Started reading Italo Calvino's #ShortStory collection "Difficult Loves."
https://amzn.to/3WQmUgM
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Been meaning to read more of his stuff; this seemed like a good place to start.
#books #reading #ShortStories

Started reading Kate Gale's "Mating Season: Poems" tonight.
https://amzn.to/41f3rHi
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So far, this is way smarter than my choice of emojis.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Finished reading Cynthia Cruz's "Back To The Woods: Poems."
https://amzn.to/4am8ucd
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Her best #poems come when she allows herself to be a bit rough, and this one got rough a fair amount.
#books #reading #poetry

@INtlBill Yeah, it could've been a lot worse.

While I had to suffer the indignity of seeing #Borderlands (a certain someone who shall remain nameless asked me to go so I can talk about it in a video next week), I somewhat mitigated the pain by having the best pancakes in L.A. Suffice it to say, they didn't look like this for long.

I say this as a big fan of the games, #Borderlands wasn't as bad as some people are saying, but it also isn't as good as I was hoping it would be. It was, as the kids say, mid.
#BorderlandsMovie #BorderlandsFilm
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Started reading J.S. Dewes' "Rubicon."
https://amzn.to/3KS5Z6I
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Absolutely ripping my way through this gripping, clever, and gritty #MilitarySciFi #SpaceOpera novel.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi

Read Nghi Vo's "The Brides Of High Hill: The Singing Hills Cycle" tonight.
https://amzn.to/3WKr0ax
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Always enjoy spending time with Cleric Chih, but this time was...unexpected.
#books #reading #fantasy

Started reading Cynthia Cruz's "Back To The Woods: Poems."
https://amzn.to/4am8ucd
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Seems like this is going to be another solid but too short collection.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

While a lot of people have tried to use time machines to stop World War II, in S.M. Stirling's science fiction time travel adventure novel "To Turn The Tide," he sends people back to stop World War III. To find out why, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-to-turn-the-tide-author-s-m-stirling/
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#SMStirling #SMStirlingInterview #SMStirlingToTurnTheTide #SMStirlingToTurnTheTideInterview #SMStirlingToMakeTheDarknessLight #SMStirlingTheWindsOfFate #ScienceFiction #SciFi #TimeTravel

And now, something for fans of Iron Man, "Halo," and "Fallout": "Tomorrow's Troopers," an anthology of sci-fi short stories about people in power armor. Here's the link to my exclusive interview with "Troopers" co-editor David Afsharirad.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-tomorrows-troopers-co-editor-david-afsharirad/
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#DavidAfsharirad #DavidAfshariradInterview #DavidAfshariradTomorrowsTroopers #DavidAfshariradTomorrowsTroopersInterview #MilitaryScienceFiction #MilitarySciFi #ShortStory #ShortStories #PowerArmor

Finished reading Lamya H's "Hijab Butch Blues."
https://amzn.to/3LShDiz
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I don't say this lightly: This is a powerful book, one that made me care about the author, infuriated by the shit they had to deal with, but also appreciative that I got to read about it, and in doing so, learned a lot, about her (our) world and myself.

Finished reading Scott McKendry's "Gub: Poems."
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/scott-mckendry/gub/9781472158079/
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Well, this was really, really good, even if, as an ugly American, I didn't understand some of the Gaelic / Irish references. Or words.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

I know this won't stop anything, since the kind of people who spread these lies don't follow me (thank God, Buddha, Allah, Cthulhu, Moses, and Lemmy), but in case you need to educate someone in your life...
#StolenValor #KamalaWalz2024 #TimWalz

There's a lot mercenaries can do when they retire: sleep, eat, golf... But in Cat Rambo's "Disco Space Opera" series, they open a restaurant…and still get into trouble. In this exclusive Q&A, Rambo discusses the 2nd installment, "Devil's Gun," which is now in paperback.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-devils-gun-author-cat-rambo/
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#CatRambo #CatRamboInterview #CatRamboDevilsGun #CatRamboDevilsGunInterview #CatRamboYouSexyThing #CatRamboRumorHasIt #CatRamboDiscoSpaceOpera #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera

Did two 7-year-olds conspire to force poet Rae Armantrout call her new poetry collection "Go Figure"? I get to the (not so) shocking truth in this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-go-figure-author-rae-armantrout/
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#RaeArmantrout #RaeArmantroutInterview #RaeArmantroutGoFigure #RaeArmantroutGoFigureInterview #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #BookTok #poems #poetry

Started reading Lamya H's "Hijab Butch Blues."
https://amzn.to/3LShDiz
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A coming-of-age memoir of a queer hijabi Muslim immigrant. So, y'know, a light read that won't open my eyes or anything.
#books #reading

Started reading Bogi Takács' #ShortStory collection "The Trans Space Octopus Congregation: Stories."
https://amzn.to/3WRjPxf
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Not sure how I first heard about em, but I'm excited to really dig into this book.
#books #reading #ShortStories

Started reading Scott McKendry's "Gub: Poems."
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/scott-mckendry/gub/9781472158079/
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Under normal circumstances, referencing "The Flintstones," Traci Lords, and Iron Maiden's Eddie in the first 17 pages would be a red flag, but so far, this guy makes it work.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

I'm digging #ExplodingKittens on Netflix.

That is all.

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