{"id":94949480,"date":"2023-01-06T13:30:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T13:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lazyandentitled.org\/?p=94949480"},"modified":"2023-01-06T13:30:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T13:30:08","slug":"friday-links-a-smattering-of-fun-to-start-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lazyandentitled.org\/?p=94949480","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links: A Smattering Of Fun To Start The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Frantic prams. \/ Romantic oblivion. \/\/ He heard a crash \/ and blamed himself. \/\/ Nice hat. \/ Thanks. \/\/ The blue umbrella \/ walks alone.” – Joshua Beckman and Matthew Rohrer, from ‘Nice Hat. Thanks.’<\/h2>

Man, a lot of y\u2019all posted what you read this past year on social media. And all of you read more than me. Good NIGHT, I better get my nose in some books if I am to keep pace with you maniacs. It\u2019s inspiring. It also makes me embarrassed. Know that I haven\u2019t cracked 20 books in a year since my kid was born, until<\/em> 2022. Proud of y\u2019all, less of myself. Anyway, I\u2019ve been reading!<\/p>

What I\u2019ve Been Reading This Week: <\/strong><\/p>

Continued reading New Poets of Native Nations<\/em>, ed. Heid E. Erdrich, like I mentioned last links column<\/a>. Lots of excellent poets, some of whom I mentioned in the previous article. In further readings, I particularly enjoyed Natalie Diaz, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Trevino L. Brings Plenty, and Brandy N\u0101lani McDougall. Not that there was anyone I didn\u2019t enjoy\u2014that anthology is a treasure trove. Those names just jumped out. <\/p>

This week, I started The Last Voyage of Somebody The Sailor<\/em> by John Barth. It alternates between two storylines, that of a 20th-century American man and the Sindbad of legend. It\u2019s interesting so far, though I\u2019m only about 50 pages in. Y\u2019all know I love modern interpretations\/retellings of myth. <\/a><\/p>

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I\u2019ve been meaning to read Barth for a while. I know he\u2019s sort of foundational to metafiction, I know he\u2019s a Maryland guy, but I don\u2019t know much else and haven\u2019t found much opinion of him from the contemporary scene. If you\u2019ve got an opinion of John Barth or recommendations for further reading, let me know. <\/p>

LINKS!<\/strong><\/p>