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Currently reading – The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw. Philyaw is an American author and essayist. This book of short stories was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award.

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Currently reading – Fireflies, by Luis Sagasti. Born in 1963, Sagasti is an Argentine writer and art critic. This book is a lyrical exploration of the connections between great artists, philosophers, and scientists through history.

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Currently reading – Girls Against God, by Jenny Hval, translated by Marjam Idriss. Born in 1980, Hval is a Norwegian musician and novelist. This book is apparently a combination of feminist thought and experimental horror.

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Currently reading – Ramifications, by Daniel Saldaña París, translated by Christiana MacSweeney. Born in 1984, París is a Mexican poet, essayist, and novelist.

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Currently reading – Tales of the New World, by Sabina Murray. Born in 1968, Murray is a Filipina-American author and screenwriter. This is a book of short stories.

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Currently reading – The Hatred of Poetry, by Ben Lerner. Born in 1979, Lerner is an American poet, novelist, and essayist. This slim book ponders why so many people don’t like reading poetry.

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Currently reading – Jazz, by Toni Morrison. Born in 1931, Morrison was one of America’s greatest authors, and she won the Nobel Prize in 1993. This will be the sixth book by her I have read. Morrison died in 2019.

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Currently reading – The Best American Short Stories 2020, edited by Curtis Sittenfeld, series editor Heidi Pitlor. This just came out.

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Currently reading – Deaf Republic, by Ilya Kaminsky. Kaminsky is a Jewish-American poet born in the former Soviet Union in 1977. While legally deaf, he has a great ear for beautiful language.

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Currently reading – You Exist Too Much, by Zaina Arafat. Arafat is an Arab/Muslim-American writer. This novel depicts the adventures and trials of a young Palestinian-American lesbian in Brooklyn and across the world.