the yak occidental

Here are all the books I read July-September 2022! A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib was amazing and for me rivals Girly Drinks in terms of non-fiction I have read this year. If you like Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente, def check out Siren Queen by Nghi Vo. In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by Fiona Sampson  Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft by Samantha Silva Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia  A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib  Death in Daylesford by Kerry Greenwood (re-read) Siren Queen by Nghi Vo  Murder and Mendelssohn by Kerry Greenwood (re-read) The Castlemaine Murders by Kerry Greenwood (re-read) Unnatural Habits by Kerry Greenwood (re-read) The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas Imposter Syndrome by Kathy Wang Kindred by Octavia E. Butler I Am Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Ga...

  Painting above: Spring, Summer, Winter, Autumn (c. 1860-1862) by Paul Cezanne As seasons changed, I thought I heard voices in the wind, the wind which returned there each night, the wind that lived on the island [...] I felt and heard the first voice of winter already singing, trying to insinuate itself into our bones. Even the air seemed fire red, with its sharp chill against skin, and the leaves falling. - from Solar Storms by Linda Hogan