Collection of mathy poems and lesson plans for using them in a Math or Language Arts classroom in Journal of Humanistic Mathematics.
"Tattoo Parlor Before Launch" in the scifi poetry issue of Snakeskin.
To support a WNC bookstore affected by Helene, consider ordering through Plott Hound Books located in Burnsville, NC. They also have a stack of signed copies in the store.
Additionally, Fables Books and Malaprop's Bookstore should have signed copies.
2025 Reading List - the goal is 50 books, like usual
Current:
Truth of the Divine by Lindsay Ellis*
Completed:
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Moonbound by Robin Sloan
A City on Mars by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladsone*
The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey*
Deep Sky by Yme Kitasei*
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie*
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie*
The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean*
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch*
Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch*
Math Therapy by Vanessa Vakharia
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch *
Midlife Calculus gets a mention! Check out the complete LIST.
image by Francesco Zorzi
2024 Reading List
Moon Over Soho* Ben Aaronovitch
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
Once Upon a Prime by Sarah B. Hart
Tales from the Folly* by Ben Aaronovitch
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
Even as We Breathe by Annette Sanook-Clapsaddle (re-read)
Arcadia by Lauren Groff
Hagitude by Sharon Blackie
Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age by Alec Wilkinson
Shae by Mesha Maren
Demise of Pangea by Claudine R. Moreau
Stop and Smell the Fractals by by Caroline Jennings
Rivers of London* by Ben Aaronovitch
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar
Akata Woman* by Nnedi Okorafor
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
Binti* & Binti: Home* by Nnedi Okorafor
Gideon the Ninth & Harrow the Ninth* by Tamsyn Muir
Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower* by Tamsyn Muir
The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Witch King by Martha Wells *
Mathematics for Ladies: Poems on Women in Science by Jessy Randall
Building the Life You Want by Arthur C. Brooks & Oprah Winfrey
Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling *
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
2023 Reading List:
Systems Collapse by Martha Wells
A House Between Earth and the Moon by Rebecca Scherm *
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
Playing Big by Tara Mohr
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz*
Under this Forgetful Sky by Lauren Yero
The Last Astronaut by David Wellington*
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu *
Half Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys *
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Menopause Manifesto by Jen Gunter
Upgrade by Blake Crouch*
Goldilocks by L.R. Lam*
Hellbent by Leigh Bardugo
Winter World by A.G. Riddle*
The Last Watch by J.S. Dewes
How to Be Both by Ali Smith
Activation Degredation by Marina J. Lostetter
Black Sun & Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
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