Hello and happy Monday, Epic folx! I alternated gardening, reading, chores, and crafting this weekend, and I am learning to hand-quilt and am Pretty Excited About It. (It’s coping mechanisms all the way down, y’all.)
-Jenn
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I spent my long weekend indoors reading, so I was able to get through a number of books recently. I blew through Alice Wong’s incredible forthcoming memoir, Year of the Tiger. It’s about her life as an Asian American disability activist and the format for this one is so great: it’s a scrapbook! You’ll see interviews, essays, art, and more, and it’s so great at capturing Alice’s voice and her powerful work.
I also blew through Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado. I wanted to like it more than I did, but I see why others have fallen for this Sapphic horror/thriller novel about the Bronx and a creepypasta-type legend.
Currently, I’m reading Jumper by Melanie Crowder, a queer wildnerness adventure YA novel about smokejumpers. As I write this quick update, it’s prior to a long weekend up north (is that a thing anyone but those of us in the Midwest say?) and I plan on bringing a romance with me to read. By the time you read this update, I’ll already be back and preparing to tell you which one ended up making the trip with me.
Tell me what you’ve got on your stack right now!
— Kelly