Amy Irvine’s list of books that have most influenced both my life, activism, and writing: The Malady of Death, by Marguerite Duras Mythologies, by Roland Barthes Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy. Continue reading →

Books I’m reading right now: What Narcissism Means to Me, by Tony Hoagland. Funny, smart poems. Now & Then: The Poet’s Choice Columns 1997-2000, by Robert Hass. A writer friend gave Continue reading →

How to approach a list like this? The first impulse was to list my all-time favorites, though that was just daunting. So I literally went through the stack currently on the Continue reading →

Last year I found myself reading, or rereading, wide swaths of Joan Didion’s work, as collected in the recent compendium We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live. Her piercing portraits Continue reading →

Our Word is Our Weapon, by that masked philosopher of eternal truths, Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos. Hold Everything Dear, by John Berger. The poetry of polemic, under Berger’s tender, unflinching gaze, telling Continue reading →