Simon A Corvid

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Writer, artist, seeker. Bi trans guy. He/they. Abolish ICE & police. On Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi land.

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Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· 8d

17c. As an adult I loved these two books I found for my kids, just a perfect mix of text and image and heart and humor. Slow Loris - Alexis Deacon Not a Box! - Antoinette Portis

Cover of "Slow Loris", written and illustrated by Alexis Deacon. A slow loris sleepily reaches out for a blue hat.

Cover of "Not a Box", written and illustrated by Antoinette Portis. The cover has the look and feel of a cardboard box. There is a simple line drawing of a rabbit standing next to a square. The title and author text are in red, and the weight of the book is in the bottom right corner, as if the book were a box.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· 8d

17b. As a kid I loved "Alexander..." for the patterning in the illustrations and the specificity of the examples. As an adult I appreciated better the family dynamics and also that the three kids shared a room! And Jarrell/Sendak partnership made for exquisite stories and images.

Covers to two books, both written by Randall Jarrell and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, against a striped red/orange/cream cloth. On the left is "The Animal Family" and on the left is "The Bat-Poet". Both feature delicate drawings of nature scenes against a cream background with a border. There are small botanical drawings as flourishes underneath the title/author text.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· 8d

Enjoying the two I've settled on for #WiT: Bora Chung's "Midnight Timetable", translated by Anton Hur, and Cristina Rivera Garza's "The Iliac Crest", translated by Sarah Booker. #ThursdayBookChat

Cover of Bora Chung's "Midnight Timetable", translated by Anton Hur. A sheep stands in what appears to be a hallway. The walls and floor are in muted neon pinks and greens, which are repeated in a lighter shade along the edges of the cover, so as to frame the area with the sheep.

Cover of Cristina Rivera Garza's "The Iliac Crest", translated by Sarah Booker. The background gives the appearance of weathered paper, there is then an anatomical drawing of the left half of a pelvic bone. The title is in red, and there is a line connecting it to the part of the pelvis with that name.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· 11d

Oh! I have the issue of The Funambulist that he did the cover for.

Cover of "The Funambulist" journal (#41: Decentering the U.S.) illustrated by Michael DeForge.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· 15d

A few weeks ago I mentioned reading Peter Kropotkin's "Mutual Aid" and, given that he was in exile in England during the 1880s, someone should write a historical romance that mentioned him. WELL SOMEONE DID!🤩

Text from "A Shore Thing" by Joanna Lowell. Circled text reads: "Earlier this summer, I had dinner with a Russian naturalist in London. He's writing about the significance of cooperation in the animal kingdom. It's brilliant work, a challenge to Darwin's focus on competition. The whole table debated his ideas in the liveliest fashion. After he left the restaurant, someone told me he'd been jailed in Russia for fomenting revolution with the peasantry. And that he was born a prince."

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· 15d

Just finished "A Shore Thing" by Joanna Lowell. Squee!!! Loved the characters, the setting, the writing, how it resolved. Excited to go back and read her others - while they're not a series there are recurring characters. AND... #ThusdayBookChat

Cover of "A Shore Thing" by Joanna Lowell. Two people in Victorian attire cycling on a boardwalk, shore to one side and dunes to the other. There is a bright sky behind them with a rainbow.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· 22d

I did not expect to ever read a whole book on Malört, but thanks to this summer's CPL reading challenge, I have. And it was fascinating! (I do actually like the drink, reminds me of my mother's herbal remedies.) "Malört: The Redemption of a Revered & Reviled Spirit" by Josh Noel. #ThursdayBookChat

Cover of "Malört: The Redemption of a Revered & Reviled Spirit" by Josh Noel. Light green background, with darker great ornamental flourishes in the corners, and elements of Malört's bottle design above and below the title.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Jul 9

Reading Simón López Trujillo's "Pedro the Vast", translated by Robin Myers. Random find at a bookstore, but I've read other translations by Myers and I'm always up for new fungal stories. I like the structure, imagery, and language of the book so far, a good find! #ThursdayBookChat

Cover of Simón López Trujillo's "Pedro the Vast", translated by Robin Myers. Image shows a small silhouette of a man, standing in the middle of mushroom gills. The cover is essentially in black-and-white, with a wash of pink and blue over the image and spreading out from it.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Jul 2

I've been sitting on Kropotkin's "Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution" for a while now, and then Kate Brown's book ("Tiny Gardens Everywhere") got me to finally take it off the shelf. So far I'm enjoying his style and appreciate the introduction's putting him into context. #ThursdayBookChat

Cover of Peter Kropotkin's "Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution". Penguin Classics edition with the black band at the bottom and author/title text in white. Above is a wood print of two workers extending their hands to each other, while in the other hand they both hold tools.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Jun 25

I am appreciating this addition to my small degrowth library - "Enough Is Enough: Degrowth, Capitalism, and Liberation Theology", by Matthew Bernico & Dean Dettloff. #ThursdayBookChat

Cover to "Enough Is Enough: Degrowth, Capitalism, and Liberation Theology", by Matthew Bernico & Dean Dettloff. Red background, with what looks like smoke rising up as black scribbles. Then the author and title text is in white against the red and black.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Jun 18

One of my favorite bookstores is (re)starting a Translated Lit Club (*kermit flailing gif*) so I'm tearing through Claudia Piñeiro's "Cathedrals". #ThursdayBookChat

Cover of Claudia Piñeiro's "Cathedrals". Dark blue background, with a graphic of a stained glass window with missing and broken panels.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Jun 11

It's summer so @amayna60.bsky.social and I are reading Melville! "Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile". So far I have just finished the introduction but it promises to be wild and I am all in for that. #ThursdayBookChat

Cover of Herman Melville's "Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile". A Penguin Classic edition, with the black and white bands running across the bottom. The top part is in yellow with a black engraving of the main character. A phrase from the book ("old chairs to mend") is in brighter yellow over that.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Jun 4

The historical romance bug has bit me hard! Catching up on authors I admire but haven't fully read (Sherry Thomas + Courtney Milan), continuing rereads of faves (KJ Charles + Cat Sebastian), hunting down ones I'd read in the past & want to revisit (Beverly Jenkins + Tessa Dare). #ThursdayBookChat

Two mass market paperback romances. Both feature women in dresses with exposed bosoms/shoulders/arms with the lush skirts hiked up to at least their knees.

Green dress with green background on the left: Sherry Thomas' "The Luckiest Lady in London".

Purple dress with purple background on the right: Courtney Milan's "Proof by Seduction".

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· May 28

"Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City" by Kate Brown. Heard an interview with the author and knew I had to read this book. About gardens, yes, but also reclaiming land in common. And more poetic than I anticipated! #ThursdayBookChat

Cover of "Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City" by Kate Brown. Bottom image in yellow of city dwellings, then above that green vegetation, with a solid light blue sky and a white silhouette of a watering can above that. Author and title text in black against the blue + white.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· May 21

I love love love all the brick in my city - so was delighted to hear about "Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago", by Will Quam. It's as awesome as I'd hoped it would be. #ThursdayBookChat

Cover of "Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago", by Will Quam. Background is a section of brick wall, and the author/title text aligns with individual bricks.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· May 14

Missing my kiddo bad this week (away for the first time on a school trip). So digging into older KJ Charles and Cat Sebastian, including "Proper English" and "A Little Light Mischief". #ThursdayBookChat

Cover of "Proper English" by KJ Charles. A blond white woman with brown eyes has her hands on her hips and looks upwards. Behind her in the distance is an English manor house, with green rolling hills behind that. The title text runs across the front in red lettering and black decorative borders with the author text below in black.

The cover for "A Little Light Mischief" by Cat Sebastian. Two white women embrace on a cream-colored upholstered sofa. One woman is blond with a dark turquoise dress, the other is dark-haired with a lavender dress. There are purple curtains behind them. Author text is at the top, title text at the bottom, both in white with black shading.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· May 12

two of my darlings

teenage boy lying on a couch that is covered in blankets, his head is on a pillow in the center of the couch, his feet on the arm of the couch, he is playing video games on a handheld. taking up the rest of the couch is a large white cat with gray spots and tail, his head is pressed up against the same pillow that the boy's head is resting on.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Apr 30

The hybrid seminar on Frantz Fanon I've been taking at the Du Bois Movement School is finishing up. Along with Fanon's books, I've been reading Peter Hudis' biography "Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades". It's a great short accessible overview of his life and work. #ThursdayBookChat

Cover of Peter Hudis' biography "Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades. Depicts an image of Fanon's face on the right, looking over his right shoulder. Author and title text is in the lower left corner in light blue, turquoise, and green.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Apr 16

Eating up Vicky Osterweil's "The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World". Had been waiting not so patiently for its release and it does not disappoint! #ThursdayBookChat

Cover for Vicky Osterweil's "The Extended Universe:
How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World". Salmon-colored background, with author and title text on the left and then underneath an image of Mickey Mouse from the back, peeling off a glove to reveal a raw-looking paw.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Apr 9

Current library reads - The Factory, by Hiroko Oyamada, and Starter Villain, by John Scalzi. Two very different books, both very enjoyable, and both have me wanting to read more by those authors. #ThursdayBookChat

Two books.

On the left, Hiroko Oyamada's "The Factory". Pink background, green trash bin with the lid open and steam rising out.

On the right, John Scalzi's "Starter Villain". Black background, then a painting of a cat wearing a suit and tie, similar to official portraits of CEOs.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Apr 8

@amayna60.bsky.social I promised you the cookie photo... We didn't have enough icing overall and only two piping bags (for colors) so had to stretch ourselves to decorate all the cookies --- I really liked youngest's idea on this one. Pity we'd only made two lamb cookies (too fiddly for the dough).

Butter cookie in the shape of a lamb, with white icing, against a green patterned background. The icing has swirls drawn into it, exposing the cookie underneath, to give the impression of curls.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Apr 2

Just finished Sally Wen Mao's "Ninetails". Glorious! One set of connecting stories taking place on Angel Island with other stories in between, all with fox spirits, all marvelous. I've read her poetry before and loved it - this was a surprise find at the bookstore and I'm so glad. #ThursdayBookChat

Cover for Sally Wen Mao's "Ninetails". Luminous painting of various objects against a dark blue background, connected to each other with threads, with a nine-tailed upside-down fox in the center.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Mar 26

I just finished Mizna (Futurities, Vol. 25.2) and in particular I'm living with Umniya Majaer's essay, "DISARM HUMANITY (dreaming of a future without blood on our hands)". A number of points I want to return to and meditate on. But every issue I have ever read has been treasure. #ThursdayBookChat

Cover of the journal Mizna: SWANA Literature & Art (Futurities, Vol. 25.2). A painting in predominantly blue, gray, and green, of a fenced courtyard with tree and fenced pool.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Mar 5

I should say, I'm on "Clouds of Witness" in my reread, and oh my gosh, there's just so much I missed when reading it these as a youth. So now I have on hold "Conundrums for the Long Week-End: England, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Lord Peter Wimsey" for a little light adjacent reading. #ThursdayBookChat

Cover of "Conundrums for the Long Week-End: England, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Lord Peter Wimsey" by Robert Kuhn McGregor.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Mar 5

#ThursdayBookChat I had a birthday recently, and this year I got all the Dorothy Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey books as my gift to myself. But because I don't like the modern editions, since January I've been scouting out older mass market paperbacks of them. Last week the last one arrived!

Against a red blanket background (with multicolored hearts), mass market paperback editions of Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey books (clockwise from top left):
Whose Body?
Clouds of Witness
Unnatural Death
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Feb 27

Delighted today to see the birds nesting in the sign letters of this building. I've walked by that stretch dozens of times over the years and never noticed this, but now I'll be looking for it!🐦‍⬛

Metal letters on a brick front building. There is nesting material in the back of the letters (grasses + leaves) and a small bird perched on top of one of them.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Feb 19

Just finished reading the luminous "Noopiming" by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. I could feel my heart spreading open as I read. #ThursdayBookChat

Cover for "Noopiming" by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Light gray background. Author and title text in white with subtext smaller in black. At the bottom of the page we see the back of a woman, lying on a white sheet, her head on a pillowcase and a white cloth covering her hips and thighs. Across her back is the appearance of stitching, with red thread that on first glimpse looks like trails of blood.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Feb 17

This is a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone.

A white cat with gray splotches is seated on a striped carpet next to a red table. Before him is a Risk game on the floor, a bookshelf with DVDs, and a TV stand with drawers. A scene from Starfleet Academy is on the TV screen and all his attention is on it.

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Feb 12

For romance, this month I am rereading Swordheart (T Kingfisher) and Courtney Milan's Brothers Sinister series. #Romancelandia Otherwise, to go along with last week's choices & take part in Pilsen Community Bookstore's PUÑO Book Club, Eduardo Galeano's Open Veins of Latin America. #ThursdayBookChat

The cover of Eduardo Galeano's Open Veins of Latin America. Yellow background, title text in red, at the bottom is a detail of a lion from Antonio Frasconi's woodcut "The Gnat, the Lion, and the Spiderweb".

Simon A Corvid@scrow1022· Feb 5

New month, new books! So many to choose from... I'll go with Francoise Vergès' "A Programme of Absolute Disorder: Decolonizing the Museum". I've read some of her other works and always find my mind stretched in good ways, I find myself thinking of what she says long afterwards. #ThursdayBookChat