolm X, “God’s Judgment of White America”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.03.13]
  6. Michael McClure, “The Beard”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.03.15]
  7. André Pieyre de Mandiargues, “The Tide”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.03.15]
  8. Robert Coover, “A Short Story”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.03.29]
  9. Fred Rayfield, “How the War Ended in Vietnam”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.03.29]
  10. Allen Ginsberg, “Beginning of a Poem of These States”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.03.30]
  11. John Rechy, “By the Motel Pool”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.03.30]
  12. Fidel Castro, “El Che Vive!”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.03.30]
  13. Che Guevara, “Where it All Began: The Landing in Cuba”, The Evergreen Review Reader 1967 – 1973 [2026.03.30]