2022 Reads

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I never used to keep lists of what I’ve read, but now that I put my reads up in my Instagram Stories I’ve got a whole photo diary of ‘em! Swapping book recs with folks there is my favorite part of that whole stinkin app right now. DM’ing with authors too. I love to be able to send instantaneous fan mail.

Big shout out to my friends/fam who wrote some truly stellar non-fiction this year: DIRTBAG, MASSACHUSETTS by Isaac Fitzgerald, BAD SEX by Nona Willis Arnowitz, UNSETTLING by Elizabeth Weinberg, and HYSTERICAL by Elissa Bassist. I’m so proud of all of you!

More big shout outs to this year’s reads by our Spruceton Inn Artist Residents! ESSENTIAL LABOR, by Angela Garbes, THE RED ZONE by Chloe Caldwell, THAT’S DEBATABLE by Jen Doll, AND YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF by Sari Botton, KNOW MY NAME by Chanel Miller, SELF CARE by Leigh Stein, WE DO WHAT WE DO IN THE DARK by Michelle Hart, and SELF-PORTRAIT WITH NOTHING by Aimee Potwokta.

And a little extra love to DAWN OF EVERYTHING (David Graeber and David Wengrow) for completely rearranging how I view human history, to THE EMPLOYEES (Olga Ravn) for being so wonderfully weird, NEW ANIMAL (Ella Baxter) for lingering with me long after I finished reading, THE RABBIT HUTCH (Tess Gunty) for making me take out a pencil and underline all those absolutely perfect descriptions, and THE COURT OF ROSES AND THORNS (Sarah J. Maas) for reminding me the sexy genre reads can be such great fun.

Now, off this laptop and back to my latest read in front of the wood stove!