The Sealey Challenge – Week Two Update
We’re two weeks and a day into The Sealey Challenge, and I’m admittedly half a book behind. “Challenge” is right. Between daily responsibilities and attempting to eke the last bit of fun from the remaining weeks of summer, my poetry reading has slid onto the backburner this past week, despite the enjoyment reading more than a dozen different poets has given me.
Participating in the challenge continues to give me insight into my own habits and, well, laziness. However, this year’s reading has brought me to a local coffeeshop every couple days, so now other regulars are checking in on me and my progress. “What are you reading today?” or “Still kicking?” greets me when I walk into the cozy little building. I now have cheerleaders and accountability, something to keep me “kicking” (though I probably won’t admit to any of them that I’m a day behind when I visit today).
Are you participating in The Sealey Challenge, and are you keeping a better or worse hold on your reading than I am? What is your favorite book you’ve read so far?
Stay tuned for flash reviews of some of the books I read during the challenge, and click the “Read more” button below to check in on which books I’ve finished so far.
We’re two weeks and a day into The Sealey Challenge, and I’m admittedly half a book behind. “Challenge” is right. Between daily responsibilities and attempting to eke the last bit of fun activities from the remaining weeks of summer, my poetry reading has slid onto the backburner this past week, despite the enjoyment reading more than a dozen different poets has given me.
Participating in the challenge continues to give me insight into my own habits and, well, laziness. However, this year’s reading has brought me to a local coffeeshop every couple days, so now other regulars are checking in on me and my progress. “What are you reading today?” or “Still kicking?” greets me when I walk into the cozy little building. I now have cheerleaders and accountability, something to keep me “kicking” (though I probably won’t admit to any of them that I’m a day behind when I visit today).
Are you participating in The Sealey Challenge, and are you keeping a better or worse hold on your reading than I am? What is your favorite book you’ve read so far?
Stay tuned for flash reviews of some of the books I read during the challenge, and check out my progress below.
All the Times We Passed McDonald’s Between Chapel Hill and Tuxedo, North Carolina, Andrew Dally, New Michigan Press
American Samizat, Jehanne Dubrow, Diode Editions
Bad Anatomy, Hannah Cohen, Glass Poetry Press
The Death Metals Pastoral, Ryan Patrick Smith, Black Lawrence Press
Diary of a Ghost Girl, Shay Alexi, Glass Poetry Press
dolores in spanish is pain, dolores in lolita is a girl, Ashley Miranda, Glass Poetry Press
The Empty Season, Catherine Bresner, Diode Editions
Every Bird is a Miracle, Tara Roeder & Arman Safa, New Michigan Press
Every Present Thing a Ghost, Rebecca Doverspike, Slapering Hol Press
Fake News Poems, Martin Ott, BlazeVOX
Ghost Exhibit, Melissa Atkinson Mercer, Glass Poetry Press
Ghost Moose, Margo Taft Stever, Kattywompus Press
Girl Paper Stone, Laurie Filipelli, Black Lawrence Press
Girldom, Megan Peak, Perugia Press
Goodbye Toothless House, Kelly Fordon, Kattywompus Press
Grimmening, Daniel Blokh, Diode Editions
Hemlock, Emilia Phillips, Diode Editions
How to Tell If You Are Human, Jessy Randall, Pleiades Press
Leading with a Naked Body, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon & Leela Chantrelle
Life on Dodge, Rita Feinstein, Brain Mill Press
Lot For Sale. No Pigs, Sandy Green, BatCat Press
Past Lives, Future Bodies, Kristin Chang, Black Lawrence Press
Pomegranates, Robin F. Brox, Xexoxial Editions
Prey, Jeanann Verlee, Black Lawrence Press
Sink, Desireé Dallagiacomo, Button Poetry
Still Seeing a Dead Soldier, James Deitz, Turning Point
To Those Who Were Our First Gods, Nickole Brown, Rattle
The Unbnd Verses, Kwame Opoku-Duku, Glass Poetry Press
Waiting for Achilles, Jo Sarzotti, Black Lawrence Press
When the Bird is Not a Human, HR Hegnauer, Subito Press
The Witches of Lila Springs, Sabrina Ito, Plan B Press
