Read Indies 2025: Letters, Translations, Limbs and a Goat

2025-03-26T13:33:14-04:00

Kaggsy’s and Lizzy’s fifth annual celebration of Indie publishers in the UK is a regular reminder to celebrate the independent voices in this industry. All month, I’ve been reading with this event in mind, and I am finishing just in time to contribute. (My first post was here. The

Read Indies 2025: Letters, Translations, Limbs and a Goat2025-03-26T13:33:14-04:00

Read Indies 2025: Six Books, Six Reading Moods

2025-02-24T15:13:24-05:00

Kaggsy’s and Lizzy’s fifth annual celebration of Indie publishers in the UK is a regular reminder to celebrate the independent voices in this industry. All month, I’ve been reading with this event in mind, and I am finishing just in time to contribute. Today, with some discussion of six

Read Indies 2025: Six Books, Six Reading Moods2025-02-24T15:13:24-05:00

Quarterly Stories: Winter 2024-2025

2025-03-26T12:58:49-04:00

Abi-Nakhoul, Atwood, Brinkley, Graves, Kemick, Nunez, Segal Short Stories in October, November and December Whether in a dedicated collection or a magazine, these stories capture a variety of reading moods. This quarter, I returned to three familiar writers and also explored four new-to-me story writers.

Quarterly Stories: Winter 2024-20252025-03-26T12:58:49-04:00

Planning: 2025’s Reading (General)

2025-03-26T12:52:35-04:00

Some people put a lot of stock into their first read of the year, selecting it as a reflection of the coming year’s goals, like other people choose a word (or words) to represent the year ahead. Partly because I’m a moody reader, with an unwieldly stack including many

Planning: 2025’s Reading (General)2025-03-26T12:52:35-04:00

Entertaining, Engaging, Enveloping: Reading as Respite

2026-06-19T12:18:06-04:00

Just yesterday I was commenting to a friend that my reading of late has felt rather disheartening. Some beautiful writing, and vitally important stories, but it was taking a toll. It reminded me that there’s been other reading in my stacks in recent weeks that could serve to balance.

Entertaining, Engaging, Enveloping: Reading as Respite2026-06-19T12:18:06-04:00
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