on my current obsessions
And, today, I’m sharing my obsessions, including:
Books I demand you purchase immediately
My favorite lil daily-life items
A teeny tiny zine
And, bonus:
Books on my to-read list
Books I demand you purchase immediately
(That is: absolutely essential reading, according to me, Queen of Always Being Right.)
If you lead poetry workshops:
Social Poetics by Mark Nowak
The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop by Felicia Rose Chavez
If you are a writer of any kind:
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (tr. Anne Carson)
Pine by Julia Koets
The Business of Being a Writer by Jane Friedman
On the Mezzanine by Cassie Donish
A few lil daily-life items I can’t live without:
This is the best chapstick ever. Unscented, unflavored, and without any sodium lauryl sulfates, which can irritate the skin long-term and cause acne. There’s also no coconut oil, which is great, because that’s high on the comedogenic scale and thus also causes acne.
This company has the most comfortable bras in the world. I wear them exclusively and just ordered more last night. You can get get 15% off with code “DBOUTS.”
A teeny tiny zine
I’ll be sending a free copy to anyone who buys something from my store this week.
Without further ado, the zine, in its entirety:
You’re also welcome to print the zine out yourself for free — just make sure to set your printer properties to “fit to paper” to ensure the spacing’s right.
Bonus: books on my to-read list:
Poetry:
Nonfiction:
Tonight I’m Someone Else by Chelsea Hodson
A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Prairie Silence by Melanie Hoffert
Graphic novels:
Stone Fruit by Lee Lai
And, finally, in case you missed it: here are some (paying!) journals currently open for submissions.
That’s all for today, folks. Thanks for being here.
-DB
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