in honor of the season:
Let there be new flowering

let there be new flowering
in the fields let the fields
turn mellow for the men
let the men keep tender
through the time let the time
be wrested from the war
let the war be won
let love be
at the end

- Lucille Clifton (1987)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5PtyrewSs

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It's pretty heavy going but I'm glad I wrote it.

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Flutter, vol. 2: Don't Let Me Die Nervous, by Jennie Wood et al
Wanted this second graphic novel in the series enough to buy it, even though I'm trying not to buy things. Glad I did. It was very interesting in the way that makes me want to keep a book around. Gender stuffs, but also power stuffs.
(100, O3)

On Cats, by Doris LessingThere's a lot ( Read more... )

The Snow Day by Komako Sakai, and Snow, by Sam Usher
The Snow Day was adorable and odd and imagination-stirring (it also had a protagonist that different reviewers have gendered differently, which I found cool). Which was awesome, but did make me like Snow less, since it is merely cute and amusing, and I read them close together.
(88, 89)

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Jack & Jim, by Kitty Crowther
Cute story, sweet pictures. Predictable but likable message.
(78)

The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My, by Tove JanssonAfter years of adoring the Moomin novels and only slightly less adoring the comic strips, I thought it was about time I got around to this picture book. It was charming, vivacious, but not as ( Read more... )

Carry On, by Rainbow RowellI avoided this book for some time because I thought it would be fanfic that the protagonist of another of her books wrote, and that had so much possibility for going horribly wrong. However! It was not, it was just her OWN story set in that YA fantasy world, and it was fabulous. I was deeply engrossed. Managed to ( Read more... )

28 Days, by Charles R. Smith Jr., illustrated by Shane W. Evans
A poem and illustration about each of 28 different African-Americans of historical note, in honor of Black History Month. Mostly I liked the illustrations (great!) better than the poems (reasonably good!), but some of the poems were AMAZING.
(53)

The Book Itch, by Vaunda Micheaux ( Read more... )

Saga, vol. 5, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
I think this is my favorite Saga yet. The Lying Cat is also my favorite animal companion at the moment. <3.
(41)

Get in Trouble, by Kelly LinkSometimes I say, "Ugh, I don't really like short stories.." and then I follow it up immediately with a list of except fors. Kelly Link is almost always ( Read more... )

Some Things I've Lost, by Cybele Young
So utterly beautiful that I neither remember if there was a story nor care. Really gorgeous papercrafting work.
(31)

Daily Rituals, by Mason CurryShort bloggish pieces (it used to be a blog) about various writers' daily rituals. You'd think it would get monotonous, but as a pick-up-put-down book? It ( Read more... )