Reads for the Rest of Us
Reads for the Rest of Us: The Best Poetry of 2025 and 2026
With help from Violet, I picked the most exciting poetry collections 2025-2026 by women and trans poets of color.
Yes, You Do Have a Pronoun Resource Guide
This resource guide accompanies my article "Yes, You Do Have Pronouns." It includes popular press articles, peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and websites, all vetted by me (an academic librarian with 20+ years of experience).
2025 ‘Best of the Rest’: Our Favorite Books of the Year
You’ve read the other “Best of” lists—now read this one. You know, the one for the rest of us.
December 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
December’s 14 titles are great for gifting or curling up with on a cold winter’s night. Wishing you all a lovely holiday season!
Why I’m No Longer Observing Thanksgiving
And what I’m doing instead.
November Reads for the Rest of Us
The feminists are heading to NWSA in Puerto Rico this month! And we're reading these books.
October 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
In a time when we need it the most, these 20 books will provide the knowledge, respite, ideas, empathy and rage we need right now to continue the work of liberation.
Random Thoughts for a Rainy Saturday Morning
After a week of COVID, I am salty and antsy to get moving and try something new. What good trouble can I get into?
September 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
Check out the top 25 books that Ms. intern, Violet Pandya, and I are excited about this month!
August 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
Check out the top 25 books that Ms. intern, Violet Pandya, and I are excited about this month!
A Cure for What Ails You
An early review of Stephanie Allen's 2019 book Tonic and Balm that was featured in Medium Books.
July 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
Check out the top 22 books that Ms. intern, Violet Pandya, and I are excited about this month!
June 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us
Reading even just one or two of the 25 books below is a first step towards sending the message that we will continue to support the arts and prioritize the stories being told by and about marginalized groups.