Category Archives: Currently reading

80. Bipolar Bear by Catherine Kidd (Conundrum Press, 2005) This book has a history with me. I nearly bought it the year of release but I had no cash and no idea of where a machine might be. I was too shy to ask if I could COD or something. The copy I eventually got […]

I mussed up my numbering system, not transferring all from spreadsheet to twitter or visa versa, so this will be at odds with what I had on twitter. Bah. Overall, past this particular list, for 2015, 27% of books I read were published this year or last. 14% are a century or older, higher than […]

Bit of a speedbump there. I couldn’t place my hand on where I’ve since put some of the books. If you read only what is comfortable, gratifying and what you get you bog into your cliché until your sweet spot breaks from overuse. It’s not sustainable, is it? 66. Poems: Jim Behrle & Fred Moten […]

59. Conversations with the Kid by Marco Fraticelli (King’s Road Press, 2015) How neat to get a copy of this. It is haibun by Marco of conversations with his grandchild. A limited edition given out at Haiku Canada which I couldn’t attend this year. It was made using one of my templates that I offer […]

This set of poems is a coin of two sides, observation of concrete world, and moral engagement. To my eye it doesn’t look well for tanka and haiku side but it’s not a football match where winner takes the cup, is it? Thinking about diversity more, what is salient to define? What is achieved with […]