Reading room · the library behind the work
The shelves I keep going back to.
nothing here is new. that's the point.
Poets I steal from
- Mary Oliverfor paying attention to small animals
- Ocean Vuongfor sentences that hurt politely
- Wisława Szymborskafor the Polish jokes inside the sad bits
- Anne Carsonfor the white space
- Tadeusz Różewiczfor how plain plain can be
Books on my desk
- Devotions, Mary Oliverunderlined twice in pencil
- Time Is a Mother, Ocean Vuongborrowed and never returned
- Map, Wisława Szymborskain Polish & English
- Bluets, Maggie Nelsonfor blue days
- The Wild Iris, Louise Glückfor the loud days
Films I keep watching
- The Quiet Girl (2022)An Cailín Ciúin · the title alone.
- Spirited Awayfor the rooms it puts you in
- The Tree of Lifefor how it feels like a prayer
- Past Livesfor the silences between Korean and English
Music I write to
- Max Richter, Sleepthe long version
- Ólafur Arnalds, Re:memberviolin practice
- Hania Rani, Esjafor late afternoons
- Nils Frahm, Spaceswhen the room is too small