Phantom Advances by Mary Lynn Reed paperback book on patio table alongside plant in red ceramic pot and glass mug of coffee. Stone patio flooring in background.
Currently reading Phantom Advances by Mary Lynn Reed (Split Lip Press, 2023)
Keelhaul - New Void
Halfway from Home by Sarah Fawn Montgomery paperback book on glass patio table alongside plant in red ceramic vase and glass mug of coffee. Stone patio flooring in background.
Currently reading Halfway from Home by Sarah Fawn Montgomery (Split Lip Press, 2022)
Trotsky Icepick - WDBS
Black Sunlight by Dambudzo Marechera paperback book on patio table alongside glass coffee mug and plant in red ceramic pot. Stone flooring and beige patio chair in background.
Currently reading Black Sunlight by Dambudzo Marechera (2024 Apollo edition. Originally published by Heinemann in 1980.)
Pell Mell - Week of Fire
Miracles and Conundrums of the Secondary Planets by Jacob M. Appel paperback book on glass patio table alongside plant in ceramic pot and glass coffee mug. My bookmark is an SST Superstore catalog. Stone patio flooring in background.
Just finished reading: Miracles and Conundrums of the Secondary Planets by Jacob M. Appel (Black Lawrence Press, 2015)
The Mountain Goats - Some Swedish Trees
The Sky Isn’t Blue paperback book on glass patio table alongside mug of hot chocolate and plant in ceramic pot. Stone flooring in background.
Read last weekend: The Sky Isn’t Blue by Janice Lee (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2016)
Janice Lee is one of my favorite authors, and this collection of philosophical lyric essays is a highlight of my 2026 reading so far.
Selfie in forest with grass, trees, and blue sky in background. I’m wearing a Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising shirt.
3/6/26 selfie.
The Ex - Last Famous Words
Bill Frisell - Hard Plains Drifter
Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."
Happy Bandcamp Friday! Here’s my new album Jiaogulan! Just over three hours of piano free improvisation in 160 short pieces. Produced and mastered by Andrew Weathers.
The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.
Notes on Shapeshifting by Gabi Abrão paperback book on patio table alongside glass coffee mug and potted plant in red ceramic pot.
Just finished reading: Notes on Shapeshifting by Gabi Abrão (Not a Cult, 2022)
Jessica Williams - Blue Abstraction: Prepared Piano Project 1985–1987 LP on beige carpet.
Recent listening: Jessica Williams - Blue Abstraction: Prepared Piano Project 1985–1987 (Pre-Echo Press, 2025)
Matthew Shipp - Before the World CD with CD shelving unit and stacks of CDs in background.
Recent listening: Matthew Shipp - Before the World (FMP Records, 1997)
Matthew Shipp Trio - World Construct CD with CD shelving unit and stacks of CDs in background.
Recent listening: Matthew Shipp Trio - World Construct (ESP-Disk’, 2022)
Kali Malone and Drew McDowall - Magnetism CD with CD shelving unit and stacks of CDs in background.
Recent listening: Kali Malone and Drew McDowall - Magnetism (Ideologic Organ, 2025)
Isotope 217 - LUH
New — I spoke to eight trans people in Kansas about the new state law that invalidated their driver’s licenses overnight, what’s it’s like to live there right now, plus details of two DMV emails exclusively obtained by The Handbasket that shed light on the law’s chaotic and cruel rollout:
9. Now, transgender Kansans face a difficult choice. They can surrender their driver's licenses immediately and comply with the law, or they can hold onto them and hope that the court enjoins the state from enforcing SB 244 before they are pulled over.
1. Yesterday, we broke the story that Kansas drivers licenses for transgender people were being immediately revoked by the state.
This morning, the ACLU filed suit in state court to block that process.
Thousands of trans Kansans watch with horror and hope.
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Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period." ERIN REED FEB 25, 2026 88 5 21 Share Kansas Sate Capitol // farzinvousoughian
1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses.
Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.
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