April is one of my favorite reading months because it’s National Poetry Month. It’s also National Jazz Appreciation Month, and while the Denton Arts & Jazz Festival is postponed until the fall this year, I am going to be reading through some old standards via keyboard. So we’re taking liberties with what goes on the “reading” list this month.
Joy Selections:
Art in its various forms is a big part of my life, and I’m exploring the joy in that this month.
- The Joy of Poetry by Megan Willome
- The Joy of Jazz by Denes Agay
- Dancers Among Us by Jordan Matter
- The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
Book Club Selections:
This list will seem long. No, I haven’t joined four more book clubs. It’s just because Follow the Reader is doing choose-your-own-adventure poetry this month, and my perpetual adventure is that, when left to my own devices, I can’t pick just one collection.
- The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
- American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
- Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
- If My Body Could Speak by Blythe Bard
- The Witch Doesn’t Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace
- The Fire This Time, edited by Jesmyn Ward
- Racing Hummingbirds by Jeanann Verlee
- The Smell of Good Mud by Lauren Zúñiga
- Broken (In the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson
There may be other things that I read this month, but these are my main foci. What are you reading these days?
M. Suzanne Terry 
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