Hey, we're finishing Theory of Water by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson this week.

what I'm reading

This week I'll be reading the last parts of Theory of Water; for me, that's:

• piece 21: Stone Canoes, Nigigoonsiwag and Seeing Through Stone
• piece 22: The One That Cleans the World
• piece 23: A Theory of Water

buy the book, support The Sameer Project

If you haven't bought it yet, please consider placing your order here at Open Books: A Poem Emporium. W4G-tagged books on the Open Poetry bookstore send proceeds to The Sameer Project, one of the only organizations still on the ground in Gaza, and struggling to continue to meet the needs of Palestinians.

If you can't buy from the bookstore, please consider making a donation directly to one of the Sameer Project's campaigns, or consider sharing a fundraiser with friends. If you can't do any of that, consider sharing the reading group with some friends; if some of them can buy the book from Open Books, or even make direct donations to The Sameer Project, then that would help enormously.

info on the format

On Mondays, I email with what we're reading this week from the book, and also point to some other thing you can read (or listen to, or watch) to go along with it. I'll try to make sure the readings are either relevant to that week's readings from the book, or maybe just relevant to our current circumstances in the world.

On Saturdays, I'll send an email at about 11AM ET. It'll mostly serve as a reminder that we're going to meet if you'd like to join us, but I'll also include an icebreaker question to potentially get the conversation going when you arrive at 5p ET.

next readings

After Theory of Water, we'll switch to reading a couple of pieces from around the web, and I might need to take a short break to mentally reset. I expect to pick our next book and be able to get started by the beginning of July. Thanks for bearing with me.

That's all for now; stay safe this week, and we'll talk Saturday.