Tag: Martin Aitken

After reading one gigantic book (Demons, Dostoevsky), and well over a dozen shorter books and journals, I have settled into a more sedate reading pace, with a few novels and nonfiction titles for this month. Feels like I have found my reading groove after a chaotic reading start to the reading year. Also, reading would be a good adjective modifier, like “fucking” or “smurfing.”

Acquisitions

11. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic [2024.03.13] – Purchased from Books and Mortar bookstore in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
12. Jason McBride, Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker [2024.03.23] – Ordered and purchased from Books and Mortar bookstore.
13. Edward W. Said, Orientalism [2024.03.23] – Ordered and purchased from Books and Mortar bookstore.
14. Nikole Hannah-Jones (creator), The 1619 Project [2024.03.23] – Purchased at Harmony Brewing Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Books and Mortar had a popup sale of banned books in the bar, and this one caught my eye. It had been on my radar for a while, and this seemed like a good opportunity to add it to the library.

Reading List

Books and Journals

20. R.F. Kuang, Babel [2024.03.11]
21. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment [2024.03.16]
22. Kai Ashante Wilson, The Devil in America [2024.03.17]
23. Jazmina Barrera (Christina MacSweeney, translator), Linea Nigra [2024.03.18]
24. Bjørn Rasmussen (Martin Aitken, translator), The Skin is the Elastic Covering That Encases the Entire Body [2024.03.20]
25. Herman Melville, Bartleby [2024.03.23]
26. William Meikle, The Plasm [2024.03.24]
27. Wolfgang Hilbig, The Females [2024.03.26]
28. Jung Young Moon (Jung Yewon, translator), Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River [2024.03.29]

Short Prose

46. Herman Melville, “Bartleby”, Bartleby [2024.03.23]
47. Herman Melville, “The Lightning-Rod Man”, Bartleby [2024.03.23]
48. Jim C. Hines, “In the Line of Duty”, Patreon post [2024.03.31]