I’ve never kept a reading list before. This is not a full list–the purely entertaining reads are not included. These are largely texts I’m reading toward writing projects, and for teaching.
March 8, 2026
I Do Know Some Things, Richard Siken (re-read)
March 6, 2026
On The Calculation of Volume, 3, Solvej Balle
February 27, 2026
On The Calculation of Volume, 2, Solvej Balle
February 26, 2026
Say It, Jan Zwicky, Deer Mountain Pages, 2025
My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet, Misha Solomon, Brick 2026
February 24, 2026
Paris France, Gertrude Stein, Penguin Classics
February 22, 2026
On The Calculation of Volume, 1, Solvej Balle
February 16-17
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders
February 13, 2026
Holy the Firm, Annie Dillard
February 1-5, 2026
For The Time Being, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard (re-read)
February 4, 2026
A Philosophy of Walking, Frederic Grosz, (re-read)
January 1-23, 2026
Best Canadian Fiction 2025, ed Steven W. Beattie
The World After Rain, Canisia Lubrin
January 21, 2026
Splinters and Streams, Daphne Marlatt, Chax Press, Tuscon 2025
January 19, 2026
Montreal, 1909, Robert Wilkins
January 18, 2026
EnShit–tification, Cory Doctorow
Future Howl, Sue Goyette
January 14, 2026
Fear Less, Tracy K Smith
January 12, 2026
A Memoir of Sorts, Margaret Atwood
January 7, 2026
Poetry is Not a Luxury, Anonymous
January 3, 2026
Blue Pastures, Mary Oliver (re-read)
January 2, 2026
Gathering Moss, Robin Wall Kimmerer (re-read)
January 1, 2026
Into The Weeds, Lydia Davis
December 24-31, 2025
I know Some Things, Richard Siken
“You are who you are. Deal with it” (23).
The Gift, Lewis Hyde (re-read)
Water, Haleh Liza Gafori