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2026 reading log, week 4 (+ one week 'til TACOMA release!)
Aram Mrjoian, Justin Taylor, Julian Robles, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, John Updike, Samantha Schweblin, Jessica Treadway, Camille Bordas...
Jan 31
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Aaron Burch
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2026 reading log, weeks 2 & 3
JT LeRoy, Curtis Dawkins, Emma Binder, Judy Budnitz, Iphgenia Baal, Katherine Dunn, Bobbie Ann Mason, Brian Evenson, William Pei Shih, Melissa…
Jan 23
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Aaron Burch
13
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2026 week 1 reading log
Lindsey Drager, Debbie Urbanski, Iphgenia Baal, Curtis Dawkins, William Burtch, Andrew Porter, Katherine Dunn, Bobbie Ann Mason...
Jan 8
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Aaron Burch
9
2
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May 2025: Short Story Month!
stories from Phil LaMarche, Lori Ostlund, Arthur Bradford, and Lauren Groff, plus a first attempt at an ongoing, fluid list of the "best" stories of the…
May 4, 2025
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Aaron Burch
10
1
2
2025 week 11 reading log, plus some thoughts on teaching & beginnings
Yiyun Li, Brian Evenson, Lorrie Moore, Rita Bullwinkel, William Maxwell, Miranda July...
Mar 21, 2025
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Aaron Burch
10
7
2
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2026 reading log, weeks 2 & 3
Jan 23
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Aaron Burch
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For the Love of Short Stories
Dec 20, 2024
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Aaron Burch
12
7
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2025 week 4 — reading, teaching, writing
Jan 31, 2025
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Aaron Burch
12
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2025 week 7 in reading, blurbing, & writing
Feb 21, 2025
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Aaron Burch
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2025 week 10 reading log, plus some thoughts on language & word choice
Emily Fridlund, Joseph O'Neill, Lorrie Moore, Rita Bullwinkel, Alejandro Zambra, Miranda July...
Mar 14, 2025
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Aaron Burch
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3
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2025 week — less "reading log," more "diary blog" this week
spring break week off... including taking "off" some reading
Mar 8, 2025
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Aaron Burch
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2025 week 8 in reading, teaching (w/ some prompts), & writing
Sam Thielman, Ling Ma, Emily Fridlund, Brian Evenson, Josh Denslow, & Alejandro Zambra + some prompts inspired by Hanif Abdurraqib + some notes on my…
Mar 1, 2025
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Aaron Burch
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2025 week 7 in reading, blurbing, & writing
Tyler McAndrew, Ben Shattuck, Miranda July, Brian Evenson, Jensen Beach, Mary Gaitskill, Josh Denslow, & Emily Fridlund + some notes on my…
Feb 21, 2025
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Aaron Burch
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2025 week 6 in reading, teaching, writing
Rita Bullwinkel, Brian Evenson, Alex Higley, Miranda July, David Rabe, Ben Shattuck + some more "show your work" novel drafting...
Feb 14, 2025
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Aaron Burch
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2025 week 5 — reading, teaching, writing
Sheila Heti, Danielle Evans, Anna Vangala Jones, Miriam Gershow, Ben Shattuck + some more "show your work" novel drafting...
Feb 7, 2025
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Aaron Burch
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2025 week 4 — reading, teaching, writing
Emily Fridlund, Miriam Gershow, Rita Bullwinkel, Lauren Groff, David Foster Wallace, Aimee Bender, Ben Shattuck + some more "show your work" novel…
Jan 31, 2025
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Aaron Burch
12
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