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The Oven by Sophie Goldstein
I must admit that I am a sucker for a scrappy utopia. I love hope expressed through investing in the land, having children and forming community around shared humanity. In Sophie Goldstein's The Oven,...
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Frontier #9: Becca Tobin
The story of a musician is a story that I'm inclined to dislike. However, the excellent thing about reading about creative frustration is that you don't have to hear the products of the struggle....
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The best kiddo sent me some mail today. Being a weird aunt is cool. pic.twitter.com/DpNkLyRTtQ— Carrie (@carrietryharder) January 8, 2016As longtime readers know, I love mail. It is such a simple...
View Article2015 finally dies!
Despite this being a horrible life year, it was a very wonderful reading year. Not included in my tally are the many books I started or collections I picked through over 2015, many of which were also...
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lettermo 1, 2016
I am starting #lettermo this year with two collaged cards for two great people. I think I probably owe you a letter. Feel free to remind me in the comments.
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just friends
The other day my heart felt heavy but open. I was ready to spend the night contemplating the good things in life. I'd heard many good things about Paul Lisicky's new book, The Narrow Door, and thought...
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lettermo 2, 2016
As usual, I've not managed a piece of mail a day. I tend to work better in bursts. I like to focus, perhaps too intensively, on the person that I am writing to and frankly I just haven't the energy for...
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Paper Jam 2016
Crowd shotAfter the master hyping of Paper Jam by Darryl Ayo on twitter, I decided to drag my dusty carcass to Silent Barn in Bushwick for the small comics/zine fest. I am a big fan of the space with...
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bedtime stack
What's getting me to sleep these days:Bad Habits by Cristy C. RoadThis Is Not It by Lynne TillmanIn The Time of the Blue Ball by Manuela Draeger
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MoCCA 2016
MoCCA in a Hell's Kitchen that looks different than it used to: A New Yorker's lament. Well, not really. While I miss my neighborhood as it was, I liked the new venue for MoCCA. Not only does the...
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Nicolas by Pascal Girard, translated by Helge Dascher
Missing my brother today & thinking of all the pasts I've had. From Pascal Girard's Nicolas: pic.twitter.com/Of9c4sr1nF— Carrie (@carrietryharder) July 11, 2016After years of cramming books in...
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Libby's Dad by Eleanor Davis
Recently I've had a lot of chances to experience shitty cable. Between traveling and "getting away" and tagging along, I've been watching a lot of Forensic Files. Overall this hasn't been so great for...
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Oh lovelies,Reading has been tough. My mind is currently focused on bringing up all the pain of the past 20+ years and parading it around, making focus difficult and spare time unpleasurable. Today is...
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I was browsing Greenlight bookstore when I had the thought "there are so many books I still want to read." This was a surprisingly positive thought, one I hope that will sustain me in the coming...
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Behold my CAB haul:My Pretty Vampire 1 and 2 by Katie SkellyLaid Waste by Julia GfrörerEnter, Holy Pilgrim by Laila Milevski (part of my Ley Lines sub)Cyanide Milkshake 8 by Liz Suburbia Impatience by...
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Ikebana by Yumi SakugawaFrontier 9: Becca TobinFountain of Age by Nancy KressAmong Others by Jo WaltonThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonxoOrpheus edited by Kate BerheimerDragon's Breath by...
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Slade House by David MitchellMickey by Chelsea MartinAfter Atlas by Emma NewmanCyanide Milkshake 8 by Liz Suburbia Laid Waste by Julia Gfrörer My Pretty Vampire 1 and 2 by Katie SkellyLibby's Dad by...
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LA reading or not reading
Los Angeles has the best bookstores. They are big and rolling and usually have cafes. On my December trip, I only went to Stories and, feeling very used up, picked up a copy of I Am Not Ashamed, the...
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CHOICES: A Pro-Choice Benefit Comic
A recent visit to Philly to wade through dead people's stuff unearthed a book that I've written about before as a memory:CHOICES: A Pro-Choice Benefit Comic. From the sticker on the front, this book...
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Canopy by Karine Beradou
On a recent long night I decided that big eyes of the main character of Canopy had been staring out from my to-read pile for too long. A wordless comic is a tough sell to me, especially in these times...
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Driftglass by Samuel R. Delany
I had a comically hard time finishing the ten stories that comprise Driftglass. Each is basically a dude using a lot of words to tell a story where very little happens. I took it as a challenge to read...
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"I was fourteen and didn't want to be involved in any of this, but I was part of it as always, and as always, everyone kept asking me, What's wrong? Are you okay? Is something bothering you? At night I...
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Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
This winter has been testing my resolve to not recede entirely into the spaces between the radiator coils. I'm always craving the lightness of summer, the feverishness of a summer night's...
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Reading Jayne County
I was trying to find a 70s German movie set in the US desert. Juggling search terms, I ran across a film starring Jane County (the chaotic beauty City of Lost Souls (1983)). This took me back. I read...
View Articlemasks for me and you
😷😷😷Here's a list of businesses that require staff and customers to wear masks. Please add more in the comments and I'll vet and add them. Also looking for places in DC, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Boston,...
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