April 27, 2024: Witness, Crystal Wilkinson
Witness
Crystal Wilkinson
I’m convinced that if you could
have seen my grandmother
standing in the doorway
waiting for him to come home from the fields,
if you’d smelled that spectacular evening thick
with sweat & felt the pulsing of the stars, if
you’d borne witness
to the animals’ moans echoing in the holler
that night, if you just could have seen the
hair rise up
on granddaddy’s arm like that, like
offerings to god, when his elbow touched
hers, if you could have seen
her longing dissipate just a little as he came
through the door smelling like a day’s work, you
should have seen them close enough to breathe
the same air while not even touching.
(He smiled at her without smiling.) If you could
have seen them watching me watch them, then
you’d know how much i love you. If you could
have heard her say, You want some supper?
We got pie.
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Also:
+ After Work, Richard Jones
+ I Come Home Wanting To Touch Everyone, Stephen Dunn
Here's a quick survey on the future of these posts, if you have a moment. (Mega thanks to those who've replied!)
Today in:
2023: from Burial, Ross Gay
2022: Ode to Tortillas, José Olivarez
2021: Say Thank You Say I’m Sorry, Jericho Brown
2020: The Restoration, Gary Jackson
2019: The Termite, Ogden Nash
2018: Elegy, W.S. Merwin
2017: Young Wife’s Lament, Brigit Pegeen Kelly
2016: For the Confederate Dead, Kevin Young
2015: Awaking in New York, Maya Angelou
2014: when you have forgotten Sunday: the love story, Gwendolyn Brooks
2013: Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey, Hayden Carruth
2012: My Place, Franz Wright
2011: from The Wild Geese, Wendell Berry
2010: Love After Love, Derek Walcott
2009: To This May, W.S. Merwin
2008: Father, Ted Kooser
2007: from Little Sleep’s-Head Sprouting Hair in the Moonlight, Galway Kinnell
2006: Crusoe in England, Elizabeth Bishop
2005: Dream Song 1, John Berryman
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books read in 2024!
books read so far: 90/100
— gr: http://goodreads.com/cossettereads
— sg: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/cossettereads
as always, askbox + dms are open if have any questions or would like to chat about books! 🤍
⊹ indicates any (new) favorites of the month!
previous months are under the cut!
september ⋆ ˚。⋆౨ৎ
1) the glitch by leeanne slade (audiobook)
2) howl’s moving castle by diana wynne jones (traveling book club; annotated)
3) how to kill your family by bella mackie (audiobook)
4) everyone i kissed since you got famous by mae marvel (audiobook)
5) blue sisters by coco mellors (reread, annotation)
6) mott street: a chinese american family's story of exclusion and homecoming by ava chin ⊹
january ⋆ ˚。⋆౨ৎ˚
1) beach read by emily henry (reread)
2) on palestine by noam chomsky & ilan pappé
3) valley verified by kyla zhao (gifted)
4) the wind at my back: resilience, grace, and other gifts from my mentor, raven wilkinson by misty copeland & susan fales-hill (gifted)
5) check please: year one by ngozi ukazu (reread)
6) check please: year two by ngozi ukazu (reread)
7) check please: year three by ngozi ukazu (reread)
8) check please: year four by ngozi ukazu (reread)
9) raiders of the lost heart by jo segura (gifted)
10) the frame-up by gwenda bond (arc)
11) everything i never told you by celeste ng ⊹
12) forgive me not by jennifer baker (gifted)
13) ever after always by chloe liese (gifted)
14) the summer of bitter and sweet by jen ferguson (gifted)
15) the lily of ludgate hill by mimi matthews (gifted)
16) last call at the local by sarah grunder ruiz (gifted) ⊹
17) the sun and the void by gabriela romero-lacruz (gifted)
18) a line in the dark by malinda lo (gifted)
19) biting the hand: growing up asian in black and white america by julia lee (gifted)
20) play it as it lays by joan didion
february ⋆ ˚。⋆౨ৎ˚
1) mister hockey by lia riley *
2) collide by bal khabra (arc) *
3) a curious beginning by deanna raybourn (gifted)
4) breaking the ice by k.r. collins *
5) if only you by chloe liese (gifted) *
6) anxious people by frederik backman ⊹
7) the catch by amy lea (gifted)
8) weekends with you by alexandra paige (arc)
9) happily never after by lynn painter (arc)
10) klara and the sun by kazuo ishiguro
11) good material by dolly alderton
12) in the event this doesn't fall apart by shannon lee barry
13) the night ends with fire (arc) by k.x. song
14) the good, the bad, and the aunties (arc) by jesse q. sutanto
15) where sleeping girls lie (arc) by faridah àbíké-íyímídé
16) sophomore surge by k.r. collins *
17) lighting the lamp by k.r. collins *
18) glove save and a beauty by k.r. collins *
19) home ice advantage by k.r. collins *
20) power play by k.r. collins *
21) grounded by k.r. collins *
22) line chemistry by k.r. collins *
march ⋆ ˚。⋆౨ৎ˚
1) happy medium by sarah adler (arc)
2) a darker shade of magic by v.e. schwab (audiobook)
3) expiration dates by rebecca serle (arc)
4) divine rivals by rebecca ross (book club)
5) the siren by katherine st. john (gifted)
6) light in gaza edited by jehad abusalim
7) how to end a love story by yulin kuang (arc) // reviewed here
8) rising from the deep: the seattle kraken, a tenacious push for expansion, and the emerald city's sports revival by geoff baker
9) les misérables by victor hugo (reread)
april ⋆ ˚。⋆౨ৎ˚
1) the goodbye cat by hiro arikawa (reread)
2) the traveling cat chronicles by hiro arikawa (reread)
3) this is me trying by racquel marie (arc)
4) kill her twice by stacey lee (arc)
5) the pairing by casey mcquiston (arc)
6) swiped by l.m. chilton (arc)
7) lies and weddings by kevin kwan (arc)
8) the odyssey by homer (audiobook)
may ⋆ ˚。⋆౨ৎ˚
1) this summer will be different by carley fortune (arc)
2) the viscount who loved me by julia quinn (reread)
3) romancing mister bridgerton by julia quinn (reread)
4) the iliad by homer (narrated by audra mcdonald) (audiobook)
5) a novel love story by ashley poston (arc)
6) when he was wicked by julia quinn (reread)
7) a banh mi for two by trinity nguyen (arc)
8) the secret garden by frances hodgson burnett (audiobook)
june ⋆ ˚。⋆౨ৎ
1) lessons in chemistry by bonnie garmus
2) the phantom of the opera by gaston leroux (audiobook)
3) you, with a view by jessica joyce
4) s. by j.j. abrams & doug dorst
5) the hunchback of the notre dame (audiobook) A
july ⋆ ˚。⋆౨ৎ
1) firekeeper's daughter by angeline boulley (audiobook) ⊹
2) born to run by bruce springsteen (audiobook)
3) it had to be you by eliza jane brazier
4) the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald (reread; annotated)
5) death on the nile by agatha christie (audiobook)
6) blue sisters by coco mellors (arc) ⊹
7) juniper and thorn by ava reid (audiobook)
8) the villain edit by laurie devore ⊹
august ⋆ ˚。⋆౨ৎ
1) a study in drowning by ava reid (audiobook)
2) just for the summer by abby jimenez
3) the match by sarah adams (audiobook)
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Where to find multiple people from Taskmaster outside of the show
Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned: David Baddiel, Frank Skinner
Big Fat Quiz of the Year/Big Fat Quiz of Everything: Mawaan Rizwan, Judi Love, Noel Fielding, Dara O'Briain, Sarah Millican, Jo Brand, Romesh Ranganathan, Asim Chaudhry, Rose Matafeo, Mel Giedroyc
The Cleaner: Greg Davis, Asim Chaudhry, Sian Gibson
Cuckoo: Greg Davis, Asim Chaudhry
Doctor Who: Mawaan Rizwan, Ardal O'Hanlon
The Inbetweeners: Greg Davis, Joe Thomas, Susan Wokoma
Eight out of Ten Cats/ Eight out of 10 Cats does Countdown: Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Richard Osman, Joe Wilkinson, Paul Chowdhry, Rob Beckett, Sara Pascoe, Lolly Adefope, Aisling Bea, Nish Kumar, Alice Levine, Liza Tarbuck, Jessica Knappett, Phil Wang, David Baddiel, Rose Matafeo, Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Lee Mack, Morgana Robinson, Chris Ramsey, Judi Love, Sophie Duker, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Sam Campbell
Frankie Boyle's New World Order: Frankie Boyle, Sara Pascoe, Nish Kumar, Desiree Burch, Fern Brady
Feel Good: Mae Martin, Charlotte Ritchie
Fresh Meat: Joe Thomas, Charlotte Ritchie, Rob Beckett
Ghosts: Lolly Adefope, Charlotte Ritchie, Jessica Knappett, Katy Wix, Bridget Christie, Keill Smith-Bynoe
The Great British Bakeoff: Rob Beckett, James Acastar, Sue Perkins, Mel Gierdroyc
Hypothetical: James Acaster, Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty, Liza Tarbuck, Phil Wang, Lou Sanders, Rose Matafeo, Guz Khan, Victoria Cohen Mitchell, Judi Love, Dara O'Briain
Have I Got News for You: Roisin Conaty, Dave Gorman, Mel Giedroyc, Nish Kumar, Alice Levine, Liza Tarbuck, Phil Wang, Jo Brand, Richard Herring, Desiree Burch, Munya Chawawa, Sarah Millican, Ivo Graham, Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont
Off Menu Podcast: James Acaster (host), Ed Gamble (host), Greg Davis, Nish Kumar, Alex Horne, Dara O'Briain, Katherine Ryan, Joe Thomas, Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Bob Mortimer, Jamali Maddix, Morgana Robinson, Bridget Christie, John Kearns, Keill Smith-Bynoe, Mae Martin
Outnumbered: Hugh Dennis, Katy Wix, Lee Mack
Late Night Lycett: Joe Lycett (host), Katherine Ryan, Daisy May Cooper
The Last Leg: Josh Widdicombe (host), Romesh Ranganathan, Lolly Adefope, Jessica Knappett, Johnny Vegas, Sophie Duker, Lucy Beaumont, Jo Brand, Frank Skinner, Joe Thomas, Katherine Ryan, Greg Davis, Russell Howard, Roisin Conaty, Aisling Bea, Joe Lycett, Victoria Cohen Mitchell, James Acaster, Sally Phillips, Nish Kumar, Alex Horne, Kerry Godliman, Phil Wang, Jamali Maddix, Guz Khan, Desiree Burch, Munya Chawawa, Susan Wokoma, Rose Matafeo, Kiell Smith-Bynoe
Miranda: Joe Wilkinson, Mel Giedroyc, Sally Phillips, Liza Tarbuck, Katy Wix
Mock the Week: Dara O'Briain (host), Hugh Dennis (every episode), Frankie Boyle, Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Al Murray, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar, Kerry Godliman, Rhod Gilbert, Ed Gamble, Desiree Burch, Chris Ramsey, Sophie Duker, Sarah Millican, Ivo Graham
Man Down: Roisin Connarty, Greg Davis, Mike Wozniak
Not Going Out: Lee Mack, Hugh Dennis, Tim Vine, Katy Wix
Parenting Hell: Josh Widdicombe (host), Rob Beckett (host)
Paul Sinhar's TV Showdown: Paul Sinhar (host), Rob Beckett
QI: Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Richard Osman, Dave Gorman, Sara Pascoe, Hugh Dennis, Lolly Adefope, Aisling Bea, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar, Tim Vine, David Baddiel, Jo Brand, Rose Matafeo, Johnny Vegas, Alan Davis, Desiree Burch, Victoria Cohen Mitchell, Bridget Christie, Dara O'Briain, Ivo Graham, Jenny Eclair, Julian Clary, Sue Perkins
Quickly Kevin, Will He Score?: Josh Widdicombe (host) (busy guy), Ivo Graham
Rob and Romesh vs...: Romesh Ranganathan (host), Rob Becket (host)
Russell Howard's Good News: Russell Howard (host) (obviously), Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan, Doc Brown, Joe Wilkinson, Aisling Bea, Iain Sterling, Lou Sanders, Ed Gamble, Chris Ramsey
The Russell Howard Hour: Russell Howard (host) (obviously), Paul Chowdhry, Jessica Knappett, Lou Sanders, Desiree Burch
Would I Lie to You: Richard Osman, Bob Mortimer, Phil Wang, Rhod Gilbert, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Sian Gibson, Jo Brand, Katherine Parkinson, Lee Mack, Sarah Kendall, Desiree Burch, Ardal O'Hanlon, Judi Love, Munya Chawawa, Sarah Millican, Lucy Beaumont
Very Modern Quests: Alice Levine, Greg James, Joe Lycett, Phil Wang
Enjoy!
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Free Black History, Palestine, Socialism (and other) books on Haymarket
So, HaymarketBooks is a cool online bookstore that, while it does sell physical and digital books, it also offers a lot of free ebooks on subjects it thinks the public should be aware of.
Two categories I know of are Black History, after some racist law in the US that banned Black History resources
And Palestine, what with government media giving a super biased view of unfortunately
It’s in moments like these that we must turn to independent media and resource providers to educate ourselves on topics the government or other people don’t want us to learn about.
Now, here are all of Haymarket’s books they are offering for free, since their website doesn’t have a filter or sort by price option.
Here they are, 17 in total, as per 2nd Feb 2024 :)
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions by Omar Barghouti, 320 pages
1989, The Number by Kevin Coval and Nate Marshall, 23 pages
Inauguration by Idris Goodwin and Nico Wilkinson, 23 pages
The Anti-Inauguration by Anand Gopal, Owen Jones, et al., 40 pages
Commando by E'mon Lauren,
Human Highlight by Kevin Coval and Idris Goodwin
1919 by Eve L. Ewing
The New Authoritarians by David Renton
Socialist Strategy and Electoral Politics
The Brother You Choose by Susie Day
Can't Pay, Won't Pay by Debt Collective
Black Lives Matter at School by Jesse Hagopian and Denisha Jones
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction Edited by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean
Light in Gaza Edited by Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, et al., 280 pages
A Life of Activism by Howard Zinn, 81 pages
Our History Has Always Been Contraband Edited by Colin Kaepernick, Robin D. G. Kelley, et al.
From the River to the Sea Edited by Sai Englert, Michal Schatz, et al.
While their website is limited when it comes to pricing options, it's not limited with free books, so you don't need to enter a single financial detail to download these books :)
Note: I haven't read any of these books yet so the tags are just based on their book descriptions
Other places for more free books:
Liberation Library
On the colonization and ethnic cleansing of Palestine
Sudan guide, not an ebook, but #keep eyes on sudan #free sudan
Happy reading! :)
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