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August 29, 2025

VCCA

I’m at residency until September 7, so this week’s newsletter is a brief update.

The grounds of Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. That’s the residence in the background.

The living room

A second living room

Gazebo and garden

The swimming pool

Cows at sunset

Another book to pre-order

(This might become a weekly tradition)

Let the Poets Govern by Camonghne Felix, out March 3, 2026

“In this part-memoir, part-manifesto, an acclaimed poet interprets Black radical literary traditions to reimagine freedom through refusal.”

Camonghne Felix is a poet, essayist, speechwriter and communications strategist. If you were at all moved by Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 campaign, it is very likely that you were reading Felix’s words. She is the author of the poetry collection Build Yourself a Boat and the lyrical memoir Dyscalculia. I’m so excited for this book. Pre-order here!

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  • Aug 15, 2025

    Time to pre-order some books

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