Posted on April 1, 2021
by Adam W Burgess
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March Reading Review Before I get into reading stuff, some updates on the writing life. First, have I shared here that I’m the new Columnist for LGBTQ+ Literature & Craft at DIY MFA? I can’t recall; but my first article went live in early-February… Continue Reading “March Reviewed and April’s Holy Vedas”
Category: 2021 World Religions, Adrienne Rich, Books, Buddhism, Buddhist Scriptures, Frank O'Hara, Henry James Garrett, Hinduism, Holy Vedas, James Baldwin, John Brehm, Jonathan Harvey, Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King
Posted on February 6, 2021
by Adam W Burgess
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Somehow, I managed to read (or finish reading) nine books in the month of January (2021). I wasn’t expecting such a high number, but I think the fact that I was on vacation for ten days at the start of the month helped. I… Continue Reading “What I Read in January”
Category: Andrew Eliopolous, August Wilson, Buddhism, Drama, Essay, Fantasy, Fiction, Joan Didion, Joan Duncan Oliver, John Keats, Lao Tzu, Lawrence Weinstein, LGBT, Magical Realism, Native American, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Tommy Orange, V.E. Schwab, writing
Posted on December 17, 2020
by Adam W Burgess
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As you might know, every year I try to read a substantial number of works from within a particular genre, category, or what have you. This year, for example, I focused a lot of my attention on Southeast Asian literature and on poetry (often… Continue Reading “2021 Themed Reading: World Religions”
Category: 2021 World Religions, Alain de Botton, Atheism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Holy Vedas, Islam, Judaism, Qur'an, Read-Alongs, Reading Event, Religion, Talmud, Tao Te Ching
Posted on September 3, 2020
by Adam W Burgess
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Hello, my beloveds. Long time no see! My apologies for the absence. I’m sure many of you, like me, have been struggling with the continued pandemic, the back-to-school season, and the rather horrifying events taking place around the United States and the world, not… Continue Reading “August, #TheSealeyChallenge, and More”
Category: Blog Post, Book Review, Buddhism, Carlos Bulosan, Craig Moreau, D.A. Powell, Eduardo C. Corral, History, Joseph O. Legaspi, Joy Harjo, Ocean Vuong, Poetry, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Sam Sax, The Sealey Challenge, Thich Nhat Hanh, Tommy Pico
Posted on February 8, 2020
by Adam W Burgess
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Recently, my mother gifted me any course of my choice from the Great Courses catalog. The timing was perfect, as I had just finished reading Pema Chodron’s edition of The Way of the Bodhisattva, which she has titled, Becoming Bodhisattvas: A Guidebook for Compassionate… Continue Reading “Becoming Bodhisattvas”
