Manzanita Papers

@DavidNaimon thanks so much for everything, David! such a deeply lovely book.

I had the honor to choose a book for Manzanita Papers monthly subscription box, write an essay about it & have it all beautified with art & artifacts. Past books were chosen by Karen Russell, Callum Angus, Ander Monson, Kate Bernheimer & more to subscribe: manzanitapapers.com

The 2022 Whiting Award Winners are: @boylesfarms, @RitaBullwinkel, @ina_carino, @anthony_cody, @comewancomeall, @alexispauline, @MeghaMaj, @jessedmccart, @nanankweti, and @23cschwartz.

Devoured Jen Bervin's SILK POEMS earlier this morning surrounded by children who were devouring cereal and Octonauts. What a surprising and loving peek into a silkworm's mind, their language, their ambition and mortality.

@joelhans yay! so glad you liked it!

Many thanks to Thomas Dai and @manzanitapapers for the recommendation!

In which I consider marriage & queer bodies & ropes & ties & trees & living alone in the North Carolina woods (& a little Lia Purpura as a treat). Thrilled to have an essay in this anthology, alongside an absolute stunner list of writers I love. Out in May from @HarperPerennial!

@angermonsoon agreed ❤️

This would be a good time to subscribe because my book rec rules

February's book rec comes courtesy of @angermonsoon. Here's a few lines from one of Ander's essays, which can be found in his collection I WILL TAKE THE ANSWER, & here, an earlier form, in @thenormalschool: thenormalschool.com/blog/2018/3/12…

Here are all of the books I would love to publish in 2022. Publishers of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, autofiction, graphic fiction, graphic memoir, or children's books, hit me up 😂. But seriously, I'd love to publish these, where you at, agents and publishers? #poetry #fiction

Shared this on instagram already, but it's so rad I feel like sharing it again here: the cover for my at-long-last forthcoming PREDATOR: A MEMOIR. Comes out in September from @GraywolfPress along with spicy new books from my homies @BojanLouis and Manuel Muñoz.

For the January box, Karen Russell recommended "a treasure chest of perennial radiance": @nanankweti's WALKING ON COWRIE SHELLS.

@okamoto__ thanks so much, Katie!

I always love the style sheets @GraywolfPress sends me for my books in copyediting, and this one's a winner. It's so great seeing the formality of this doc collide with PREDATOR and all the shit in this here book.

@AriannaRebolini thanks so much, Arianna! full of appreciation for you. ❤️❤️❤️

A beautiful package arrived in the mail today: a literary art box from @manzanitapapers ! I wrote the recommendation this month, do check out the book "Stray City" by @chelseyhotel #portlandoregon #bookrecommendation #manzanitapapers #bookmail #graphicbookreview #novel

@reynoldsalec oof, yeah, it’s rough out there. glad we can keep you company!

Very glad my @manzanitapapers book is here to save me from reading the news.

So eternally grateful to my hometown bookstore @RoomofOnesOwn for their continued support of this book! Their new space is gorgeous, so stop by and give them some love and snag a freshly signed copy of TOMBOYLAND as a gift while you’re at it! Love you forever, Team Room!

@GabrielJBump @melissafaliveno @TyreeDaye It’s a joy to celebrate your book! ❤️

Local organizations celebrating reading & writing are close to our heart. That's why we're so grateful @wweek, @wilwrite, @FriendMultCoLib, @manzanitapapers, and @CreativeWrPSU are part of our #PDXBookFest virtual marketplace! They're worth looking into: literary-arts.org/vendor-marketp…

The kind & multitalented @FrancesArtist chose the book for December + put together a special illustrated review. Can't wait to share with y'all! Check out some of her recent work in @rhinopoetry: rhinopoetry.org/reviews/writer…