Well, this is embarrassing. I made this post and thought I scheduled it to go up at the end of December, but it never posted. It’s now April.
So here is my much-delayed list of favorite reads from 2012 (which I’m back-dating to January 1!). As always, I present these in alphabetical order, and must note this is just a sampling of my reading list from the previous year (a mish-mash of books recently published and books I’ve discovered years after they’ve been published):
- The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard by Joe Brainard
- American Terrorist by Tyler & Wendy Chin-Tanner
- Slow Lightning by Eduardo C. Corral
- Whirlwind by Sharon Dolin
- Une Semaine De Bonté: A Surrealistic Novel in Collage by Max Ernst
- Little Murders Everywhere by Rebecca Morgan Frank
- Catch & Release by D. Gilson
- Open Winter by Rae Gouirand
- The Nanopedia Quick-Reference Pocket Lexicon of Contemporary American Culture by Charles Jensen
- My Only Wife by Jac Jemc
- Unbuilt Projects by Paul Lisicky
- Special Powers & Abilities by Ray McDaniel
- He Do the Gay Man in Different Voices by Stephen Mills
- Western Practice by Stephen Motika
- Miracle Fruit, At the Drive-In Volcano, and Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
- The Martyrology and bpNichol Comics by B. P. Nichol
- Skin Job by Evan Peterson
- He Will Laugh by Douglas Ray
- Prop Rockery by Emily Rosko
- Palestine by Joe Sacco
- Just Kids by Patti Smith
- The Wanted by Michael Tyrell
- Sonics in Warholia by Megan Volpert
- Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
I’m sure I’ve forgotten a few. And then there are the books I bought in 2012 that I still have not read for whatever reason. O never-dwindling stack of books by the bedside!