Eileen R. Tabios is a poet working in multiple genres and in-between. She also loves books by writing, reading, publishing, critiquing, romancing and advocating for them. This blog will feature her bibliophilic activities with posts on current book engagements and links to her books and projects related to books.

Friday, January 3, 2020

MY RELISHED READS OF 2019

My reading habits in 2019 were significantly different from the way I read in previous years due primarily to two reasons: 1) I focused on finishing my novel and looking for publication opportunities for it; and 2) I embarked on a new collection of miniature books ("miniature books" are books no larger than 3x3 inches in the U.S. or 4x4 inches internationally). I actually read more miniature books than normatively sized books this year. I list below 2019's "Relished Reads." But, first, a current picture from my Miniature Book Library:


PUBLICATIONS 
Lists below are divided among Poetry, Fiction, Memoir/Biographies, Other, and Miniature Books.

Poems or Poetry-Related (61):

A CELL OF FALLS, poems by Kimberly Alidio

STONE & TYPE, CEDAR, poems by William Allegrezza

INDEFINITE SPACE, literary journal edited by Marcia Arrieta

MARKS, hay(na)ku poems by Tom Beckett (smart. In manuscript form)

QUEEN MOB’S TEAHOUSE: TEH BOOK, anthology of poetry, prose and art edited by Russell Bennetts

THE OBU MANIFESTOS, VOL. 1 edited by James Berger

ERTH, poems by Hart Broudy

SONGBOOK FOR A BOY INSIDE, poems by Laura Buccieri

NO TENDER FENCES: An Anthology of Immigrant & First-Generation American Poetry edited by Marina Carreira, Carla Sofia Ferreira, and Kim Sousa

OZARKS, poems by C.S. Carrier

THRENODIES, poems by Joel Chace

DARK PURPLE INTERSECTIONS, poems by Juliet Cook

9 POEMS/THE LOVERS by Anais Duplan

LITTLE DITCH, poems by Melissa Eleftherion

ASHBERY MODE, anthology edited by Michael Farrell

HEDGE FUND CERTAINTY, poems by Thomas Fink (fabulous, such that I decided Meritage Press will publish it).

TEN, poems by Jennifer Firestone

NIGHT LANDING, poems by Serena J. Fox

AFTER HERACLITUS, poems by Jesse Glass

from FEED, poems by K. Lorraine Graham

EVOCARE: TANKAS by Ayo Gutierrez, Eileen R. Tabios, and Brian Cain Aene

BOUNTIFUL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENLIGHTENMENT, poems by Minal Hajratwala (wise, edgy, with a sly power)

MOTHERS OVER NANGARHAR, poems by Pamela Hart

SCHIZPO//CODE/ZERO/ THE/ECONOMICS/OF/AMBIGUITY/ AND/CREATION/OF/VALUE (20 STRUCTURALIST POEMS) from Tom Hibbard

THE LANGUAGE SIGNIFIER: VISUAL WRITING AND ECOLOGIES OF DIMENSIONALITY by Tom Hibbard

LIVSENS ONDSKAB, poetry/art by Kamilla Jorgensen

SALMER, poetry/art by Kamilla Jorgensen

ALL THE FIRES OF WIND AND LIGHT, poems by Maya Khosla

PRESERVING FIRE: SELECTED PROSE by Philip Lamantia, edited by Garrett Caples

RIVER HOARD, poems by Neil Leadbeater

REMINISCENCES OF ECHOES, poems by Marta Lopez-Luaces

WILSON WILEY VARIATIONS, poems by Thoreau Lovell

SYNONYM FOR HOME, poems by Michelle Murphy

TABLE OF CONTENTS, poetry by Bruno Neiva

BLOOD MEMORY, poems by Gail Newman

BIG CABIN, poems by Ron Padgett

A SHORT HISTORY OF MONSTERS, poems by Jose Padua (Searing, powerful, age-old wisdom. LinkedInToPoetry Recommendation #288)

FORMER POSSESSIONS OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE, poems by Michelle Penaloza

CONCRETE & CONSTRAINT, anthology of visual and constrained poetry from Penteract Press

THE LETTERS OF SYLVIA PLATH, edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil

MUMBLES IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, poems by Ben Robinson

SARASWATI’S LAMENT, poems by Barbara Roether

I WANT TO WRITE AN HONEST SENTENCE, poems by Susan M. Schultz (LPR #289)

HOW TO KNOW THE FLOWERS, poems by Jessica Smith

FELINO SORIANO TRIBUTE edited by Alison Ross

HOW THE UNIVERSE IS MADE: POEMS NEW & SELECTED 1985-2019 by Stephanie Strickland

DRINKING FROM WHAT I ONCE WORE: SELECTED AND RECENT POEMS by Chris Stroffolino

SIGHT LINES, poems by Arthur Sze (as ever, brilliant, luminous, powerful and just beautiful

THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL: SELECTED VISUAL POETRY by Eileen R. Tabios

THE IN(TER)VENTION OF THE HAY(NA)KU: SELECTED TERCETS by Eileen R. Tabios

WITNESS IN THE CONVEX MIRROR by Eileen R. Tabios

MITTEN: SCRAPS & PATTERNS, poems by Bronwen Tate

BLUE DOORS, poems by Orchid Tierney

AMALGAM: NEW AND SELECTED WORKS by Sotere Torregian

THE LAST VISPO ANTHOLOGY: VISUAL POETRY 1998-2008 edited by Nico Vassilakis and Crag Hill

BITTER MELANIN, Vols. 1, 2, and 3, poetry/prose/art zines written/curated by Adi Vicente (powerful and moving additions to diasporic Pilipinx literature)

REPETITIVE POEMS by Catherine Vidler

THE BOX IS THE WOMB OR, poems by Elizabeth Workman

PET SOUNDS, poems by Stephanie Young

TAXONOMIC DRIFT, poems by Mark Young

ON PEUT SE PERMETTRE, literary journal


Fiction (23):

INSURRECTO, novel by Gina Apostol

LOCUST GIRL, novel by Merlinda Bobis

FAKE LIKE ME, novel by Barbara Bourland

SUBVERSIVO, INC., novel by Jose Elvin Bueno

BURIED IN BOOKS, novel by Kate Carlisle

AMERICA IS NOT THE HEART, novel by Elaine Castillo

ENEMY CONTACT by Mike Maden (Tom Clancy)

RUN AWAY, novel by Harlan Coben

THE RISING SEA, novel by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown

CURSED AND OTHER STORIES, short stories by Noelle Q. De Jesus

MISSION CRITICAL, novel by Mark Greaney

CHRISTMAS AFTER ALL: THE GREAT DEPRESSION DIARY OF MINNIE SWIFT by Kathryn Lasky

10:04, novel by Ben Lerner

LEAVING THE ATOCHA STATION, novel by Ben Lerner

SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BOY, novel by Rachel Lyon

THE BETRAYED, novel by Reine Arcache Melvin

HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND AND THE END OF THE WORLD, novel by Haruki Murakami

THE GIRL BEFORE, novel by Rena Olsen

MAN OF WAR, novel by Sean Parnell

THE CORNWALLS ARE GONE, novel by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois

FALL FROM GRACE, novel by Richard North Patterson

NEON PREY, novel by John Sanford

A NOVEL DEPICTING “THE” “ASIAN” “AMERICAN” “EXPERIENCE” by Yumi Dineen Shiroma


Memoirs & (Auto)Biographies (8):

ROOF LIFE, memoir by Svetlana Alpers

ROUGH BEAUTY: FORTY SEASONS OF MOUNTAIN LIVING by Karen Auvinen

A LIGHT IN THE MIDST OF DARKNESS: THE STORY OF A BOOKSHOP, A COMMUNITY AND TRUE LOVE by Wallace Baine

THE STRANGER IN THE WOODS: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE LAST TRUE HERMIT by Michael Finkel

MAID, autobiography by Stephanie Land

ZELEI BELA: THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD, biography by Kurti Laszlo

OLD IN ART, memoir by Nell Painter

THE BODY PAPERS, memoir by Grace Talusan


Others (3)

THE NEW ARCHITECTURE OF WINE: 25 SPECTACULAR CALIFORNIA WINERIES by Heather Sandy Hebert

BIBLIO-STYLE: HOW WE LIVE AT HOME WITH BOOKS by Nina Freudenberger

MIRRORING, essay by Montana Ray


Re. Miniature Books (8 normative-sized and over 1,000 miniature books)

THE NEAL M. ALBERT COLLECTION OF MINIATURE DESIGNER BINDINGS with photographs by Tom Grill (The Grolier Club / Piccolo Press, New York, 2006)

THE POET OF THEM ALL: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND MINIATURE DESIGNER BINDINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF NEALE AND MARGARET ALBERT

MINIATURE BOOKS: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures by Anne C. Bromer and Julian I. Edison

THE LARGE WORLD OF MINIATURE BOOKS by Robert Hanson

THE QUEEN’S DOLLS’ HOUSE by Lucinda Lambton

THE PISTNER HOUSE: A MASTER IN MINIATURE by Patricia Pistner

TASHA TUDOR’S DOLLHOUSE: A LIFETIME IN MINIATURE with text by Harry Davis and photographs by Jay Paul

THE HISTORY OF MINIATURE BOOKS by Doris V. Welsh

Over a thousand miniature books read from this Miniature Book Library that was created in 2019. 




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