Here’s what I’ve been reading and viewing for the past month. (You can click on the links for short reviews or comments I’ve left elsewhere.)
Hits
- The Mark of a Christian (Francis A. Schaffer)
- The Avengers (movie)
- 《下面,我该干些什么》(阿乙)(What Should I do Next, by A Yi)
- Beast (Erin Donahoe)
- Selected Poems (Tony Harrison)
- Through the Woods (Erin Donahoe)
- Big Shot’s Funeral (movie)
- Stellar Possibilities (John Dunphy)
- Up is Down (Mikal Trimm)
- Contemporary Haibun, vol. 13 (Edited by Jim Kacian, Bruce Ross, and Ken Jones)
- Pitch (Todd Boss)
- Men in Black 3 (movie)
- The Case for Working with Your Hands (Matthew Crawford)
Along with back issues of several magazines, including: Scifaikuest, The World of Chinese (x2), Star*Line (x2)
Misses
- There were no all-out misses
Neither Hit Nor Miss
- 《1988: 我想和这个世界谈》韩寒 (1988: I Want to Talk with the World, by Han Han)
- The Curious Lore of Precious Stones (George Frederick Kunz)
So how was May reading and viewing for you?