Incorrect Merciful Impulses by Camille Rankine

I want, so badly, to tell you that I’m finishing something or that I have a title or a trajectory but I don’t. I’m working on not knowing what I’m working on and not trying to control its outcome. What are you working on now? What can VIDA fans look forward to from you next? But April 12, the release date for Night Sky With Exit Wounds, cannot come fast enough.

Is there an author you can’t wait to read next?Īfter hearing Ocean Vuong read from his upcoming book, I desperately wanted to pay the $300 for a copy of his sold out chapbook, Burnings. NourbeSe Philip, Douglas Kearney, CD Wright, Maggie Nelson, Anne Carson, and Claudia Rankine. Voices I now hear without putting in my earbuds include: Jana Levin, Lucille Clifton, Marie Howe, CA Conrad, Joy Ladin, Yo Yo Ma, Jack Spicer, Meredith Monk, and Kazim Ali (whose reading from The Fishouse is a favorite). The same is true for Poetry Off the Shelf and Poem Talk and various poetry recordings from PennSound. I return to the On Being podcast with Krista Tippett, sometimes listening to the same episode more than 10 times. The Lost Art of Finding Our Way by John Edward Huth, and Being Mortal by Atul Gawande.Ī Swarm of Bees in High Court by Tonya M. Smith, and Voyage of the Sable Venus by Robin Coste Lewis. Right now: Incorrect Merciful Impulses by Camille Rankine, Ordinary Light by Tracy K. I’m always in the midst of several books at once b/c once I fall in love, I don’t want it to end. What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today?