TGIF (This Guy Is Fatigued)
Hello, friends!
Since my last letter, we celebrated Zach's book release at Charmed Instruments. What a lovely reading! Not just because Zach was performing (I'm biased) but also-- the space was incredible. Hosted in someone's apartment, the reading is actually in an enclosed outdoor patio space, something like a greenhouse, but with a wood floor and couches. There were strings of twinkling lights and potted plants, and a variety of mismatched seats. Totally dreamy. Zach read alongside Cheena Marie Lo, who read from their book, "A Series of Un/natural Disasters," which is about the man-made elements of so-called natural disasters (ecological violence, neglect, etc.), and Berry Grass who read some work about growing up queer in a small, isolated town that was once a hot spot for new-age types seeking purification from the local spring water.
We also found a new tenant for our space and have started packing. I haven't parted with many books. But truth be told, we purged so many of our pos…