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Is she black? Is she Indian? Hey, Donald Schmuck, all I care about is that she's not you. That she's smart, fair, and compassionate, and not a selfish, self-centered idiot who wants to be a dictator but is only ever going to be a dick.

Read James Longenbach's "Seafarer: Poems" tonight.
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Only 40 pages were new (the rest was from other books I've already read), but it was still totally worth it.

Finished reading Amanda Gunn's "Things I Didn't Do With This Body: Poems."
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Really enjoyed the personal ones, especially the titular one.

While we've all heard stories about the Greek and Roman gods, we've heard far less about the Yoruba ones. It's something author Michael J. DeLuca is hoping to rectify with his surrealist fantasy novel "The Jaguar Mask," which you can learn more about in this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Naomi Alderman's "The Future."
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Not really sure where this tech-flavored bit of / social commentary is going, but so far it's really engaging.

Finished reading the anthology " Weird World War: China."
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Thoroughly entertaining collection of / / /
war stories, especially the "Twilight Zone"-esque one at the end.

Read A.D. Sui's "The Dragonfly Gambit" tonight.
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Really, really enjoyed this clever, intricate, and intimate, anti-military / anti-empire story.

Finished reading "Star Wars: The High Republic: Escape From Valo" by Daniel Jose Older and Alyssa Wong.
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As I suspected, this was a fun one.

Add my voice to the chorus: is as entertaining and fun and exciting as , , , and the best movies, and ranks among the best of the .
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Started reading Amanda Gunn's "Things I Didn't Do With This Body: Poems."
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This is super good, especially the deeply personal ones.

For his latest "Star Trek" novel, "Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths," author Dayton Ward is taking us to Terok Nor before it changed its name and owners. To find out how this "TNG" / "DS9" crossover novel came together, check out this exclusive Q&A.
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Finished reading Fran Lock's "Dogtooth: Poems."
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This was quite good (if too short). Need to see if she has other books of her .

While he previously made kids laugh with such cartoons as "Dexter's Laboratory," writer Rob Renzetti is now trying to spook them with his "Horrible Bag" middle-grade horror novels. In this Q&A, he talks about the newest installment, "The Twisted Tower Of Endless Torment."
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Started reading "Star Wars: The High Republic: Escape From Valo" by Daniel Jose Older and Alyssa Wong.
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Seems like this is going to be a fun one...

Finished reading Gwendolyn Kiste's "The Haunting Of Velkwood."
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As a child of the suburbs, this haunted neighborhood story was super freaky in a very Stephen King kind of way. Good (spooky) stuff.

In my new interview with author Shaun Hamill, he not only discusses what inspired and influenced his fantasy novel "The Dissonance," but also why this dark fantasy story might also be urban fantasy ... and why he doesn't really care either way.
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Started reading Fran Lock's "Dogtooth: Poems."
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Really interesting so far. Though at under 60 pages, I suspect I shall lament its brevity.

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