September was a good month both for reading and acquisitions. The acquisitions were helped by three events – a book launch for two new titles from the Grand River Poetry Collective, the 2026 Kultura Celebration put on by the Kultura Education Center, and the grand re-opening of local indie bookstore Books and Mortar.

The first three books in the reading list are books I read while returning from Orlando, Florida to home. Stormy weather in Orlando caused a delay in the first leg of my flight, so I missed my connection in Charlotte and spent the night in the airport, where there was nothing to do except read.

Acquisitions

51. Lamont Arrington, The My Heart Blues: Love and Blues Poems (Grand River Poetry Press) [2026.09.10] – Purchased from the publisher at the launch event for this book.
52. GF Korreck, The Pope’s Astronomer (Grand River Poetry Press) [2026.09.10] – Purchased from the publisher at the launch event for this book.
53. Nellie DeVries, Japanese Garden: Four Seasons of Poems (Wipf and Stock Publishers) [2026.09.10] – Purchased at the Grand River Poetry Press book launch event.
54. William “Endlesswill” Davis, Jr., Searching for the Write Words: A Haiku and Word Search Experience [2026.09.12] – Purchased from the author at the 2026 Kultura celebration.
55. William “Endlesswill” Davis, Jr., Lost Poems [2026.09.12] – Purchased from the author at the 2026 Kultura celebration.
56. William “Endlesswill” Davis, Jr., QWERTY: A Vintage Typewriter Coloring Book [2026.09.12] – Purchased from the author at the 2026 Kultura celebration.
57. R. F. Kuang, Taipei Story [2026.09.19] – Purchased from Books & Mortar at their grand re-opening celebration.
58. Salvage #16 [2026.09.24]
59. Louise Glück, Poems 1962 – 2012 [2026.09.24] – Purchased from Schuler Books.
60. Diane Seuss, Frank: Sonnets (Graywolf Press) [2026.09.24] – Purchased from Schuler Books.
61. China Miéville, The Rouse [2026.09.26] – Purchased from Books & Mortar.

Reading List

Books

36. Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times [2026.09.05]
37. John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society [2026.09.05]
38. John Scalzi, Starter Villain [2026.09.07]
39. Donella H. Meadows, Thinking in Systems [2026.09.22]
40. William “Endlesswill” Davis, Jr., Searching for the Write Words [2026.09.23]
41. Nellie DeVries, Japanese Garden: Four Seasons of Poems [2026.09.23]
42. Umberto Eco, How to Travel With a Salmon & Other Essays [2026.09.24]
43. Lamont Arrington, The My Heart Blues: Love and Blues Poems [2026.09.30]

Short Prose

51. Kameron Hurley, “Hungry Like the Boar” [2026.09.07]
52. Kameron Hurley, “The Tintabulation” [2026.09.07]