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Finished reading the time travel military short story anthology "Time Troopers"
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Not only a rather solid collection, but nicely varied as well.
@BaenBooks

Finished reading Charif Shanahan's "Into Each Room We Enter Without Knowing: Poems"
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A very impressive collection, especially when he got into the heavy shit.

Started reading Philip K. Dick's "Humpty Dumpty In Oakland."
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Not your typical Philip K. Dick book (or, rather, not stereotypical), but still somewhat Dick-ensian in its -ness.

Read Danai Gurira's play "The Convert" tonight.
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As enlightening and thought-provoking as, well, her other two plays.

Started reading Charif Shanahan's "Into Each Room We Enter Without Knowing: Poems"
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Some really good in the first 19 pages...

Hey, so who do I know on TikTok? I just joined, though I'm basically just going to do the same stuff I do here, only in video form; I'll leave the dancing to that
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Finished reading Cristin Terrill's "The Stars Between Us"
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Though more of a star-crossed romance than the story I was expecting, this was still an entertaining and engaging read.

Read Toi Derricotte's "Natural Birth: Poems" tonight.
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Wasn't planning on reading this impressive collection in one sitting, but given their narrative / thematic connections, I couldn't help myself.

"Apex Magazine" is one of the pre-eminent online sites for original and short stories. Don't believe me? Check out their new anthology, "Apex Magazine 2021," which you can learn more about from this exclusive interview with co-editor Lesley Conner.
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Finished reading Edward Hirsch's "Stranger By Night: Poems."
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As with so many books of that I like, it was the more narrative that I appreciated most.

Started reading Cristin Terrill's "The Stars Between Us"
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Interesting...seems like it's a take on a rather un-sci-fi story.

Finished reading Beth Revis' "Star Wars: The Princess And The Scoundrel"
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A very fun — and, for a bit, somewhat "Love Boat"-y — post "Jedi" adventure.

Started reading Edward Hirsch's "Stranger By Night: Poems"
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Yet another long-time / multi-book poet I'm just now getting to in my 50s...

Started reading Beth Revis' "Star Wars: The Princess And The Scoundrel"
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Seems like this is going to be a fun, a little smoochy, but not entirely fluffy, "Jedi" postscript.

Finished reading Anni Liu's "Border Vista: Poems"
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So good, especially the ones that were recollections. Hope to read more of her soon.

I really hate that now, if I make the joke about being "Jew-ish," people are going to think of this lying dipshit.

Started reading the archeological anthology "Worlds Long Lost."
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Only read the first one so far — Adam Oyebanji's "The Wrong Shape To Fly" — but it was really clever, so...

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